But even if it wasn’t the first, Need for Speed was an extremely early adopter of these philosophies of risk – and it certainly became the most recognisable. As the years went on, the property ...

Need for Speed is essentially on hiatus right now, while developer Criterion Games focuses on EA's next Battlefield game.

A new Need for Speed game will arrive eventually, though it'll have to wait until after Criterion is done working on the next Battlefield game.