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Need for Speed Shift will release on September 17 in Europe and September 22 in the US, EA just confirmed.

The good-looker’s down for PC, PS3, 360 and PSP.

Press release after the jump.

Update: A trailer’s gone up on Live by way of celebration.

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Shack’s got quite a few new screens of the upcoming Need for Speed Shift.

It’s for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PSP this autumn. Slightly Mad Studios is doing the work.

There’s going to be hands-on stuff on this later today, apparently.

EA’s just predicted that a slew of sequels will form the bulk of the company’s revenue for fiscal 2010.

Madden, Need for Speed SHIFT, Bad Company 2, the next Harry Potter game and The Sims 3 were named as the those likely to be the biggest games for the firm in the next financial year by CEO John Riccitiello.

BioWare’s Dragon Age was the only original IP named in the list.

EA announced a loss of $641 million for the quarter ending December 31 today, and the loss of 1,100 jobs.

EA just released the first images of Need for Speed SHIFT, NITRO and World Online.

Need for Speed got an announced franchise revamp last week, the three new games being mentioned for the first time.

A press release detailing the titles was issued today. Get it and the screens after the break.

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EA has told Eurogamer that the immensely popular Need For Speed franchise is to be reinvented into separate core, casual and ‘Play 4 Free’ games.

Need for Speed: Shift will launch on PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP this autumn, apparently, along with Need for Speed: Nitro on Wii and DS.

Need for Speed: World Online will be released to the Asian online PC market this summer, before heading West in the winter.

“The urban underground was a manifestation of style in some past Need for Speed games for sure, but Shift focuses less on these style cues and more on mirroring the driver experience, that athleticism of being in a wickedly-intense race, and what it really feels like to be behind the wheel,” said EA marketing boss Keith Munro about Need for Speed Shift.

Of Need for Speed Nitro he added: “Need for Speed Nitro on the Wii and DS will not be a Mario Kart clone – Nintendo already does an excellent job with that.

“Instead, we are evolving the arcade racer with a fresh and unique visual style that is very Need for Speed. The game will be rich and deep and will appeal to experienced arcade racers as well as casual players.”

“What you’ll see is that Nitro in no way resembles any other previous Need for Speed title,” said Munro.

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