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The latest Need For Speed: Most Wanted video from Criterion shows how players will be able to drive any car they find in the game. As reported previously, all cars in the game are open from the start, meaning “if you can find it, you can drive it.” Cars shown in the video include the Aston Martin V12 Vantage and the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series. Need for Speed: Most Wanted will launch for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Vita, iOS, and Android on October 30 in North America, and on November 1 in Europe.

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Need For Speed: Most Wanted is the next big name to be added to Eurogamer Expo’s already-swelling line up.

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EA has released a new Need for Speed: Most Wanted video, showing off the Corvette ZR1, The Koenigsegg Agera R and The Hummer H1 Alpha. Shots of the Corvette and the Hummer were posted back in July. The Criterion racer will be releasing on October 30 in North America, and November 2 in Europe for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Criterion has released a new Need for Speed: Most Wanted insider video walkthrough for the racer. It shows the various locales in Fairhaven City, and plenty of racing and chases. If you look closely at the end of it, you’ll see the Xbox 360 disc box for it contains a purple banner which is usually reserved for game’s with Kinect capabilities (via Videogamer). Could be mistake, could not, as EA has yet to announced anything pertaining to Kinect for it. Still, take it however you like. It’s out on October 30 in the US and November 1 in Europe for 360, PS3, Vita, PC, iOS and Android.

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Criterion has released a set of screenshots showing off some of the American muscle cars and trucks which will be included in Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

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Looks like Dreamworks wasn’t kidding about pushing the Need for Speed movie out at a rapid pace; according to Deadline the adaptation is set to debut on February 7, 2014. The whole shebang only seems to have kicked off in April; compare and contrast with God of War, which has been in the works for seven years.

Thanks, Joystiq.

The latest episode of PWND is live and features new, unseen footage of Need for Speed: Most Wanted. In the episode, creative director Craig Sullivan also chats about the single player mode of the game, while Criterion vet Hamish Young recounts “the company’s past successes in the racing game genre,” and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. It’s all about Need for Speed this week, and you can watch below.

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Criterion vice president Alex Ward has said the firm will helm the Need for Speed franchise going forward.

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DreamWorks has acquired the film rights to EA’s Need for Speed and the firm plans to release it during 2014. EA will produce the film with John Gatins and Mark Sourianmad Act of Valor’s Scott Waugh will direct it. Production will start next year.

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EA has released another set of screenshots showing pretty cars racing from the police. Have a look below. Another set is posted here. Need for Speed: Most Wanted is out October 30 in the US and November 1 in Europe on Android, iOS, PC, PS3, Vita, and Xbox 360.

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Looks like someone at Twitch.TV didn’t get the memo about Need for Speed: Most Wanted’s surprise reveal. The key word was surprise.

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If there was any doubt, all signs suggest Criterion Games is back at work on what it does best – high octane racing.

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According to a report on The Chicago Tribune, EA is in talks with John Gatins to develop a movie pitch for “Need for Speed.” The report states Gatins and EA plan to produce the project with George Gatins writing the pitch. It is now being “shopped around Hollywood,” with Warner, Sony and Paramount all said to be interested in the film rights to the racing property, with bids expected in the low-seven figure range with Paramount the current front-runner. Plot details are being kept secret for now, but we’re wondering why the firm hasn’t enlisted the help of Michael Bay on this project.

EA has reportedly name dropped The Fast and the Furious while shopping around for someone to make a Need for Speed film

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This isn’t too much of a shock, but still. UK retailer GAME has mentioned in a tweet this morning that a new Medal of Honor and Need for Speed will form EA’s 2012 release line-up. It said in a tweet since deleted: “EA presentation was great, had mentions of a new Medal of Honour and Need for Speed 13! EA have an exciting year ahead.”

A new Need for Speed is as big of a surprise as the sun rising every morning, and a new Medal of Honor was expected for this year following Battlefield 3 in 2011. Confirmation of a sequel came early last year, and we also saw a leaflet teasing its return in the DICE shooter. It’s not yet known who’ll be behind this year’s NFS, but it’s almost certainly Criterion.

Reviews have started popping up for EA Black Box’s Need for Speed: The Run, and we’ve rounded-up those we can find below along with the game’s launch trailer.

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The Michael Bay-directed trailer for Need for Speed: The Run was “liked” enough times on Facebook to warrant a release by EA. It’s posted below the break, and it is, indeed pretty swish. We noticed a couple scenes in it that reminded us vaguely of his Transformers flicks, but, we could also be imagining things as well. Watch for yourself below. The game is out in mid-November. Thanks, MotoGamesTV.

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Starting today, folks can unlock a Need for Speed: The Run trailer by “liking” the game’s Facebook page. It was created by Michael “everything is better with explosions” Bay, who apparently, “player the game and spoke with the creative production team to get a feel for the franchise.” The page needs 250,000 “points” in order for the trailer to unlock, and as of this post, there’s 63,976. The game is out later this month. Thanks, Blue.

EA has announced that Mad Men hottie Christina Hendricks and Sean Faris from the Vampire Diaries star in Need for Speed: The Run.

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EA released the demo of Need for Speed: The Run today on Xbox Live and PSN, and Ve3tro has captured the race event from it. In the videos below the break, you’ll see the Lamborghini Gallardo racing down the road, and if you invite a friend to play with you, you’ll unlock the Porsche 911 Carrera S. The game will be made available on the aforementioned consoles, as well as 3DS, PC, and Wii November 17.

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