EA would completely put Need for Speed to focus on other projects

Reports suggest that Electronic Arts has put the franchise Need For Speed. Nevertheless, Upwards for an indefinite period in order to continue the profitability of its game portfolio. Similarly, This development was confirmed by the automotive culture website. Consequently, Speedhunters, which was funded by EA as part of its efforts centered on Need for Speed and which is now “on ice”.

On Instagram. Meanwhile, Matthew Everingham, longtime collaborator of Speedhunters, announced that EA was putting aside the franchise Need for Speedwhich had the consequence of reducing the financing of the site.

According to Everingham: “Speedhunters is on the ice. Therefore, EA has put aside Need For Speedwhich means that there is no more funding for the site. I am grateful for everything – travel, stories, friends of always. I continue to film, but I go up a gear in ea would completely put need terms of video. “

Speedhunters was a blog dedicated to driving culture and had close ties with the NFS brand. The website has been updated for the last time on April 8, 2025 and has remained “on the ice” since. EA has not yet confirmed the abandonment of the franchise.

The decline in the NFS franchise is obvious. Need For Speed made its debut in 1994 and has since published more than 20 titles. The franchise had a hard time maintaining its presence of yesteryear. From 2015 to 2019. the Need for Speed franchise experienced a difficult period, the three titles developed by Ghost Games not having obtained the great popularity, or met the expectations of the community.

And Need For Speed Unbounddeveloped by Criterion. Codemasters in 2022, received better welcome, he failed to generate enough sales to give the green light to a suite. Shortly after. ea would completely put need EA transferred Criterion Games within the EA Entertainment group, loading them to work on Battlefield 6 in addition to another racing game project.

However. putting the NFS franchise on the upheaval seems to suggest that EA has either blocked the project, or transferred all human resources to the development of Battlefield 6, the objective of which is to reach a base of 100 million players.

The landscape of racing games has been very competitive over the years. since Turn 10 and Come on Horizon De Playground Games have dominated the genre, with more than 45 million players since its launch, before its release on PlayStation 5.