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Need for Speed: SHIFT

Platforms

iOS
PC
PS3
PSP
Xbox 360

Initial release Sept. 15, 2009

Developers

Apple
EA Bright Light
Slightly Mad Studios

Genres

Racing
Simulation

Publishers

Apple
Electronic Arts

Franchise Need for Speed

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Need for Speed: SHIFT Feed

EA delists five Need for Speed games ahead of August online shutdown

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EA delists five Need for Speed games ahead of August online shutdown

Write off.

June 1, 2021 Wesley Yin-Poole

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Black Box behind Nov 2011 Need for Speed

EA does a COD with alternating dev strategy.

Nov. 2, 2010 Wesley Yin-Poole

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News

Need for Speed: SHIFT 2 in the works?

CV suggests so.

July 1, 2010 Wesley Yin-Poole

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NFS: Shift gets Exotic DLC next week

Seven curvy cars, one voluptuous track.

March 10, 2010 Robert Purchese

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NFS: Shift adding Ferraris next week

Car maker back after seven years.

Feb. 8, 2010 Robert Purchese

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NFS Shift adds teams, Legendary Cars

Dodge this, Chevrolet that.

Nov. 23, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Face-off

Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 22

Tekken 6, DiRT 2, NFS SHIFT, Brutal Legend, Il-2 Sturmovik, Operation Flashpoint.

Nov. 3, 2009 Richard Leadbetter

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EA: NFS series has sold more than 100m

More than $2.7 billion in revenue.

Oct. 22, 2009 Tom Bramwell

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NFS Shift console demo on Thursday

PS3 and 360 test-drive details within.

Sept. 29, 2009 Robert Purchese

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News

NFS puts in a chart-topping Shift

Full UK Top 40 now inside.

Sept. 21, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Review

Need for Speed: SHIFT

Short shift.

Sept. 15, 2009 Oli Welsh

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Blog

EA splashes nine games over the Expo

L4D2, NFS, Dragon Age, Brutal, more!

Aug. 6, 2009 Dan Pearson

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Riccitiello confirms Criterion NFS game

And his mate has seen Battlefield 3.

June 11, 2009 Tom Bramwell

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Need for Speed: SHIFT on September grid

Takes series back to realism roots.

March 23, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Review

Need for Speed: Shift

Back on track?

March 4, 2009 Christian Donlan

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Revamped NFS series launches this year

Broken up for different audiences.

Jan. 30, 2009 Robert Purchese

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EA Black Box doing secret NFS game

"Our strategy is the inverse of milking."

Jan. 30, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Games from the Need for Speed franchise

Need for Speed: Unbound
2022
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered
2020
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
The Need for Speed
2015
Need for Speed: No Limits
2015
Need for Speed: Rivals
2013