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Electronic Arts announced it has delisted five Need for Speed games from digital storefronts and will no longer [...]

Five Need for Speed games have been pulled from the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, EA’s Origin, and Steam ahead of online server shutdowns coming to Need for Speed: Carbon, Need for Speed: Undercover, Need for Speed: Shift, Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, and Need for Speed: The Run.

Write off. Updated on 1 June 2021 EA has pulled five Need for Speed games from sale ahead of an August shutdown of online services. On 31st May, EA announced the removal of Need for Speed Carbon (2006), Need for Speed Undercover (2008), Need for Speed Shift (2009), Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed (2011) and Need for Speed The Run (2011) from digital storefronts. In-game stores have also closed. Eurogamer News Cast: is Nintendo Switch Pro coming to save 20...

Need for Speed The Run Additionally, their in-game stores for added content have also been closed. This is all in preparation for the online server shutdown that is set to take place on 31st August 2021, meaning you can only play these games offline after that point. This will include both online multiplayer and online features, like Rivals. Need for Speed’s community manager explained: Decisions to retire games are never made easy, but we are now shifting gears to focus on the future of Need...

EA is "shifting gears to focus on the future of Need for Speed"

Electronic Arts has taken the bold step of removing several of the older titles in the Need for Speed franchise from digital storefronts. As of Monday, Need for Speed: Carbon, Need for Speed: Shift, Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, Need for Speed Undercover, and The Run are no longer available for purchase digitally

If you remember some of the older Need for Speed games fondly, you’d better hope you have them preserved somewhere whether online or on physical formats because five of them just got delisted abruptly. Electronic Arts announced this week on Monday that it would be taking down five different Need [...]

Shrey Pacheco  | Published on 01 Jun 2021 Fans of classic Need for Speed games were in for a surprise today, and not of the pleasant variety. EA, the developers, and publishers of the popular racing game series have announced that some older Need For Speed titles will be removed from digital storefronts. This includes Need for Speed Carbon, Need for Speed Undercover, Need for Speed Shift, Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, and Need for Speed The Run Need For Speed Delisted: What’s gone ...

Publisher EA is preparing to discontinue the online services for several older Need for Speed titles, including Carbon and both Shift entries.

Servers for five older Need for Speed titles -- Carbon, Undercover, Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed, and The Run -- are closing in August. The games are being delisted from today.