About Need for Speed

Welcome to Need for Speed, the best-selling racing brand in the gaming world! Starting in 1994, when we partnered with Road and Track to create our first game in the series, through seventeen years and eighteen blockbuster titles, across more than twenty platforms, all the way through to the epic cross-country race of The Run, Need for Speed has become a driving force for innovation in the racing game genre.

Released in over twenty languages and sixty countries, our games are known for delivering unparalleled white-knuckle racing (spanning the genres of Action, Simulation, and Arcade), creative customization (our players have generated over seventeen trillion vehicle variations), and street style (we work closely with our friends at Speedhunters to stay on top of the latest in the world of automotive culture).

Over the years, we’ve been immensely proud of our games – developed by such world-renowned studios as Black Box, Criterion Games, and Slightly Mad Studios – and we’re just as proud that all of you – the amazing fans and Need for Speed drivers – came along with us on this great ride. In total, we’ve raced together on over three hundred billion miles on gritty streets, stretching highways, winding canyons, and real-world race tracks … and we’ve loved every single mile.

Simply put, we are gamers who are crazy about cars. We love what we do and we have huge amounts of fun doing it. So, hop in, buckle up, and floor it right along with us!