Criterion's Most Wanted

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Criterion's Most Wanted

June 03, 2012


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Hey – we’re back. And we think you’re going to love this.

We’re bringing you our take on our favorite Need for Speed game ever: Most Wanted.

We loved the original. It had amazing cars, a massive, open city and epic cop chases. But most of all, it had an amazing premise: become the Most Wanted. So, that’s what you’re getting.

And because it’s us, you know what else we’re bringing to the party: great handling, cutting-edge online and the latest Autolog™, putting your friends at the heart of the game.

We love games full of freedom and choice. In Most Wanted, you can drive anywhere, switch cars anytime, meet your friends and explore the city to discover new gameplay. In fact, you’ll see the idea of freedom and choice running through every aspect of this game.

Autolog™ records everything you do and broadcasts out your best scores, record times, fastest speeds and biggest chases as challenges for your friends. Autolog™ also calls out your friends’ records as you drive the city, hitting jumps, racing each road, blasting through speed cameras…pretty much everything. If there’s something to do, there’s someone to beat.

You earn Need for Speed Points and rank up for everything you do in the game. Outdrive your friends to move up the list and be Most Wanted. 

Online play’s focused on intense competition, team games, massive variety, persistent scoring, deep ranking and endless rewards and upgrades.

Offline, the game’s about you and the law. The city’s patrolled by tough, aggressive cops that’ll do anything to bust you, but it’s also filled with great opportunities to shake them. Hide out and use Cool Downs or floor it and hit jumps, shortcuts or terrain the cops can’t handle.

Knowledge of the city will give you the edge.

Our biggest fans will spot Burnout Paradise’ DNA flowing through the game. Seamlessly join your friends and they’ll appear in the city. Fire up a multiplayer session and the Gameplay Director will automatically cue up a playlist of race events and challenges.

Vote with your car to define the playlist.

Pick your position at race starts and fight for to keep it. Finish ahead of the pack, and you can turn around drive back into the race. It’s fun to see if you can take out your rivals before they reach the line. The sight of two rivals barreling towards the line after a long, close race getting taken down by the race winner is pretty hilarious. It’s driving as you’ve never seen it.

There are no lobbies, so between events, you’re free to keep driving, switch cars, explore the city, vote the next event or get revenge on your rivals by smashing them off the road. It’s usually the latter.

If you know Hot Pursuit or the Burnout series, you know the Criterion way:

Our driving’s about insane speed, spectacular crashes, amazing action and huge drifts, all set in an open world built for races, chases and choice.

You’ll get to drive the wildest selection of cars yet, and our all-new handling model is deep, physical and fun, and it lets us showcase the personality of each and every car.

We’re out in October on PS3, 360 and PC, and you can also play on Vita and iOS.

Buy Now, and well see you and your friends online then.

Criterion Games, June 2012.

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It needs more cars like BMW M3 GTR and classics like 69 Cammaro SS also customization


OK well seriously need for speed all of them is one of my all time favorites iv been collecting them sense play station one! but i'm an old school kinda guy my only problem is that the more these games come out they loose a bit of what there about and to me most wanted, undercover, and carbon were the best ones only cause you can free roam and in carbon get challenged by the computers for territory and also you get the old school muscle cars now i haven't seen all the cars for the new most wanted but im really looking forward to pre ordering and playing it but i really hope that there all a lot of old school or at least half and half of new and old and also i think the makers should heaved keep the original BMW M3 GTR it looks a little more meaner...well to me at least one major thing im hoping for is a mass amount of customization! literally im talking colors and body kits wide and regular as in just bumper to bumper and side skirts spoiler roof scoop hoods rims even lights i mean everything not like midnight club la i mean even the gauges on the dash and shifter pedals EVERYTHING or at least all the best parts really i just think itll make it more fun to just have extra little things to play for you know? oh and the body kits that are the ones where you get to select how much flow you get for down force like in carbon and pro street also i think the 86 i think cant remember but that year and the 95 nissan skyline gtr also should be in there the 70's hemi cuda and chevelle and cobra and 67 fast back just good ol cars like that i think should have been put in or at least hopfully you can make them DLC packs :D besides that the 80's-20th century porches would be nice those were good years also i think this game should bring back engine coloring like in underground 2 also being able to put window grafics but select where and how big we want them like pro street well i have lots more to add but thats about a wrap for now hopefully somebody will take this into consideration


Bring back classic's muscle cars


Well customization in visual and performance wise is a key thing for us the players but that's just my opinion I would also say it would be a awesome if thay would put some classic's like the 69 camaro of the shellby cobra some all time favorites I have a 69 f100 that I run at the track 11.6 best time I hit for a heavy street truck hear in Laredo TX and a hotrod muscle car fan and some of us older games love that oldschool style like in need for speed carbon


Is it on Wii u? If It is then I'll get it.


I think if your going to add customization, then at LEAST make it similar to the original Most Wanted. Oh, and Considering Citerion has a hand in this.... is it going to be more like a NFS game or a Burnout Paradise? -_-


I always love what you guys do with your games. I know this game will be awesome.


include also tuning just like in Shift 2!


I would like that you can color your cars who do you want (Bugatti) that you can by this car choise the 2 color like the one is red and the other is red too or black and white and some more and to can play multiplayer on one tv screen (PS3/Xbox360). A lot of cars, like Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport and Super Sport and the Lamborghini Aventador Jota and Ferraris. What all Car fans like is the Sound of the Cars. I can speak for all us we want real Car sound and not some Flames like in Hot Pursuit from 2010.


Customization isn't really a major need for the game in my opinion. Just be sure to add different colors for each car and I'll be happy.