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This game features in-game microtransactions.

Need for Speed: Edge was a free-to-play MMO racing game developed by EA Spearhead (formerly EA Korea), and published by Nexon from South Korea and Tencent Interactive Entertainment (known as Need for Speed: Online) from China.

The game was developed in Korea, and used the Frostbite 3 engine, and was first teased through a press release published in Korean by Nexon^[1] on July 1, 2015.

It was released on December 14, 2017. In April 2019, Nexon announced that the game would be shutting down on May 30 of the same year.^[2]

Event Types

Single Player

Players are given a reward at the end of each event with a pack of four cards of which only one card can be selected, while another card (Blue) is always given.

World Race - The player races against A.I. opponents with additional objectives offer bonus rewards.
Free Drive - The player can practice their skills in a small open world area based on Redview County.

Multiplayer

It features various multiplayer only routes that players compete against each other along to reach the finish line first. Players can also grab power-ups along the route to use against other players or improve their current car similar to Pursuit Tech featured in Need for Speed: Rivals and power-ups featured in Need for Speed: World.

Multiplayer events are initiated through a lobby system that allows players to see the current race route, the driver level of other players, and a list of cars they can select for the event.

Speed - Players compete against each other in races and team races.
Item - Players compete against each other in a race using power-ups.
Drift - Players compete against each other to set the highest total drift score along a set route.
Catch the Tail - Two players compete to pass the other in a set amount of laps
Ranked Speed - Players compete against each other in races to earn a higher rank for a given season.
Challenge Mode - Players compete in multiplayer races to earn points. Earning certain amounts of points gives prizes such as car boxes, part upgrade materials, and SP.
Pursuit - 4 players try to reach a finish line without being busted by the police. Players can use Pursuit Tech to help with their escape.
Time Trial - Players complete the tracks to obtain prizes (card packs, visual parts, or according to the season), and will earn a classification according to the time they set in the race.

Gameplay

Nitrous

Players can earn nitrous through performing driving maneuvers such as drifting, driving in the oncoming lane, and drafting opponents. Nitrous can be used periodically to give a boost to a vehicle's acceleration and top speed.

Drift Boost

Whilst drifting, players can perform a drift boost that will give their vehicle a Short Turbo Boost when exiting a corner. It requires the player to perfectly time a prompt whilst drifting to earn a short drift boost.

Turbo Boost

Turbo Boost is a power-up that increases the acceleration of a vehicle, but once activated it can not be deactivated until it runs out. A turbo boost can be earned by performing driving maneuvers such as drifting,drafting opponents, earning air time, and jump distance.

Power-ups

In Item-Mode events, players can acquire power-ups while racing along their event route. A wide variety of power-ups can be collected; spike strips, shields, turbo. A player can only have two items at the same time.

Customisation

Parts

Players can upgrade their the performance rating of their cars by by installing parts. There are five types of parts; engine, transmission, nitrous, strength, and durability. Using parts upgrade materials, parts which are already installed to the car can be upgraded. Removing parts from the car requires a parts dismount card.

Wraps

Players can visit a wrap shop to customise the appearance of their cars. They can change the body paint and rim colours, or apply a wrap to a car. There are two kinds of wraps; common wraps and exclusive wraps.

Licence Plates

Licence plate are made up of two sets of numbers: individual numbers and distinct numbers. Individual numbers can be changed by using an individual number modifier, but Distinct numbers, however, cannot be changed freely and are randomly given numbers.

There are two types of licence plates;

Normal - A blue coloured licence plate.
Premium - An non-blue coloured licence plate.

Upgrade

If a player owns two or more of the same car, they can combine both to improve ta single car's strength rating, but this also requires spending currency and may fail, resulting in losing one of the two cars. The minimum is +1 and maximum level is +10.

Production

Blueprints can be gathered up to a certain target to produce a car.

Cars

Main article: Need for Speed: Edge/Cars

Over 200 cars are targeted to be part of Need for Speed: Edge^[3], with all of them split into various car classes ranging from highest (SS) to lowest (C). The car class rating system ranges from SS, S, A, B, and C.

As well as a class rating, each car is rated in five different performance factors that equate to an overall performance rating within a car class.

Soundtrack

Main article: Need for Speed: Edge/Soundtrack

The soundtrack features artists such as The Qemists, Fall Out Boy, The Dead Weather, and Major Lazer.

System Requirements

Component	Minimum Specifications	Recommended Specifications
OS	Windows Vista (SP2) 32-bit	Windows 7 64-bit
CPU	AMD Athlon II X2 2.8Ghz Intel Core 2Duo 2.4Ghz	AMD Phenom II X3 Intel Core i5
RAM	4GB	8GB
GPU	AMD Radeon 3870 NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT	AMD Radeon 7870 NVIDIA GeForce GTX660
VRAM	512MB	3GB
DirectX	DirectX 10	DirectX 11

Trailers

NEED FOR SPEED™ EDGE Teaser

NEED FOR SPEED™ EDGE - CBT 테스터 모집

NEED FOR SPEED™ EDGE - History

Need for Speed Edge - CBT 2 Trailer

Need for Speed Edge - Final Test

Development

Teaser Trailer

A teaser trailer was later released on November 3, 2015^[4] featuring various locations previously featured in Need for Speed: Rivals' Redview County, as well as short glimpses at various vehicles.

The trailer closes highlighting the date November 12, 2015, the date when the registration for the closed beta test began.

Closed Beta

Registration for a closed beta began on November 12, 2015 and is set to end in November 22, 2015, which will be followed the closed beta session from November 26, 2015 to November 29, 2015. The closed beta will be exclusive to South Korea.

Additional beta test sessions were announced on March 8, 2016 with the first taking place from March 8, 2016 to March 20, 2016, and the second from March 24, 2016 to March 27, 2016. The second round of test sessions highlighted the inclusion of Time Attack and Hot Pursuit events.

EA Quarterly Earnings Call

Electronics Arts' quarterly earnings call for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 was held on January 31, 2017. During the call, a rundown of Electronic Arts' previous quarter was discussed, and one of the games mentioned was Need for Speed: Edge.

“	[It will] follow a similar path as that we've taken with FIFA Online.	”
— Andrew Wilson - EA CEO

Official Service

Need for Speed: Edge began official service on December 14, 2017.^[5]

References

↑ http://2p.com/34769876_1/EA-Is-Developing-Need-for-Speed-Edge-for-Korean-Market-by-Wei.htm Need for Speed: Edge Nexon Press Release
↑ Website: web.archive.org (2019) Need for Speed Edge 서비스 종료 안내. available at:https://web.archive.org/web/20190405123429/http://needforspeed-edge.nexon.com/news/gamenotice?n4articlesn=744
↑ http://gameabout.com/interview2/3765896 G-Star 2016 interview
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJoYnLtFdI Need for Speed: Edge - Teaser Trailer
↑ Article: Need for Speed Edge (2017) 12/14(목) 업데이트 노트 : 정식 서비스 전환 (Update 12/14 (Thu) Update Note: Full Service Transition). Available at: http://needforspeed-edge.nexon.com/news/gamenotice?n4pageno=6&n4articlesn=160

[1] ttp://2p.com/34769876_1/EA-Is-Developing-Need-for-Speed-Edge-for-Korean-Market-by-Wei.htm Need for Speed: Edge Nexon Press Release

[2] Website: web.archive.org (2019) Need for Speed Edge 서비스 종료 안내. available at:https://web.archive.org/web/20190405123429/http://needforspeed-edge.nexon.com/news/gamenotice?n4articlesn=744

[3] ttp://gameabout.com/interview2/3765896 G-Star 2016 interview

[4] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJoYnLtFdI Need for Speed: Edge - Teaser Trailer

[5] Article: Need for Speed Edge (2017) 12/14(목) 업데이트 노트 : 정식 서비스 전환 (Update 12/14 (Thu) Update Note: Full Service Transition). Available at: http://needforspeed-edge.nexon.com/news/gamenotice?n4pageno=6&n4articlesn=160

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+|prev = Need for Speed (2015)}}{{Microtransactions}}'''''Need for Speed: Edge''''' was a free-to-play MMO racing game developed by EA Spearhead (formerly EA Korea), and published by Nexon from South Korea and Tencent Interactive Entertainment (known as ''[[Need for Speed: Online]]'') from China.
-|rel3 = PC Beta Test Sessions (Online)
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-|video = NEED FOR SPEED™ EDGE - CBT 테스터 모집}}'''''Need for Speed: Edge''''' is an upcoming title currently in development under EA Spearhead, formerly EA Korea, is set to be published by Nexon in South Korea, and by Tencent in China under the title ''Need for Speed: Online''. The game is being developed in Korea, and will use the Frostbite 3 engine.
-The title was first teased through a press release published in Korean by Nexon<ref>http://2p.com/34769876_1/EA-Is-Developing-Need-for-Speed-Edge-for-Korean-Market-by-Wei.htm Need for Speed: Edge Nexon Press Release</ref> on July 1, 2015.
+The game was developed in Korea, and used the Frostbite 3 engine, and was first teased through a press release published in Korean by Nexon<ref>http://2p.com/34769876_1/EA-Is-Developing-Need-for-Speed-Edge-for-Korean-Market-by-Wei.htm Need for Speed: Edge Nexon Press Release</ref> on July 1, 2015.
+It was released on December 14, 2017. In April 2019, Nexon announced that the game would be shutting down on May 30 of the same year.<ref>Website: web.archive.org (2019) ''Need for Speed Edge 서비스 종료 안내''. available at:[https://web.archive.org/web/20190405123429/http://needforspeed-edge.nexon.com/news/gamenotice?n4articlesn=744 https://web.archive.org/web/20190405123429/http://needforspeed-edge.nexon.com/news/gamenotice?n4articlesn=744]</ref>
+==Event Types==
+===Single Player===
+Players are given a reward at the end of each event with a pack of four cards of which only one card can be selected, while another card (Blue) is always given.
+* World Race - The player races against A.I. opponents with additional objectives offer bonus rewards.
+* Free Drive - The player can practice their skills in a small open world area based on Redview County.
+=== Multiplayer ===
 It features various multiplayer only routes that players compete against each other along to reach the finish line first. Players can also grab power-ups along the route to use against other players or improve their current car similar to [[Pursuit Tech]] featured in ''[[Need for Speed: Rivals]]'' and [[Need for Speed: World/Power-ups|power-ups]] featured in ''[[Need for Speed: World]]''.
 Multiplayer events are initiated through a lobby system that allows players to see the current race route, the driver level of other players, and a list of cars they can select for the event.
+* Speed - Players compete against each other in races and team races.
-Players are given a reward at the end of each event with a pack of four cards of which only one card can be selected.
+* Item - Players compete against each other in a race using power-ups.
+* Drift - Players compete against each other to set the highest total drift score along a set route.
+* Catch the Tail - Two players compete to pass the other in a set amount of laps
+* Ranked Speed - Players compete against each other in races to earn a higher rank for a given season.
+* Challenge Mode - Players compete in multiplayer races to earn points. Earning certain amounts of points gives prizes such as car boxes, part upgrade materials, and SP.
+* Pursuit - 4 players try to reach a finish line without being busted by the police. Players can use Pursuit Tech to help with their escape.
+* Time Trial - Players complete the tracks to obtain prizes (card packs, visual parts, or according to the season), and will earn a classification according to the time they set in the race.
-==Development==
+== Gameplay ==
-==='''Teaser Trailer'''===
+===Nitrous===
+Players can earn nitrous through performing driving maneuvers such as drifting, driving in the oncoming lane, and drafting opponents. Nitrous can be used periodically to give a boost to a vehicle's acceleration and top speed.
-A teaser trailer was later released on November 3, 2015<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJoYnLtFdI Need for Speed: Edge - Teaser Trailer</ref> featuring various locations previously featured in ''[[Need for Speed: Rivals]]''' Redview County, as well as short glimpses at various vehicles.
+===Drift Boost===
-The trailer closes highlighting the date November 12, 2015, the date when the registration for the closed beta test began.
+[[File:NFSE_DriftBoost.jpg|right|200px]]Whilst drifting, players can perform a drift boost that will give their vehicle a Short Turbo Boost when exiting a corner. It requires the player to perfectly time a prompt whilst drifting to earn a short drift boost.
+{{clear}}
-==='''Closed Beta'''===
+===Turbo Boost===
+[[File:NFSE_TurboBoost.jpg|right|200px]]Turbo Boost is a power-up that increases the acceleration of a vehicle, but once activated it can not be deactivated until it runs out. A turbo boost can be earned by performing driving maneuvers such as drifting,drafting opponents, earning air time, and jump distance.
-Registration for a closed beta began on November 12, 2015 and is set to end in November 22, 2015, which will be followed the closed beta session from November 26, 2015 to November 29, 2015. The closed beta will be exclusive to South Korea.
+{{clear}}
+===Power-ups===
-Additional beta test sessions were announced on March 8, 2016 with the first taking place from March 8, 2016 to March 20, 2016, and the second from March 24, 2016 to March 27, 2016. The second round of test sessions highlighted the inclusion of Time Attack and Hot Pursuit events.
+In Item-Mode events, players can acquire power-ups while racing along their event route. A wide variety of power-ups can be collected; spike strips, shields, turbo. A player can only have two items at the same time.
+== Customisation ==
-==='''EA Quarterly Earnings Call'''===
+=== Parts ===
-Electronics Arts' quarterly earnings call for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 was held on January 31, 2017. During the call, a rundown of Electronic Arts' previous quarter was discussed, and one of the games mentioned was ''Need for Speed: Edge''.
+Players can upgrade their the performance rating of their cars by by installing parts. There are five types of parts; engine, transmission, nitrous, strength, and durability. Using parts upgrade materials, parts which are already installed to the car can be upgraded. Removing parts from the car requires a parts dismount card.
+=== Wraps ===
-{{quote|[It will] follow a similar path as that we've taken with FIFA Online.|Andrew Wilson - EA CEO}}
+Players can visit a wrap shop to customise the appearance of their cars. They can change the body paint and rim colours, or apply a wrap to a car. There are two kinds of wraps; common wraps and exclusive wraps.
+=== Licence Plates ===
-No release date was given.<ref>http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/31/14461472/new-need-for-speed-game Polygon: New Need for Speed game</ref>
+Licence plate are made up of two sets of numbers: individual numbers and distinct numbers. Individual numbers can be changed by using an individual number modifier, but Distinct numbers, however, cannot be changed freely and are randomly given numbers.
+There are two types of licence plates;
+* Normal - A blue coloured licence plate.
+* Premium - An non-blue coloured licence plate.
+=== Upgrade ===
+If a player owns two or more of the same car, they can combine both to improve ta single car's strength rating, but this also requires spending currency and may fail, resulting in losing one of the two cars. The minimum is +1 and maximum level is +10.
+=== Production ===
+Blueprints can be gathered up to a certain target to produce a car.
 ==Cars==
+{{main|Need for Speed: Edge/Cars}}Over 200 cars are targeted to be part of ''Need for Speed: Edge''<ref>http://gameabout.com/interview2/3765896 G-Star 2016 interview</ref>, with all of them split into various car classes ranging from highest (SS) to lowest (C). The car class rating system ranges from SS, S, A, B, and C.
-{{main|Need for Speed: Edge/Cars}}
-Over 200 cars are targeted to be part of ''Need for Speed: Edge''<ref>http://gameabout.com/interview2/3765896 G-Star 2016 interview</ref>, with all of them split into various car classes ranging from highest (SS) to lowest (C). The car class rating system ranges from SS, S, A, B, and C.
 As well as a class rating, each car is rated in five different performance factors that equate to an overall performance rating within a car class.
+==Soundtrack==
-==='''Speculated'''===
+{{main|Need for Speed: Edge/Soundtrack}}The soundtrack features artists such as The Qemists, Fall Out Boy, The Dead Weather, and Major Lazer.
-Some vehicles are featured in the background of various menus, but are not available to drive.
-{|style="width"100%"|
-*[[Aston Martin DBS]]
-*[[Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray|Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray]]
-*[[Ferrari 458 Italia]]
-*[[Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale]]
-|}
 ==System Requirements==
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 ==Trailers==
-<gallery spacing="small" widths="148" orientation="square" hideaddbutton="true">
+<gallery spacing="small" widths="155" orientation="square" hideaddbutton="true">
 NEED FOR SPEED™ EDGE Teaser|Teaser Trailer
 NEED FOR SPEED™ EDGE - CBT 테스터 모집|Closed Beta Test 1 Trailer
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 Need for Speed Edge - Final Test|Final Test Trailer
 </gallery>
+==Development==
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+===Teaser Trailer===
+<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
+A teaser trailer was later released on November 3, 2015<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJoYnLtFdI Need for Speed: Edge - Teaser Trailer</ref> featuring various locations previously featured in ''[[Need for Speed: Rivals]]''' Redview County, as well as short glimpses at various vehicles.
+The trailer closes highlighting the date November 12, 2015, the date when the registration for the closed beta test began.
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+===Closed Beta===
+<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
+Registration for a closed beta began on November 12, 2015 and is set to end in November 22, 2015, which will be followed the closed beta session from November 26, 2015 to November 29, 2015. The closed beta will be exclusive to South Korea.
+Additional beta test sessions were announced on March 8, 2016 with the first taking place from March 8, 2016 to March 20, 2016, and the second from March 24, 2016 to March 27, 2016. The second round of test sessions highlighted the inclusion of Time Attack and Hot Pursuit events.
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+===EA Quarterly Earnings Call===
+<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
+Electronics Arts' quarterly earnings call for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 was held on January 31, 2017. During the call, a rundown of Electronic Arts' previous quarter was discussed, and one of the games mentioned was ''Need for Speed: Edge''.
+{{quote|[It will] follow a similar path as that we've taken with FIFA Online.|Andrew Wilson - EA CEO}}</div>
+</div>
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+=== Official Service ===
+<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
+''Need for Speed: Edge'' began official service on December 14, 2017.<ref>Article: Need for Speed Edge (2017) ''12/14(목) 업데이트 노트 : 정식 서비스 전환 (Update 12/14 (Thu) Update Note: Full Service Transition)''. Available at: http://needforspeed-edge.nexon.com/news/gamenotice?n4pageno=6&n4articlesn=160</ref>
+</div>
+</div>
 ==References==
 <references/>
 {{NFS series}}
-[[Category:Need for Speed Series]]
-[[Category:Games]]
 [[Category:Need for Speed: Edge]]

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