Need for Speed (Series)

Need for Speed (abbreviation: NFS) is a multiplatform racing video game series with the first game The Need for Speed being released on August 31, 1994.

On October 21, 2009, Electronic Arts announced the franchise had sold over 100 million units, making Need for Speed the most commercially successful racing game series of all time.^[1]

Games

	The Need for Speed - Pioneer Interactive 3DO - August 31, 1994 PC (DOS) - August 31, 1995 PlayStation - March 20, 1996 Sega Saturn - July 6, 1996
	Special Edition PC (Windows 95) - 1996
	Need for Speed II - EA Canada PC - April 30, 1997 PlayStation - March 31, 1997
	Special Edition PC - 1997
	Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit - EA Canada, EA Seattle PC - October 12, 1998 PlayStation - March 25, 1998
	Need for Speed: High Stakes - EA Canada PC - June 1, 1999 PlayStation - March 1, 1999
	Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed - EA Canada PC - March 24, 2000 PlayStation - February 29, 2000
	Motor City Online - EA Seattle PC - October 29, 2001 to August 29, 2003
	Need for Speed: Top Speed - WildTangent PC - 2002
	Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - EA Seattle, EA Black Box PC - October 21, 2002 GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox - September 30, 2002
	Need for Speed: Underground - EA Black Box GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox - November 17, 2003
	Need for Speed: Underground 2 - EA Black Box GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox - November 9, 2004
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted - EA Black Box, EA Redwood Shores PC - November 11, 2005 GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox - November 15, 2005 Xbox 360 - November 16, 2005
	Black Edition PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox - November 15, 2005
	Need for Speed: Carbon - EA Black Box, EA Canada GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 - October 31, 2006 PlayStation 3, Wii - November 19, 2006 Macintosh - August 17, 2007
	Collector's Edition PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 - October 31, 2006
	Need for Speed: ProStreet - EA Black Box, EA Canada PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 - November 13, 2007
	Collector's Edition Upgrade PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - November 13, 2007
	Limited Edition Xbox 360 - November 13, 2007
	Need for Speed: Undercover - EA Black Box, Exient Entertainment (PS2, Wii) PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 - November 17, 2008
	Collector's Edition Upgrade PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - November 17, 2008
	Need for Speed: Shift - Slightly Mad Studios PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - September 15, 2009
	Special Edition PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - September 15, 2009
	Need for Speed: Nitro - EA Montreal Wii - November 2, 2009
	Need for Speed: World - EA Singapore, EA Black Box, Quicklime, Easy, EA Vancouver PC - July 27, 2010 to July 14, 2015
	Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) - Criterion Games, DICE, Exient Entertainment (Wii) PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 - November 16, 2010
	Limited Edition PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - November 16, 2010
	Shift 2: Unleashed - Slightly Mad Studios PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - March 29, 2011
	Limited Edition PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - March 29, 2011
	Need for Speed: The Run - EA Black Box, Firebrand Games (Wii) PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 - November 15, 2011
	Limited Edition PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - November 15, 2011
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) - Criterion Games, DICE PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - October 30, 2012 Wii U - March 19, 2013
	Limited Edition PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - October 30, 2012
	Need for Speed: Rivals - Ghost Games, Criterion Games PlayStation 4 - November 15, 2013 PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - November 19, 2013 Xbox One - November 22, 2013
	Limited Edition PlayStation 4 - November 15, 2013 PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 - November 19, 2013 Xbox One - November 22, 2013
	Complete Edition PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One - October 21, 2014
	Need for Speed (2015) - Ghost Games, Criterion Games, Visceral Games, EA Shanghai PlayStation 4, Xbox One - November 3, 2015 PC - March 15, 2016
	Deluxe Edition PlayStation 4, Xbox One - November 3, 2015 PC - March 15, 2016
	Need for Speed: Payback - Ghost Games PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One - November 10, 2017
	Deluxe Edition PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One - November 7, 2017
	Need for Speed: Edge - EA Spearhead PC - TBA

Localisations

	Over Drivin' DX PlayStation - April 19, 1996 (Japan)
	Over Drivin' GT-R Sega Saturn - December 20, 1996 (Japan)
	Over Drivin' Skyline Memorial PlayStation - February 10, 1997 (Japan)
	Need for Speed: Underground J-Tune PlayStation 2 - June 24, 2004 (Japan)
	Need for Speed: Underground 2 Sha Do PlayStation 2 - July 14, 2005 (Japan)
	Need for Speed: Duel Android - TBA (China)

Handheld

	Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed - Pocketeers Game Boy Advance - March 15, 2004
	Need for Speed: Underground - Pocketeers Game Boy Advance - December 18, 2003
	Need for Speed: Underground Rivals - Team Fusion PlayStation Portable - February 24, 2005
	Need for Speed: Underground 2 - Pocketeers Game Boy Advance - November 15, 2004 Nintendo DS - May 10, 2005
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Pocketeers (GBA), Sensory Sweep Studios (DS) Gameboy Advance - November 15, 2005 Nintendo DS - November 11, 2005
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 - Team Fusion PlayStation Portable - November 15, 2005
	Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City - Exient Entertainment (DS), Team Fusion (GBA, PSP), Tectoy Digital (Zeebo) Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable - October 31, 2006 Zeebo - May 29, 2009
	Need for Speed: ProStreet - Exient Entertainment (DS), EA Black Box (PSP) Nintendo DS - November 13, 2007 PlayStation Portable - February 18, 2008
	Need for Speed: Undercover - Exient Entertainment (DS), Piranha Games (PSP) Nintendo DS - November 13, 2007 PlayStation Portable - February 18, 2008
	Need for Speed: Shift - EA Bright Light (PSP) PlayStation Portable - September 15, 2009
	Need for Speed: Nitro - Firebrand Games Nintendo DS - November 2, 2009
	Nitro-X Nintendo DSi - November 15, 2010
	Need for Speed: The Run - Firebrand Games Nintendo 3DS - November 15, 2011
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) - Criterion Games, DICE PlayStation Vita - October 30, 2012

Phone

	Need for Speed: Underground 2 - Ideaworks Game Studio Phone (Java) - July 15, 2005
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Pocketeers Phone (Java) - July 15, 2005
	Need for Speed: Carbon - Rovio Mobile Phone (Java) - 2006
	Need for Speed: ProStreet - IronMonkey Studios Phone (Java) - 2007
	Need for Speed: Undercover - EA Mobile (Phone), Exient Entertainment (BB), IronMonkey Studios (iOS, N-Gage, WP) Blackberry - August 26, 2009 iOS - April 27, 2009 Nokia N-Gage 2.0 - March 17, 2009 Phone (Java) - November 18, 2008 Windows Phone - May 7, 2009
	Need for Speed: Shift - IronMonkey Studios (Android, iOS, WP) Android - December 18, 2010 iOS - December 18, 2009 Windows Phone - December 18, 2009
	Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) - IronMonkey Android - 2011 iOS - November 16, 2010 Windows Phone - February 1, 2012
	Shift 2: Unleashed - Firemonkeys iOS - August 4, 2011
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) - Firemonkeys Android, iOS - October 30, 2012
	Need for Speed: No Limits - Firemonkeys Android, iOS - September 30, 2015
	Need for Speed: No Limits VR - Firemonkeys Android (Daydream) - December 15, 2016

Arcade

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Trivia

The Need for Speed is a reference to a movie quote in Top Gun.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted has sold 16 million units and is the best selling game in the franchise.^[2]
The first two games in the V-Rally franchise were sold with the Need for Speed title in North America, but are not part of the Need for Speed series.

References

[0] Need for Speed series sells 100M Need for Speed series sells over 100M

[1] Most Wanted sales

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