Posted on Tuesday, February 03 2009 @ 5:10 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Last week it was unveiled EA
is working on three Need for Speed titles, and according to
there is one more secret Need for Speed game in development.
"Black Box is currently working on a future action title in the franchise," said Munro, playing his car-cards close to his car-chest. [Are you phoning this in? - Ed]
Presumably this game will continue the street-racing series trend of late, as the newly-announced Need for Speed: Shift (PC, 360, PS3, PSP) moves towards simulation racing and away from urban culture. But otherwise, details are scarce.
That's four games. Could this be a case of EA playing safe in the face of the economic crises and milking a safe and proven brand?
Not according to Munro, who said the credit crunch had "not played any role" and that work began "long before" we all began feeling the pinch.
