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Need For Speed Heat

Despite being a good racing game, Need for Speed Heat flew under many radars after EA killed everyone's love for the series with Payback's microtransaction-driven mechanics. Heat does not herd players into paying pen.
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Need for Speed Heat's final update brings cross-play

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Need for Speed Heat is getting its final update tomorrow, June 9, 2020. The update will bring a bunch of improvements to the game, one of which is cross-play. A new Need for Speed game is now in development.

Dragon Age 2, Need for Speed Heat, Burnout Paradise Remastered hit Steam

A car driving on a highway approaching suburbs
EA's return to Steam has brought back a handful of titles to GabeN's platform and the latest batch includes Dragon Age 2, Need for Speed Heat, Burnout Paradise Remastered and more.

Need for Speed Heat - March update adds two new cars

NFS Heat screenshot showing the new cars
EA and Ghost have a brand new update for their racing title Need For Speed Heat. The March update adds two new cars - Aston Martin DB11 Volante ‘19, which comes as a free addition and the McLaren F1 ‘93, as a paid one. Patch also brings tons of bug fixes.

Need for Speed Heat file size revealed

EA updated their Microsoft store page with the file size of roughly 28 GB for Need for Speed Heat and it appears the game will also have a day one patch.

NFS Heat's night races are like The Division's Dark Zone

Need for Speed Heat's night races will be a completely different experience from the racing in daylight according to the game's Creative Director Riley Cooper. Apparently, The Division's Dark Zone was one of the inspirations for the team.

Need for Speed Heat won't have loot boxes or surprise mechanics

According to Need for Speed Heat Community Manager Ben Walke, there are no loot boxes or surprise mechanics in the game, and there won't be. However, EA plan to release post-launch DLC in the form of car packs and time save packs.

Need For Speed Heat officially announced with a trailer

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EA officially announced Need For Speed Heat as the countdown timer came to zero. The announcement came via a trailer and is just a glorified advertisement for the actual reveal that will happen at Gamescom 2019 in the following week.