You may recognize Executive Producer Jason DeLong on Need for Speed: The Run from our live E3 show, which we streamed live from our PlayStation booth earlier this year. Interactive cinemas, fast cars and loud tunes propelled The Run at E3, but all along EA Black Box was quietly scheming to reveal more at gamescom.
In my play session, I chased after a pearl white Laborghini Aventador down a treacherous mountain road on Independence Pass in Colorado. Then it happened: I found myself staring at an oncoming avalanche from behind the wheel of my car, plowing and drifting through chaos while I sat comfortably in a dark room at EA‘s show floor. I couldn’t help but smile after my demo session with Need for Speed: The Run, knowing that I finally got to play a true-to-forml Michael-Bay-inspired Hollywood action racer on my PS3.
I got a few minutes with DeLong and picked his brain about a retaining the authenticity and how the high-tech Frostbite rendering engine opens up new storytelling vistas for this action racer.
21 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 7:24 pm by Merkkari63
Looking forward to this.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 7:29 pm by BADDOG-9
cant wait for it
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 7:30 pm by Skookie30
Hi Rey welcome to our inferior Region we make you feel welcome, how about you SCEA do part-time as i seen you & jeff on this blog before.
teach SCEE how it done how to get content.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 8:16 pm by Pesico
This game looks really cool. Gonna get it!
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 8:22 pm by manutreble
This nfs game looked better than Hp just 1 ? Is there gonna be customise to the cars thats what’s missing from need for speed sice underground those were the days
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 10:42 pm by RoaringMdog18
Wow , Rey changed alot o.o I still remember him from his jtv streaming days years ago xD
The game looks pretty cool , but ill just wait a month or 2 for a price drop.
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 4:06 am by quackerzacher
that was an awesome high-five
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 4:44 am by TalllPaul
The game looks great, the more I hear about it the more I drool. All down to the handling now
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 10:15 am by cspr111
It looks so amazing, a huge step up from undercover.
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 10:21 am by obiadekanobi1980
frostbite 2 FTW god i love DICE they are awsome this better be good cos hot pursuit was the best 1 yet due to criterion….. lets hope there working on the next burnout using frostbite 2 be awsome driving through office blocks instead of billboards…
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 12:27 pm by ALhammadi51
it’s gonna be amazing .
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 12:35 pm by kool-chris93
I must say, that looks pretty impressive
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 1:39 pm by polynski
they have gone backwards towards need for speed wanted then moved forward into something new which is great cuz i loved wanted n i love stuff thats new:)
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 1:41 pm by polynski
seriously ea went down hill with shift what was going on there …it went 1.boring 2.amazing wanted,unbeatable shift.pile of beep
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 1:44 pm by polynski
carbon was great n im yet to play underground so i have no idea
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 2:27 pm by Mikal_Drey
hey hey
the ONLY grip i had with hot pursuit was the camera angle being just a little too low behind the car.
I still loved the game and this just looks awesome.
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 5:49 pm by killzonexx
cops and car chases are the best but so far this game looks the same as hot pursuit to fast releasing these kinda games shows me its not about quality but about earning money asap.
take time for games then people plays it longer
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Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 8:00 pm by Sp4reNL
Is it just me or do the graphics look a bit outdated? (below the quality of NFS:HP) (and YES I watched the 720p version)
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Posted on 26 August, 2011 at 8:27 pm by galaick
This game will be awesome, just because of Frostbite 2!
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Posted on 27 August, 2011 at 7:26 am by laro87
@Sp4reNL BUZZ KILLER
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Posted on 29 August, 2011 at 6:44 am by Spud_303
Me likey….me want.
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