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Need for Speed: World Online is one of the next installments in the long-running racing
Racing game

A racing game is a genre of Video games. Racing games are either in the first or third person perspective. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings, and feature any type of land, air, or sea vehicles....
 video game franchise Need for Speed
Need for Speed

Need For Speed is a series of racing game video games video game developer by Canadian based company EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts....
 published by Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is an international video game developer, marketer, video game publisher and distributor of video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games....
. It's co-developed by EA Black Box and EA Singapore. World Online is a free-to-play
Free-to-play

Free-to-play / refers to any game that has an option of allowing its players to play without paying. Some of these games have both a free version and a Pay to Play version that offers the full version of the game and all of the updates....
 MMORG , or racing
Racing game

A racing game is a genre of Video games. Racing games are either in the first or third person perspective. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings, and feature any type of land, air, or sea vehicles....
 massively multiplayer online
Massively multiplayer online game

A massively multiplayer online game is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and feature at least one persistent world....
 computer game
Personal computer game

A personal computer game is a game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine. Computer games have evolved from the simple graphics and gameplay of early titles like Spacewar!, to a wide range of more visually advanced titles....
, the second MMORG in the Need for Speed series after Motor City Online
Motor City Online

Motor City Online was a racing game Massively multiplayer online game personal computer game released by Electronic Arts on October 10, 2001....
. EA marketing manager Keith Munro states that "this Play 4 Free action racing game will give Need for Speed fans the most licensed cars, parts and game modes ever in Need for Speed's history"..






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Need for Speed: World Online is one of the next installments in the long-running racing
Racing game

A racing game is a genre of Video games. Racing games are either in the first or third person perspective. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings, and feature any type of land, air, or sea vehicles....
 video game franchise Need for Speed
Need for Speed

Need For Speed is a series of racing game video games video game developer by Canadian based company EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts....
 published by Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is an international video game developer, marketer, video game publisher and distributor of video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games....
. It's co-developed by EA Black Box and EA Singapore. World Online is a free-to-play
Free-to-play

Free-to-play / refers to any game that has an option of allowing its players to play without paying. Some of these games have both a free version and a Pay to Play version that offers the full version of the game and all of the updates....
 MMORG , or racing
Racing game

A racing game is a genre of Video games. Racing games are either in the first or third person perspective. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings, and feature any type of land, air, or sea vehicles....
 massively multiplayer online
Massively multiplayer online game

A massively multiplayer online game is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and feature at least one persistent world....
 computer game
Personal computer game

A personal computer game is a game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine. Computer games have evolved from the simple graphics and gameplay of early titles like Spacewar!, to a wide range of more visually advanced titles....
, the second MMORG in the Need for Speed series after Motor City Online
Motor City Online

Motor City Online was a racing game Massively multiplayer online game personal computer game released by Electronic Arts on October 10, 2001....
. EA marketing manager Keith Munro states that "this Play 4 Free action racing game will give Need for Speed fans the most licensed cars, parts and game modes ever in Need for Speed's history".. There is now an official trailer, which confirms Pagani Zonda
Pagani Zonda

The Pagani Zonda is a Mid-engine design sports car produced by Pagani in Italy. It debuted in 1999 and continues through the present, with production proceeding at roughly 10 cars per year....
, Lamborghini
Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italy manufacturer of sports cars, based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna....
, Porsche
Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
, Lexus
Lexus

is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, where Lexus has become the highest-selling make of luxury car, today Lexus vehicles are available throughout the world....
 and the return of the police. The promo image is a Nissan 350Z
Nissan 350Z

The Nissan 350Z is a two seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan Motor Co, LTD. The 350Z is the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line, originally introduced in 1969 as the Datsun 240Z....
 racing in the Chinatown of Palmont (the city of Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon, also known as NFS Carbon or NFSC is an Electronic Arts video game belonging to the Need for Speed series....
) in mid-day.

Development

In an interview with World Online producer, Scott Henshaw, he mentioned that the European
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and North American
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 versions of the game will have differences from the Asian
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 one. It was also confirmed that the game will feature the cities of Palmont and Rockport, which were featured in Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon, also known as NFS Carbon or NFSC is an Electronic Arts video game belonging to the Need for Speed series....
 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing game video game, developed by EA Black Box and first released by Electronic Arts in North America on November 11, 2005....
 respectively. The cops were confirmed to return as well, together with a co-op and team based cop play.

It is unknown if the game will have a day/night cycle and/or more cities.

Trailer

There is now an official trailer, which confirms Pagani Zonda
Pagani Zonda

The Pagani Zonda is a Mid-engine design sports car produced by Pagani in Italy. It debuted in 1999 and continues through the present, with production proceeding at roughly 10 cars per year....
, Lamborghini
Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italy manufacturer of sports cars, based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna....
, Porsche
Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
, Lexus
Lexus

is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, where Lexus has become the highest-selling make of luxury car, today Lexus vehicles are available throughout the world....
 and the return of the police. The promo image is a Nissan 350Z
Nissan 350Z

The Nissan 350Z is a two seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan Motor Co, LTD. The 350Z is the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line, originally introduced in 1969 as the Datsun 240Z....
 racing in the Chinatown of Palmont (the city of Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon, also known as NFS Carbon or NFSC is an Electronic Arts video game belonging to the Need for Speed series....
) in mid-day.

See also

  • Project Torque
    Project Torque

    Project Torque is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online game racing game . It is the first game of its kind and features both simulation and arcade gameplay elements such as advanced tuning and customization....
     – the first free-to-play
    Free-to-play

    Free-to-play / refers to any game that has an option of allowing its players to play without paying. Some of these games have both a free version and a Pay to Play version that offers the full version of the game and all of the updates....
     MMORG.
  • Test Drive Unlimited
    Test Drive Unlimited

    Test Drive Unlimited is an racing game, the 9th game of the series that features over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles and a terrain modeled after the Hawaiian island of Oahu that features some 1000 miles of roads and highways....
     – another popular MMORG.
  • Drift City
    Drift City

    Drift City, also known as Skid Rush in Korea , is a Korean-developed game published in America on August 1, 2007 by NHN. This game combines the features of an Role-playing game with the features of a driving game....
     – another popular MMORG.


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