Several Need for Speed Games Disappear From Digital Stores Forever

Its online features will also be discontinued in August due to a lack of players in multiplayer Need for Speed games.

Bad news again for the preservation of the video game. Several titles in the Need for Speed ​​saga will disappear from digital stores in the next few hours. Need for Speed ​​Carbon, Need for Speed ​​Undercover, Need for Speed ​​Shift, Need for Speed ​​Shift 2: Unleashed and Need for Speed ​​The Run can no longer be purchased on any of the online platforms.

It is the first step; The following is the closure of the online services of the aforementioned games, which will run on August 31, 2021. From that day on, it will not be possible to play online or compete with friends in network multiplayer functions; but the rest of the game modes that are suitable for offline functions will be active.

“The decision to retire games is never easy, but now we are shifting gears to focus on the future of Need for Speed. Development teams and operational staff have dedicated a lot of time and passion to developing, creating, launching and implementing maintenance of the game over the years, and we love to see you play. But due to the number of active players, it is no longer possible to keep the games running, “say the developers on the game’s Reddit forums.

In this way, and as indicated in the indicated post, the games of the speed saga that keep their servers active are Need for Speed ​​Most Wanted (2012), Need for Speed ​​Rivals, Need for Speed ​​(2015), Need for Speed ​​Payback, Need for Speed ​​Heat and Need for Speed ​​Hot Pursuit Remastered, several of them being active in the EA Play subscription.

Source: NME

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