http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/05/21/ea-adds-new-need-for-speed-to-tonights-xbox-line-up/
A screengrab from the Facebook page.
Whilst Nintendo are out of favour with EA at the moment, and Sony didn’t manage to get anyone from the publisher up on stage in New York, Microsoft have obviously saved them a seat on the K.I.S.S.I.N.G. branch.
Following on from yesterday’s news of an exclusive FIFA reveal and something relating to Battlefield 4, EA have teased that a new Need For Speed will also grace the Xbox Reveal tonight at the Microsoft campus.
The hint initially came via McLaren who had been prompting something for a day. Overnight the Need for Speed Facebook page posted the shot of the iconic orange vehicle.
Interestingly, this morning it looks like the post has been removed – it’s still in Google’s cache and there’s a screengrab, of course.
Most were assuming Microsoft would be wheeling out the likes of a new Project Gotham Racing or – perhaps – a new Forza title. Another EA reveal doesn’t quite have the same impact – let’s just hope they’re confined to a short ‘sizzle’ video rather than individual announcements from a single publishers.
Microsoft have already said that tonight’s show is just about the console rather than the games, with the good stuff being saved for E3 in a couple of weeks. Yesterday Sony attempted to spoil Microsoft’s party with a teasing glimpse of the console and confirming that we won’t (leaks aside) see the full console until Sony roll it out in Los Angeles a day before E3 starts.
Did it work? We’ll see soon.
