Developers of racing games received a new injection of life and purpose in the last two years. The growing popularity of street racing and modding has flourished in the popular culture, while Criterion's Burnout series has blazed a path all its own, bringing arcade racing back to its pre-Gran Turismo glory days. The Need for Speed series has never clung to a particular aspect of pop culture like Rockstar's Midnight Club or a particular car like Sega's Ferrari 360, but the long-time series struck gold with its light implementation of modding with Need for Speed Underground, selling more units w...
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Latest Need for Speed Most Wanted News & Updates
Dec 8, 2005 - Don't get nipped by the filth.
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Nov 30, 2005 -
We took a couple of days off of writing our little "Cars of Need For Speed: Most Wanted" due to the holidays. Actually, we were about to stop doing them altogether, but we found our inbox flooded with "is Car X in the game"-type e-mails. As all of yo...
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Nov 22, 2005 -
Need For Speed: Most Wanted really likes to flaunt the whole "street racer" aesthetic. In all the advertising, the box art and even the "live" events held to promote the game, it seems that EA is really catering to the "underground" crowd. (Pun was intended, thank you.)
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Nov 21, 2005 -
Dammit, we've been found out. You see, while we were playing our Xbox 360 copy of
Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Jessica Chobot decided to leave our office. Of course, this caused our boss, the Carleburger, to come check on us to make sure we we...
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Nov 18, 2005 -
IGN Insider's very own Jessica Chobot has been lurking around the IGN L.A. office for the past day or so, which is great news for us. Jessica has been doing a good job distracting our boss, the Carleburger, by talking about all things geek-related. T...
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About this Game
Need for Speed Underground takes an expanded take on the police chases of the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit series. The game features a Rap Sheet option that works hand in hand with a player's street reputation as they move up from the "Black List" to the A-List. Users are also able to go head-to-head with their opponents while simultaneously trying to avoid more than six different police cars at once through a dynamically changing open-ended world. Get your car peaked for outrunning the cops by customizing your muscle cars, supercars, tuners, and sports cars.
