EA Confirms New Need for Speed Will Debut in Next Fiscal Year

The EA racing franchise will return.

By Jonathon Dornbush

A new Need for Speed is currently in development and is set to be launched during EA's fiscal year 2018, the publisher has revealed.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson revealed during its quarterly earnings call that the team behind the upcoming Need for Speed game "is pushing the boundaries of action driving."

"We’ve given this game an extended development cycle to focus on innovation, and the Need for Speed team is pushing the boundaries of action driving with what we believe is the most exciting and best-looking Need for Speed game we’ve ever produced," Wilson said during the fiscal year 2017 third quarter call.

Wilson said the title will launch in the company's 2018 fiscal year, which begins on April 1, 2017 and ends on March 31, 2018.

Developer Ghost previously revealed that a new Need for Speed game would be coming during 2017. The last Need for Speed game released on November 3, 2015, and came to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. IGN gave the game a 6.3, saying that it "looks the part, sounds the part, and is surprisingly reverent to real-world car culture" but that "beneath its flashy exterior it's not quite firing on all cylinders."

EA also addressed during the earnings call whether Skate 4 is currently in development and offered more details about the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront sequel.

Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

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