Social Competition of Autolog Hits the Next Gear
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Criterion Games™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS)
today announced the all-new Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Super
Sports content pack for the award winning Need for Speed Hot Pursuit.
The content pack expands the superior racing, intense police chases and
addictive rivalries found in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit with
13 new race and pursuit events and three of the world's fastest
supercars: Porsche 911 GT2 RS, GUMPERT Apollo S and Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Super Sport. Each vehicle was carefully chosen for their unsurpassed
performance, speed and ability for players to post the fastest times on
their speed wall and push the limits of social competition. All of the
cars will be available as a cop and a racer, so players can use these
powerful machines to either enforce or evade the law.
The Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Super Sports content pack will be
available worldwide beginning on December 21 on the Xbox 360® video game
and entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment
system in North America and on December 22 on PlayStation®Network in
Europe. The Super Sports content pack will be available for $6.99 USD
(560 Microsoft Points).
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is the must-have game of the holiday
with perfect scores from PlayStation: The Official Magazine,
GamesRadar.com, 1UP.com and Joysitq.com, and 90+ scores from IGN.com,
Destructoid.com, GamePro, Edge Magazine, Eurogamer.com, Gametrailers.com
and more.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is transforming online racing by
capturing the adrenaline and intensity of high speed cop pursuits and
changing the way that people connect and compete with their friends. Need
for Speed Hot Pursuit introduces a revolutionary social network
called Need for Speed Autolog, which seamlessly connects
players with their friends by automatically tracking and comparing each
person's performances. Autolog also serves up challenges based on
what your friends have been doing, creating a simple, yet brilliantly
dynamic social-gaming experience.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is available now on the Xbox 360®
videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment
system, PC and the Wii™*. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is also now
live on the AppStore for iPhone® and iPod touch® mobile digital devices.
For more of the latest news and information on Need for Speed Hot
Pursuit, please visit http://www.needforspeed.com,
"like" the game on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/needforspeed
and follow the game on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/needforspeed.
* Developed by Exient, Need for Speed Autolog not available on
the Wii.
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a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA MobileTM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units.
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