Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Cover art featuring a Pagani Zonda Cinque (Racer) and a Lamborghini Reventón (Cop)
Developer(s)Criterion Games[a]
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Director(s)
  • Alex Ward
  • Craig Sullivan
  • Fiona Sperry
Producer(s)
  • Alan McDairmant
  • Hamish Young
  • Matt Webster
Artist(s)
  • Henry LaBounta
  • Yuta Nakamura
Composer(s)
  • Marios Takoushis[4]
  • Vanesa Lorena Tate[5]
SeriesNeed for Speed
Platform(s)
Release
  • Remastered
  • Windows, PS4, XONE
    • WW: 6 November 2020
  • Switch
    • WW: 13 November 2020
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is a 2010 racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, webOS, and Windows Phone. The Wii version was developed by Exient Entertainment. Hot Pursuit is the sixteenth Need for Speed title and was released in November 2010, with digital distribution versions released within December 2010. The game serves as a revival of the Hot Pursuit name first used in 1998's Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit.

Hot Pursuit's gameplay is set in the fictional Seacrest County, which is based on the American states of California, Oregon and Washington,[7] in which players can compete in several types of races. Players can compete online (except in the Wii version), which includes additional game modes such as Hot Pursuit, Interceptor and Race. The game features a new social interaction system called "Autolog", which is a network that connects friends for head-to-head races and compares player stats for competition. The game also features paid downloadable content in the form of new cars, new race and pursuit events, and new trophies and achievements.

Hot Pursuit was well received by critics at E3 2010 and was most notably awarded with "Best Racing Game" from the 2010 Game Critics Awards as well as several other media outlets. It won several Best Racing Game awards, including Best Driving Game at the Spike 2010 Video Game Awards. The game also won a BAFTA Award for its Autolog multiplayer component.

Hot Pursuit was succeeded by the 2012 Most Wanted reboot. A remastered version, titled Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, was released on November 6, 2020, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on November 13, 2020, for Nintendo Switch.

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  2. ^ a b Hinkle, David (14 June 2010). "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit races to retail November 16". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  3. ^ Wahlgren, Jonathan (15 June 2010). "Wii Version". Nintendolife. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Marios Takoushis". Dynamod Web Portals/Fluxure Advanced Motion Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Vanesa Lorena Tate". Vanesa Lorena Tate. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. ^ "iTunes confirms NFS: HP for iPhone". EAMobile. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010. iTunes; under "Coming Soon"
  7. ^ "Under the Hood: Welcome Back to Seacrest County". Electronic Arts. Retrieved 26 June 2024.


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