| Need for Speed Heat | |
|---|---|
 Cover art featuring a modified Polestar 1 being chased by a Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport police car | |
| Developer(s) | Ghost Games[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Director(s) | Riley Cooper |
| Designer(s) | Yoni Rabinowitz |
| Programmer(s) | Nicolas Mercier |
| Artist(s) | Darren White |
| Writer(s) | Philip Huxley |
| Composer(s) | Pedro Bromfman |
| Series | Need for Speed |
| Engine | Frostbite 3 |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | November 8, 2019 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Need for Speed Heat (stylised as NFS Heat) is a 2019 racing video game developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. It is the twenty-fourth installment in the Need for Speed series and commemorates the series' 25th anniversary.
Heat received mixed reviews from critics, who mostly found the game to be an improvement over the 2015 reboot and Payback, but not enough to be a full return-to-form for the franchise. It would be Ghost Games' final entry; both for the Need for Speed franchise, and as a head studio. In February 2020, EA shifted development of the franchise back to Criterion Games (the developers of the Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted revivals). Ghost Games would be reverted back to their previous name of EA Gothenburg, and became an engineering studio for the Frostbite engine.
Heat would be succeeded by Need for Speed Unbound, which was released in December 2022.
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