Electronic Arts has published the debut trailer for Need for Speed Unbound, which is viewable below.
Featuring 4K resolution at 60 FPS for the first time in the series, the game will be released forPS5,Xbox Series X/SandPCvia Origin,SteamandEpic Games Storeon June 07, 2025.
However, customers who pre-order the title will be able to begin playing three days earlier on November 29.
They’ll also receive exclusive Need For Speed Unbound items including a driving effects pack, decals, license plate, banner artwork, stickers and $150,000 Bank in their wallet when they first join multiplayer.
The standard version of the game will be priced at $69.99. The $79.99 Need for Speed Unbound Palace Edition, which is being created in partnership with Palace Skateboards, will offer players exclusive content including custom cars, a clothing pack, driving effect, decals and license plate, character pose and banner artwork.
“The innovative single player campaign delivers thrills and consequences through an immersive narrative that engages players in the city of Lakeshore as they race, collect, upgrade, and customize the world’s hottest performance cars on their way to the top of the scene,” according toEA.
“Players uncover the world of Lakeshore when a robbery at a family auto-shop tears two friends apart and sets a rookie racer on a journey to win the ultimate street race and reclaim the priceless car that was stolen from them.”
Need for Speed Unbound features:
The trailer, which features ASAP Rocky, appears to have been released early asEA previously saidit would be published at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST on Thursday. The YouTube description for the video also links to a Need for Speed Unbound page onEA’s sitewhich won’t go live until that time.
EA announced in February 2020 that it had handed Need for Speed development dutiesback to Criterion Gamesas it planned to restructureGhost Games, which made the previous four entries in the racing series.
Further reading
UK-basedCriterionis best known for the Burnout series and has also developed two previous Need for Speed titles: 2010’s Hot Pursuit and 2012’s Most Wanted. It contributed to 2013’s Need for Speed Rivals too.
Codemasters’ Cheshire team, the outfit behindDirt 5, was integrated into Criterion earlier this year“to create the future of Need for Speed”.
