The in-development remaster of 2010’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has been rated for release, despite still being unannounced by publisher EA.
‘Need for SpeedHot Pursuit Remastered’ was rated byKorea’s Games Rating and Administration Committeeearlier this month, as spotted by VGC contributorAndrew Marmo, suggesting that a release for the title could be imminent.
The remastered version of the Criterion racerwas first outed in aVentureBeatreport in June, thenlisted by Amazon UKfor release on multiple consoles – including Switch – on November 13.
Hot Pursuit is set in the fictional county of Seacrest, which is based on the American states of California, Oregon and Washington.
The game was the first Need for Speed to feature Autolog, the social interaction system that connects friends for head-to-head races and compares player stats.
EAannounced in February that it had handed Need for Speeddevelopment duties back to Criterion Gamesas it planned to restructureGhost Games, which developed the last four entries in the racing series.
And during June’s EA Play event, the publisher offeredthe first look at some of its in-development projects for next-gen consolesincluding Need for Speed, which it said will offer “a seamless immersion which gets you into the race in a matter of seconds”.
The publisher also announced plans to bring seven games toNintendo Switchin the next 12 months.
Following the recent release ofBurnout Paradise Remasteredfor Switch, EA confirmed plans to releaseApex Legends,FIFA 21and Lost In Random forNintendo‘s console.
The other titles coming to the platform are reportedly Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and anEA Originalsgame fromVelan Studios.
