Need for Speed Heat gameplay debuts at Gamescom 2019

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What you need to know

Need for Speed Heat is an upcoming entry in the racing franchise.
Gameplay debuted at Gamesom.
Need for Speed Heat releases November 8, 2019.

EA debuted gameplay for Need for Speed Heat at Gamescom 2019. It's hard to innovate on the racing formula, but Need for Speed certainly looks better than ever. The company describes it as "a vibrant street-racer where daytime is a bright sunny, urban environment and night a dangerous neon playground."

Need for Speed Heat releases on November 8, 2019 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. You can pre-order it today. According to Community Manager Ben Walke, it won't feature predatory microtransactions, which have become a stable of EA games. "There are no Lootboxes in NFS Heat and there won't be," he said.

Vroom vroom

Need for Speed Heat

Disobey the law

Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a thrilling race experience that pits you against a city's rogue police force as you battle your way into street racing's elite.

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Jennifer Locke has been playing video games nearly her entire life, and is very happy Xbox is growing a stronger first-party portfolio. You can find her obsessing over Star Wars and other geeky things on Twitter @JenLocke95.