<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[GameUP24]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://gameup24.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[William A.]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://gameup24.wordpress.com/author/louzwate/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Need for Speed Free Updates Are Ending as Dev Shifts to New&nbsp;Game]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s the end of the road for <a href="http://ift.tt/1NsOmoS">Need for Speed</a>&#8216;s free updates.</p>
<p>Ghost Games<a href="http://ift.tt/1T3H4te"> has announced</a> that the recently released <a href="http://ift.tt/1UQ1v1e">SpeedList update</a> for the racing game is the final one that players can expect. This update landed at the end of April; it introduced things like competitive multiplayer, a prestige mode, and more activities to participate in.</p>
<p>Free updates are ending as Ghost Games shifts its priorities to the next entry in the Need for Speed series, which we<a href="http://ift.tt/1T3H4tg"> recently learned is not coming in 2016, but rather in 2017</a>.</p>
<p>The Need for Speed franchise was previously released on a yearly basis. When EA skipped a release in 2014, it marked the <a href="http://ift.tt/1WlRKJf">first time it had done so in more than a decade</a>.</p>
<p>Ghost Games has supported Need for Speed with updates that have also introduced things like <a href="http://ift.tt/1UQ1v1q">hot rods, drag racing, steering wheel support, manual transmission, a photo mode, and more</a>.</p>
<p>For more on Need for Speed, which EA calls a <a href="http://ift.tt/1T3CdYR">&quot;full reboot&quot;</a> of the series, check out <a href="http://ift.tt/1TeH5yB">GameSpot&#8217;s review</a>.</p>
<p>EA will report earnings for its latest quarter later today. It is possible the company will share more information on the game during the event; and if they do, we&#8217;ll report back with the details.</p>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/1T3H4JH">GameSpot</a></em></p>
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