Need for Speed Unbound leaks for PS5, Xbox Series X, looks hyper anime

If the screen shots from an international product listing show, Need for Speed’s next installment will be heavily anime-influenced.

Members of the Need for Speed subreddit discovered the listing leaked Wednesday. Need For Speed UnboundNeowing, a Japanese retailer. According to the listing, the game will be available for purchase in December. Electronic Arts already has an announcement coming ThursdayAt 11:01 EDT it will unveil more information about the next game.

The Neowing site featured five screenshots that were watermarked NFS UnboundThe video shows a range of vehicles that have been tuned up. It is presented in a realistic way, with NPCs and drivers who are cel-shaded. One screen shows a street-racer throwing hand-drawn sparks in star shapes. As it turns a corner, its tires emit a smoke trail that is two dimensions.

According to machine-translated product descriptions Speed is the key to successThe soundtrack was created by Brodinski (a French composer/DJ) and will be featured in the game.

A cartoonish version of rapper A$AP Rocky leans on a customized street car, with A$AP and AWGE branded stickers, on a slick city street. — NFS Unbound will feature A$AP Rocky, a rapper

“Bringing graffiti to life in a completely new visual style, merging the latest street art with the most realistic cars in Need for Speed history,” the description says, explaining the unorthodox visual style.

“Go to meetups and show off your style with many items, including limited edition gear, from the world’s latest fashion,” the listing adds. “Then add the finishing touches to your car’s style, transforming it with unique wraps and cut-out items to match your legendary custom car, and take the lead in races and put your winning pose above the competition.”

Neowing’s page lists only PlayStation 5 for Speed is a must This suggests that the game is a launch for a new generation. Every mainline Need For Speed game, going back to the series’ beginning in 1994, has launched on Windows PC, too. Polygon on Tuesday reached out to an Electronic Arts representative for more details on the next Need for Speed, but the publisher declined to comment, other than mentioning the countdown to Thursday’s reveal.

These screens, leaked by EA, confirm that the game was developed by Criterion Games. This includes Codemasters Cheshire which EA bought in 2002. Criterion’s latest Need for Speed originally targeted a 2021 launch, until EA assigned Criterion to support EA DICE with last November’s Battlefield 2042.

A promotional screenshot for Need For Speed Unbound shows a street racer against a blurred background, with hand-drawn star shapes over its spinning wheels — This image from a Japanese retailer’s early product listing shows the merging of realistic vehicles’ presentation with anime-style highlights and accents in ‘Need For Speed Unbound’

Still, until Tuesday’s teaser tweet, EA made no announcement about the next Need for Speed title other than telling investors one was coming by the end of 2022.

The Need for Speed franchise was sent back to Criterion Games after 2019’s You need to be fast!, Ghost Games’ last three games. None of the three generated the kind of critical or commercial reception that Criterion’s Speed is the hot thing (in 2010) or 2012’s Speed and agility are most desired delivered.

Criterion Games was primarily known over the past ten years for its support of DICE. Battlefield 5, Battlefield 2042 Star Wars Battlefront II. Recent racing titles include the 2018 remaster open-world classic Burnout Paradise, And a 2020 remaster Hot Pursuit.

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