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Need for Speed: Most Wanted is getting three downloadable content packs today, and will have them all bundled into one package to save some money.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted appears to be getting three more downloadable content packs, judging by sets of Trophies that detail each one.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is coming to the Wii U on March 19, and EA has detailed some features unique to the platform.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is getting its first DLC pack on December 18, with five super-fast cars being added to the garage.

Nyooooom! That's not the sound of a Need for Speed Most Wanted demo hitting Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, because downloads don't make noises beyond the very faint buzzing of electrons inaudible. Press your ear close to your console and you may just hear it, as EA released a single-player slice today.

Instead of giving porting duties to an external studio, developer Criterion Games is actually working on the Vita version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted in-house--ensuring that even the Vita version lives up to the team's standards.

As a committed pedestrian, I've often suspected that the only real reason to drive a car is that other passengers don't gawp at you when you yell at the vehicle. Delightfully, Need for Speed Most Wanted will recreate this sensation in the Xbox 360 edition with Kinect voice support, Electronic Arts announced today.

It's been four years since we've seen a proper Burnout game from Criterion. Fans who fear that the team has abandoned its beloved series can rest their minds a bit.

Criterion's Need for Speed Most Wanted does seem to basically be a Burnout game slapped with a more popular brand, which is quite splendid. EA today released a new trailer showing how NFS's Autolog social doodads will still give a sense of the free-form multiplayer competition even in the single-player campaign.