Following on from our earlier announcement about the upcoming expansion pack we wanted to give you some very important details about the upcoming patch... the release date.   PlayStation 3 - NOVEMBER 23RD Xbox 360 - DECEMBER 1ST PC - DECEMBER 1st   Console owners will be prompted to download the patch when you start SHIFT on the release date. PC gamers will...

  The seventh Need for Speed Community Podcast is now live and available as a free download from iTunes as well as from our RSS  feed.   With today's announcement of the free Team Racing Pack for Need for Speed SHIFT , DLC is top of mind this week. If you haven't read the announcement, the DLC features five new cars and a brand new mode: Team...

  It’s been a couple of months in the making but now we’re finally able to reveal the contents of the upcoming (and free!) Need for Speed SHIFT Team Racing Pack.   The content is broken down into two sections: the first is a new online Team Racing mode which pits Team Red vs Team Blue in an intense battle for track domination. With the new pack you can join your...

Earlier today we announced the new Team Racing pack for Need for Speed SHIFT. While there are some pretty cool screens of the new modes and the great new cars nothing beats seeing them in action.  

  This just in: Need for Speed SHIFT has been nominated for ' Best Driving Game ' at the seventh annual Spike Video Game Awards , which take place December 12 at 8 p.m. on SPIKE TV .   Winners of the VGAs are determined by your vote, so vote for SHIFT early and often - you can cast one vote per day, per category - for Best Driving Game. Only 23 days until the...

  As we showed you yesterday with a look at a Japanese promotional video for Need for Speed SHIFT , there are plenty of creative ways to show how cool this game is.   Australian rock band Regular John are one of 25 acts featured on the SHIFT soundtrack , and they made a very cool music video for their song "Transmitter" featuring some action from the...

The finale of our five-part series on the tracks featured in Need for Speed NITRO is live today: Dubai. When you visit the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, the street racer you take on is a young Lamborghini Reventon driver named Jawad.     Here are a few shots from the city:       Dubai being a perpetual construction site is...

  First off, congratulations to all the winners from Week 5 ! Now, with Week 5 barely behind us, it’s time to move on to Week 6! Going through with the change that I announced last week , I am proud to announce that Week 4’s winner of the fastest lap (MrKingRawana) has chosen the car for this week’s challenge while the winner of the most viewed video (billyaris) has...

  Every so often we come across something really cool that someone has done relating to the Need for Speed series.   Check out this promotional video made for SHIFT's Japanese site.   Even though you may not understand what's written on the page (I don't!), keep watching - it's worth it.    

  The Scion tC , a car aimed at the fickle youth market by Toyota, is the focus of our newest 3D car turntable for Need for Speed SHIFT .     Introduced in 2004, the tC fills the 'sports coupe' requirement in the Scion line.   The car was an immediate hit with young people who were looking for an affordable two-door but couldn't afford a Toyota...