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Need for Speed: Carbon is a 2006 racing video game and the tenth installment in the Need for Speed series.Developed by EA Black Box, Rovio Mobile and published by Electronic Arts, it was released on October 31, 2006, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Windows, and Mac OS X, and on November 19, 2006 as a launch title for the Wii and in 2008 for arcade cabinets.
The Need for Speed video game series is published by Electronic Arts. Games in the series were primarily developed by Canadian developer EA Canada from 1992 to 2001. [ 1 ] They were later primarily developed by Canadian developer EA Black Box for a period of the series' history from 2002 to 2011.
Need for Speed: Carbon was developed by EA Black Box in 2006. It was the first NFS game for the PlayStation 3 and the Wii and the last NFS game for the GameCube, the Game Boy Advance, and the Xbox. Carbon's handheld port is known as Need for Speed: Carbon – Own the City. The Wii port lacked online but made full use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.
Those who pre-ordered the game received a PC Digital download for one of five past Need for Speed titles (Hot Pursuit, Shift 2: Unleashed, Shift, Undercover and Prostreet). The Need for Speed The Run Carbon Challenge Series was also included as a pre-order bonus. This offer was only available until November 14, 2011.
This is easily the most impressive Need for Speed game in many years." [33] Matthew Kato of Game Informer gave the game a score of 7.75/10. He stated in his review that "Need for Speed has meant different things over the years, but Heat is a good all-around representation of the franchise.
Developed over the course of almost two years, ProStreet was conceived by the same team who led the production of Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It is the first Need for Speed game that was primarily developed for high-definition consoles such as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, although versions for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Wii were ...
Need for Speed takes place in the fictional city of Ventura Bay and its surroundings which is based on Los Angeles. [3] [4] [5] Need for Speed has a redesigned 'Wrap Editor', and body modifications return to the series after nearly five years. The game features real-life tuning companies including RAUH-Welt Begriff, SEIBON, and RTR Mustang.
The soundtrack of Shift remains similar to that of Need for Speed: ProStreet, featuring a scored soundtrack rather than a general track list [10] as is seen in previous titles such as Need for Speed: Most Wanted, and Need for Speed: Carbon. [11] In addition to the standard edition, a "Special Edition" of the game was released exclusive to Europe.