Oh, my, Need For Speed! Every time I hear about it, I have to get through a wave of sadness. No need to explain why. If you've been playing Need for Speed since the first game in the series, I am sure you fully understand. Anyway, NFS World Online may turn into a very good game, or not, that depends on a lot of things. After all, a lot of people who said the latest NFS games weren't so great in single player praised the multiplayer action...

... and NFS World Online may be exactly what they need - 100% multiplayer fun, without any lame story or repetitive single player boredom. According to Jon Niermann, president of EA Asia, "Need for Speed is one of the world's best-selling franchises, and is especially popular among gamers in Taiwan and Hong Kong," so this explains a lot. Just think about the popularity of online multiplayer games in Asia, and you'll get the idea!
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Yes, yes, NFS World Online will be a free-to-play PC only game, but I am sure we'll have some interesting in-game ads, or maybe some unlockable "gold" features, I have no worries about how they'll make money with it. The only thing I am worried about is the real value this game will provide to gamers...

"We're thrilled to bring this EA-owned property to Asia and to begin our self publishing model in Taiwan and Hong Kong. We look forward to the results of this testing phase for continued improvement in providing the best service to online gamers across Asia," concluded Niermann, so we should wait until March, when the first phase of testing for NFS World Online will begin.

I hardly wait to see what they'll come up with this time... maybe I'll get lucky enough to take part in the early beta testing stage, who knows? Wish me luck!

In everything you do, there are turning points. And, in most cases, although sometimes it's far from what we wish, there's an end. THE END, just like in movies. Anyway, we're not talking about movies here, but about computer games, so what about Need For Speed? We all have seen what happened with the latest games in the series, especially Need for Speed: Undercover, but it seems the Need for Speed cow still has some milk left...

...because EA simply won't leave the poor series where it belongs - in the gaming graveyard. At least they could think about something smart - "Need for Speed Zombies," "Need for Speed Undead," or even an adult racing game, called "Need for Speed Without Cover." If I think well, that would really be something interesting and, most important of all, ORIGINAL.

Anyway, my dreams are not the same with reality, since it seems the Need for Speed franchise is going to become a three-headed monster, because three bad games will always sell better than a bad game, but let's not draw any hasty conclusions and see what's in store for those who will still have the guts to taste another Need for Speed game.
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OK, so here's the future - NFS World Online, a MMOG(they would better put back online those NFS Porsche servers, if you ask me), the Nintendo-only NFS: Nitro, and NFS: Shift for the PS3, 360, PSP, and PC. NFS: Shift is a very bad name, and the reason should be obvious - if the game won't be a masterpiece, or at least better than everything they've done in the past 5 years, you can easily remove the "f" from that last word...

For now, there's nothing more to say about this - only that Need for Speed cheats death one more time, but we have to see at least some early in-game movies to say more. As usual, we all see those involved in the Need for Speed projects mentioned above talking about them like we should expect the Holy Grail of racing games to be in EA's possession, and the new Need for Sped games, a taste of its powers, but I wouldn't believe anything they say.

If I recall it well, I told you about Project Torque a few times already, but I think it's never enough, so here we go again... The reason? No, I don't have an obsession, only that I find it great to be able to get Project Torque cars and some Project Torque AP (almost) for free, as you can see in the email that I just received from them and I'll show to you right away...

"Buy one get one free car sales!

Purchase any car with AP and get any other car you wish of equal or lesser AP value for free! Yes, 2 cars for the price of one. You can also buy a car and send the second car to your friend! For more details go here

Sponsor Girl Rebate Sale! 24 hours only!

Buy a 3 day sponsor girl and get 50% rebate, buy a 7 day sponsor girl get 60% rebate, buy a 16 day sponsor girl and get 75% rebate! This sale is good from 11:59 PM EST Dec 30th to 11:59 PM EST Dec 31st. So only good for 24 hours!
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5%/10% sale on all car components!

Starting 3:00 PM EST Dec 30th and ending 11:59 PM EST Dec 31st all car components will be on sale! Level 1-2 upgrades 5% off and all level 3+ upgrades 10% off! Great opportunity to upgrade your car and start the year off right!

Special Rush Hour Starting New Years Eve!

To top all this off we are going to have a special end of year Rush Hour! From 3 PM EST Dec 31st to Jan 1 3 PM EST we will be running a 40% XP and 30% RP rush hour! Count down to the New Year by racing the clock!

Additional Exciting News!

The launch of the new Project Torque Web Item Mall! Players will be able to buy special bundle packages, starter kits, and mystery chests from the PT web page! In the near future all items plus special items that will be only available from the web site will follow soon after. If you are looking for special starter kits or bundle kit pricing for some of your favorite cars go to the web item mall!

P.T. Top Racer Tournament! Coming this January we will be launching the largest Project Tournament yet with a chance to win 50000AP! Yes! 50,000 AP! For current details on this event go to http://forums.aeriagames.com/viewtopic.php?t=244017. More details about this event will be posted early next year!

We at Aeria Games would like to wish everyone a very safe and happy New Years! Thank you for your continued support of Project Torque!

Aeria Games"

That's it boys & girls, so if you missed starting your experience with this awesome game, just go to the Project Torque official page, get an account, download the client, and start your engines!