

Need for Speed: Rivals 2013
Developed by Ghost Games, Criterion Games
- Racing, Adventure, Action, Open world
Players assume the role of both cops and lawbreakers in Need for Speed: Rivals, which is the inaugural outing of Ghost Games – the rebranded EA Gothenburg studio in Sweden. Ghost Games is made up of talent moved over from UK-based Criterion Games, best known for its work on the Burnout series and shooter Black, along with former DICE staff.
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Plot-driven, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Developer
- Ghost Games, Criterion Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- November 15, 2013
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
- Engine
- Frostbite
- Time to beat
- 31 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.4/10 from 270 ratings.
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