Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (also known as Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game; commonly shortened to Most Wanted 2012) is an open world racing game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. Announced on 4 June 2012, duringEA's E3 press conference, Most Wanted is the nineteenth title in the long-running Need for Speed series and was released worldwide forMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, iOS and Android, beginning in North America on 30 October 2012, with a Wii Uversion following on 14 March 2013 under the title Need for Speed: Most Wanted U.^[10] The game picked up on the Most Wantedintellectual property, as opposed to the Hot Pursuit reboot that Criterion developed previously.^[11]

Need for Speed: Most Wanted received positive reviews, which focused on the world map that blended the styles of previous Burnout andNeed for Speed games, and the social features, while criticism fell on the single-player mode. Following its release, the game won several awards including the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards for Best Driving Game and was nominated for Best British Game and Best Online Multiplayer at the 2013 BAFTA Awards, and was repeatedly recognized as the best driving/racing game of 2012 by several outlets.