Crierion Games and EA have announced that a demo for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit has been released to XBLA and PSN. The demo will give gamers early access to Need for Speed’s new in-game social network, Autolog. The demo is only available to play until 9 November 2010. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches in South Africa on 19 November 2010 for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Autolog makes personalised recommendations to gamers based on what their friends have been playing. Autolog will keep track of results among friends playing as cops and racers, and Autolog will also challenge gamers to beat their friends’ race times.
In the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit demo, gamers can play on one track alone against the game’s AI or invite just one friend to join and unlock a second track in the demo. Players can chase as a cop in the Dark Horse Hot Pursuit event, speeding through the coastal highway and mountainous ridges of Seacrest County.
Once players add a friend to their Need for Speed friends list, the second event will unlock called Roadster’s Reborn, where gamers can compete as racers to set the best times. When gamers download and play the demo they will also earn 500 bounty award points in the full game for both Cop and Racer careers. Accruing bounty will allow players to unlock events and exotic cars and progress through their careers in the full game. Use of Bounty Points from the demo requires full game and use of the same EA Account used to play the demo.
“Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is blowing the roof off social competition and bringing excitement back to the racing genre,” says Matt Webster, Producer at Criterion Games. “We’re putting players and their friends at the heart of the gameplay experience by automatically tracking and comparing each person’s performances. This demo will give gamers a snapshot of Need for Speed Autolog and how we’re amping up the energy of intense pursuits, competitive racing and online connected play – nothing is more powerful than beating your friends.” Webster explains Autolog further in the video below:
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