Hot buttons: why fashion houses are getting into video games
As players spend more and more time and money in the digital hangout spaces provided by video games, it makes sense for fashion houses to join them there – opening up exciting worlds of rule-breaking design
September 2018
Global push to cut deaths from cancer and heart disease wildly off course
Lack of progress in reducing early deaths from chronic diseases could cause majority of UN member states to miss 2030 deadline
May 2016
Best iPhone and iPad apps
10 of the best racing games for Android, iPhone and iPad
From big franchises like Need for Speed and Real Racing to indie hits like Race the Sun and Thumb Drift, these games set the pace on your mobile device
November 2012
Need For Speed: Most Wanted – review
PC, PS3, PC Vita & Xbox 360; £29.99–£39.99, Electronic Arts
October 2012
Need For Speed makers tinker under the bonnet to create a surefire smash
EA's car-racing franchise was seen to be stalling until a switch of developers put it back on pole
November 2011
This week's new games
Games blog
Need For Speed: The Run – review
June 2011
Games blog
Need for Speed: The Run – game preview
Keith Stuart: The latest NFS game is a cinematic action adventure game based around driving – it's Uncharted on four wheels
February 2011
Gamesblog live
Gamesblog Live: Need for Speed Shift 2's Andy Tudor on simulation versus emotion
Steve Boxer: Andy Tudor, lead designer of Need for Speed Shift 2, explains how realism falls flat unless it is complemented by emotional engagement
November 2010
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – review
Hot Pursuit is a return to form for the Need for Speed franchise, says Chris Schilling
Games blog
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit – review
Keith Stuart: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is an exhilarating ride that really comes alive online
Games blog
(Comedy?) trailer of the day: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
Criterion and EA have produced a strange comedy trailer for Hot Pursuit...
September 2010
Games blog
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit – how multiplayer must evolve
Games blog
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit – multiplayer hands-on
August 2010
Games blog
Need for Speed World
Mike Anderiesz: NFSW is not so much a free game as a free demo, but it's one of the biggest you'll come across
June 2010
Games blog
Need For Speed World preview
A persistent online world where you get to race the sexiest cars available to humanity without paying a penny? Here's how EA is driving Need For Speed into the freemium arena...
October 2009
Games: Need For Speed-Shift
At its twitchy, frenetic heart, Need For Speed: Shift's handling model leads to thrilling races and conveys a palpable sensation of speed says Nick Gillett
September 2009
Games blog
Need For Speed: Shift
Nicky Woolf: NFS Shift is ideal for gamers seeking thrills and spills not geek-racers wanting an ultra-realistic driving simulator
