The series has been overseen and had games developed by multiple notable teams over the years including EA Canada, EA Black Box, Slightly Mad Studios, and Ghost Games. The most recent game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, was released on November 6, 2020. The series released its first title, The Need for Speed, in 1994. The series centers around illicit street racing and in general tasks players to complete various types of races while evading the local law enforcement in police pursuits.

Need for Speed ( NFS) is a racing video game franchise published by Electronic Arts and currently developed by Criterion Games, the developers of Burnout.