Need for Speed: Most Wanted Black Edition announced

by Dan Choi { Sep 20th 2005 at 4:45PM }

Need for Speed: Most Wanted Porsche Cayman S

EA has announced that a special Black Edition of its upcoming Need for Speed: Most Wanted multiplatform release. It's nice to see some special-edition love being given to the Xbox and PC in addition to the regular extras for Sony from EA. (The Madden NFL 2005 Collector's Edition was released exclusively for the PS2.) All editions of the game will arrive in November, and a version for the Xbox 360 is planned for launch as well.

"The collector's edition… will feature exclusive cars, races and specially-tuned rides, as well as a bonus DVD with behind the scenes footage of model/actress, Josie Maran, concept art, exclusive videos and much more."

[thanks, WebPimp (site slightly nsfw?)]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lesbian Ham @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

*winces*
Could be seen as racist. :roll:
"What, coz we're black we get a different version? What, does it involve lock picking? More Hip-Hop? Stealing Cars!? Wait, this actually sounds good. How much did you say it was going for again?"

LMAO this is funny @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

Special Edition? Is this suppose to cost more? Something that SHOULD be in the game in the first place? Anyway, I think EA has a way of holding back features just so they have a reason to release another version the next year. And Madden is their cash cow. Seems like NFSUnderground is too. I think that's the reason why Infinity Ward was formed. A bunch of guys who are in a company (EA) which limited their creativity to a point where they can not make a game that deserves "Game of the Year" honor. Instead, EA execs say, you just put a decent game out there, strip some features out, and add it in the next year so that people will buy it again. Amen.

Michael @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

Wow that is really lame. It's one thing to have a special edition that has non-game features, like a book or making-of, but charging for two different versions of the game??

woohoo! @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

is the OJ Simpson's Ford Bronco in this edition?

how about a confederate theme F-150? you can use this truck to chase down civil right workers.

Dan Choi @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

Hmm, I didn't foresee the racial undertones to the latest Need for Speed collector's edition making such an impact, but let's try to avoid making tasteless jokes centered on race. Why EA decided to bet on Black (Wesley Snipes?) is anyone's guess, but I guess the makers of Twisted Metal went with the same dark/gritty idea for their PS2 game.

Finished.Law.School @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

Why does it got to be black? Can I loot New Orleans in this version? Are all the cars black in this edition? There is a code for GTA SA where you can turn all of the cars black - maybe that is where the NFS creators got the idea for this. Or maybe they got the idea from watching all of the tele coverage of hurricane Katrina...

matt t @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

wow #6

just wow

YoYo-Pete @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM

Wow people... I can 100% assure you that there are no racial undertones in the "black" edition. The "Black" edition is simply a color choice. You can pretty much equate just about any color to a racial comment. The answer to that problem is stop trying to see racial things where they dont really exist. The special edition has nothing to do with current events, history, anything....

It's just a video game.