With Battlefield 6 a top priority, EA is shifting studios around to help handle the workload and has tapped Need for Speed’s latest developer, Criterion, to lend DICE a hand in its next war epic.

The clock on the franchise’s website has been ticking down for a while and the wording doesn’t really leave much to the imagination.

A Need for Speed Hot Pursuit: Remastered was briefly listed and then gone in 60 seconds over on Amazon UK recently. Set your engines to maximum speculation running condition.

EA Play Live just wrapped up a few hours ago, with a show that was both humble and heckin’ surprising. Here’s a look at everything that was announced, as EA’s wraps up on the current-gen and looks forward to the future of gaming.

Things are going to be a bit different with the next Need for Speed game, as longtime developer Ghost Games has pulled out of that race and handed their wheels over to Criterion Games.

Electronic Arts has had a brilliant system for trying out its games for several years in the form of EA Access, a cheapish subscription that is finally coming to Steam. Until it arrives, EA’s expansion and return to Steam will kick off with a baker’s dozen of games that includes Dragon Age Inquisition and serene indie darling Sea of Solitude, as the publisher is finally ready to sell games on the biggest digital distribution platform once again.

As of now, developer Ghost Games is scaling back and handing Need for Speed to EA’s other racing game studio: Criterion.

Need for Speed Heat may fall short in some areas, but by the racing gods I’ll defend this game’s ability to put a smile on my face with its high-speed cornering until the day I die.