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It looks like Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered will be announced on Monday

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It looks like Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered will be announced on Monday.

A countdown on the official Need for Speed website is set to end early UK time on Monday, 5th October.

The Need for Speed Twitter page is having fun with the announcement, too:

In August, Eurogamer reported on a now-deleted Amazon UK listing that not only teased the arrival of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, but a Friday 13th November, 2020 release date.

Cover image for YouTube videoNeed for Speed Hot Pursuit - E3 Reveal Trailer

Criterion's Hot Pursuit is a brilliant cops versus robbers racer that fuses together EA's Need for Speed with a Burnout-style twist. Originally launched for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in 2010, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit earned its place as one of Eurogamer's favourite games of that year.

Not long now, it seems.