EA has announced that the Need for Speed franchise has surpassed 100 million units sold life to date.

The recent release of Need for Speed Shift pushed the franchise over the 100M mark, making it the best-selling racing brand in the gaming world. The franchise has generated over $2.7 billion in life-to-date sales.
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Electronic Arts is the focus of attention for both analysts and gamers as 2008 is closing. The publisher, which is already facing stiff competition from Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft, has seen worse than expected results in the last month, deciding to lay off more than 1,000 people, about 10% of its workforce, while also closing down or consolidating a lot of studios, including Need for Speed: Undercover developer Black Box. New intellectual properties like Dead Space, a space based horror shooter, and Mirror's Edge, the free running DICE developed title, have failed to make the impact that the company had hoped for.

Some analysts believe that the recent news shows how the publisher missed the start of this console cycle and needs to rethink its strategy in order to create successful titles.
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Many years ago there was a video games crash in which any developers and publishers went bust almost every week. It was a slump for video gaming and the industry took years to recover. With the current economic crisis it has been speculated that we too would see a crash in the market, and it looks true.
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GCO had a chance to speak to an EA spokesperson and according to them, "Black box studios is not closed. It is going to relocate to [EA's] Burnaby facility in June 2009."
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Need for Speed hits a roadblock, Factor 5 cutting staff and a Home invasion as we head into the holiday home stretch.
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An anonymous EA official clears up some details as to what is really happening with EA and the Need For Speed series.

*note - I couldn't submit the Joystiq URL since someone already did a long time ago.
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ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) today announced the list of videogames vying for the number one spot this Christmas. And leading bookmaker Ladbrokes makes Call of Duty: World at War its 1/3 favourite for the festive accolade...
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Santa Claus is back and that is also a nice moment to see what the game was popular during the search for gifts goedheiligman in the Netherlands. Besides Call of Duty World at War for all platforms is also Mario Kart for the Nintendo Wii and Grand Theft Auto for the PC very popular.

In the first place is Mario Kart for the Wii. While the game already 32 weeks in the charts appears knows the game with an enormous amount of Saint Nicholas to sell. The second place is occupied by Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC that has appeared on Dec. 3. The top 3 is closed with Wii Fit. With the upcoming Christmas and the many delicious eating the next time, the people seem determined to work off those extra pounds to sweat.

The complete top 10 best-selling games in Netherlands you can see below.

1 Mario Kart (Wii) Nintendo
2 Grand Theft Auto 4 (PC) Take Two Interactive
3 Wii Fit (Wii) Nintendo
4 Resistance 2 (PS3) Sony
5 Call Of Duty: World At War (PS3) Activision Blizzard
6 Call Of Duty: World At War (XBOX 360) Activision Blizzard
7 Fifa 2009 (PS2) EA Games
8 Call Of Duty: World At War (PC) Activision Blizzard
9 Need For Speed Undercover (PS3) EA Games
10 Wii Music (Wii) Nintendo
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Need for Speed Undercover maybe is not the best racing game but the Japanese distributor is doing a great job with a promotional web game based on Google Maps. The first who will fin a Porsche in the tokyo map will win 1 million yen!
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November the 18th is finally here and the 12th installation of Need for Speed, NFS: Undercover, is finally here. Unfortunately only North Americans are getting to enjoy the game, but don't despair because the European release is less than 3 days away from now.
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Electronic Arts has announced that Need For Speed: Undercover has gone Gold.
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Electronic Arts Inc., the world's leading publisher and developer of interactive entertainment, and Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a joint promotion for Need for Speed Undercover available on the site www.kingston.com/taiwan. This is the latest promotion in the global launch of Need for Speed Undercover which will ship this winter in over 35 countries and 20 languages making it the most prolific action racing title of the year.
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Black Box unveiled today the online modes in Need for Speed: Undercover.

The newest mode is called "Cops and Robbers". This team-based mode pits two teams of four players against each other in the ultimate battle-royale.

Robbers must pick up the package and take it to the drop-off point while the cops attempt to prevent the delivery. Each game consists of two rounds giving the players the chance to play as cops and robbers. Up to eight players will also be able to prove their driving prowess in sprint and circuit multiplayer race modes.
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Gamertell has posted an image gallery, videos and an audio file (MP3) captured from EA's Need for Speed Undercover event held August 14, 2008, in San Francisco, CA (USA).

From the article:

"[The night's event began when Scott Neilsen, director of Need for Speed Undercover, took charge of the mic to introduce the game's story, setting, and game play aspects. Following his announcements, Maggie Q was invited to share a few words with the crowd regarding her involvement with the game's development. Their words about this highly anticipated game can be listened to [on the site]."

The images include some cars, the game and Maggie Q. One of the videos is of live gameplay and the audio is Maggie Q.
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Black Box studio has revealed some new details for their upcoming game, Need for Speed: Undercover.
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Take to the Highway to Outrun Cops and Battle Rivals in this Holiday's Biggest Action Racing Adventure.
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