Ghost Games
"while we’ve had some great memories over the years, we’re not here to look back and reminisce. We’ve got our eyes set firmly on the future. But even while focusing on the future, especially this year we’ve also thought a lot about what NFS means to you, and perhaps more importantly what we hope it will mean as we move forward."
Ghost Games is a group of video game developers owned by Electronic Arts. They started developing Need for Speed games in October 2012 and revealed a teaser trailer for next NFS title, Need for Speed Rivals.
Initially established in 2011 as EA Gothenburg, it was reported that the studio would focus on the development of games using the Frostbite game engine and was developing a game in the Need for Speed franchise. According to the CVs of employees, much of the studio's staff had worked previously on major racing titles, including Forza Horizon, Need for Speed: The Run, Project Gotham Racing and Race Pro.
Need for Speed Rivals was the first title released as Ghost Games where they led development, with additional help from Criterion. All games developed by the studio utilize the EA in-house Frostbite game engine. EA announced plans in February 2020 to return Ghost Games to an engineering support studio for all of EA, while moving the Need for Speed license back to Criterion.