This article has a talk page!This page details pre-release information and/or media for Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012).
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2012 has had a troublesome development, where Criterion Games was too ambitious for the time they were inevitably given by Electronic Arts. Although not depicted in any known pre-release material, the game was first known as Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2, which was meant to be a sequel to the original Need for Speed: Most Wanted released in 2005.
Shortly after the release of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010), Criterion began development on the next Need for Speed title. They had very big plans. Unfortunately, Electronic Arts gave Criterion a deadline that caused the game to slowly look like the current version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2012 we know today.
Concept Art#
(Source: Jonathan Rowe)
Note: the first QR codes is : Project HAWAII concept piece. Nothing to see here.
Videos#
Concept art video#
Concept video for garage. The idea was reused in Rivals.#
For the car selection screen concept, the artist apparently used his own car for it (and didn't wash it for 6 month to get the necessary grime), it doesn't mean the Mini Cooper S was supposed to appear.
Sizzle Reel trailer#
(Source: Arnson Communications, Inc facebook)