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Electronic Arts has announced that three new premium DLC packages for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit are coming our way from February 22nd.

One of these pays homage to the best Need for Speed game of the classic PC era.

Check out the details after the break.

Criterion has detailed a patch that's set for release for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit next week. The update solves problems with multicore systems and adds a few other fixes.

Here are the details:

Multi-Core CPU's
We've now located and fixed the problem that players were reporting where the game would crash on Car Select, Map Screen, Loading screen or just at the start of an event. Interestingly we're actually intrigued that the game works at all after our investigations with the problem actually manifesting itself in code that we shipped as part of Burnout Paradise.

We've also taken the opportunity to address a couple of other reported problems.

Missing Rain / Snow and Corona effects
This have been fixed

CL Eye Driver crashing the game on startup
Fixed.

Corrupted Dreamshots in non 16:9 aspect ratios
Fixed.

We've also added D-BOX motion chair support.

Source: Criterion

Can Criterion resurrect the Need for Speed Franchise?

In this latest video, EA shows off the varied locations of Seacrest County - the playground in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

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Electronic Arts has said that the demo for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will arrive on Xbox Live tomorrow (Tuesday) and the following day on PSN.

In the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit demo, players will be able to chase as a cop in the Dark Horse Hot Pursuit event, speeding through the coastal highway and mountainous ridges of Seacrest County.

Interestingly EA is letting gamers use the Autolog feature within the demo - where your times and achievements are logged and compared against friends.

"Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is blowing the roof off social competition and bringing excitement back to the racing genre," says Matt Webster, Producer at Criterion Games. "We’re putting players and their friends at the heart of the gameplay experience by automatically tracking and comparing each person’s performances. This demo will give gamers a snapshot of Need for Speed Autolog and how we’re amping up the energy of intense pursuits, competitive racing and online connected play – nothing is more powerful than beating your friends."

Fingers crossed for a good demo here, we've been waiting for NFS to get good again for a very long time.

After the jump, another batch of win from Need for Speed Hot Pursuit.

After the jump, I've uploaded the latest Need for Speed Hot Pursuit trailer.

This latest movie really does bring back memories of classic Need for Speed releases, so Criterion must be getting something right.

Electronic Arts has just released a new video showing off Criterion's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

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Electronic Arts is certainly pouring out news at a fair old pace from Gamescom this afternoon. Now we have details of the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Limited Edition.

The LE adds the following vehicles, two of which won't be available any other way - Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, Ford Shelby GT500, Audi TT RS Coupé, Chevrolet Camaro SS, Porsche Cayman S and Dodge Challenger SRT8.

Full details are just a click away: