Any NASCAR fans out there hoping for a new left-turn simulator from Electronic Arts? Well, you can officially stop holding your breath now. During an interview with GameSpot, EA Sports president Peter Moore said, "There are no plans right now for NASCAR from EA."
Moore went onto say that while he and EA have enjoyed making NASCAR games in the past, "Unfortunately…we had to make some tough trade-offs. We've had to redeploy some of those folks. A number of the NASCAR team has moved over now to EA Sports MMA, which will be shipping next year. [We're] still a huge fan of NASCAR, but no plans right now to develop any further games for NASCAR from EA Sports."
Man. EA’s fighting franchise MMA has done nothing but cause controversy and turmoil since it was announced back at E3. First, it gets into brawl with UFC, and now it’s interfering with NASCAR fans getting their racing fix? Is nothing safe from MMA’s wrath?
Honestly though, between the recently released NASCAR Kart Racing, and the upcoming Need for Speed: Shift and Need for Speed: Nitro, EA isn't exactly dropping the ball entirely for racing fans. But I imagine some people might be a bit bummed about EA taking a break from NASCAR for a little while.
Are you one of them?
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Zmeeds
nascar drivers are paid up to $200 every time they turn left, and are scraped onto a stretcher when they don't.
lucidity
I'm really going to miss NASCAR.
Left turn
and left turn again
wait for it...
left turn
RRODisBack
I'll be playing NASCAR in Gran Turismo 5.
kzookiller
No time for Nascar but plenty of time to make a crappy game that is already out (UFC). Big EA fan but they are really dropping the ball on this one!
Thundercracker
lol@people with an xbox cant even play a nascar game
or a decent baseball game
TheSiwentKiwwah
Maybe the decided not to make a game that only people in the southeast would buy, seems to make more sense to target a larger demographic :-). It's like making a logging game and expecting people who don't live in Oregon or Washington to buy it
KharismaKid
Didn't the developers of Gran Turismo buy the NASCAR license?
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