The first patch for the PC edition of Need for Speed Undercover can now be downloaded from the game’s official website; PS3 and Xbox 360 owners of the game can get the patch automatically from PSN and Xbox Live, respectively.

The developers note that now the patch is complete, they are going to focus on producing some DLC for the game. Here’s a bit on what they had to say for the patch:

When he spoke to me last week Scott said that, while patch was mainly focused on improving the frame-rate, his team worked particularly hard to get as many other fixes into it as possible. A great example of this is the new difficulty system for expert gamers. If you’ve played the game a lot you’ll notice that the difficulty level ramps up much earlier than previously making the game much more of a challenge.

A new gameplay trailer from Need for Speed ProStreet has been released. Enjoy.

The full soundtrack for Need for Speed: ProStreet has been unveiled by EA. The racing game will feature over 35 songs from artists representing a wide variety of styles, along with an original score provided by Junkie XL. Here’s the full list:

• Airbourne – Blackjack
  
• Avenged Sevenfold – Almost Easy
  
• Bloc Party – Player (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
  
• Chromeo – Fancy Footwork (Guns ‘N Bombs Remix
  
• Clutch – Power Player
  
• CSS – Odio Odio Odio Sorry C
  
• Datarock – I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Karma Harvest Mix)
  
• Digitalism – Pogo
  
• Dude ‘N Nem – Watch My Feet
  
• DUNE – A Blast Blast
  
• Foreign Islands – We Know You Know It
  
• Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket – More (Junk O Flamenco Remix)
  
• Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket – More (Junk O Rock Remix)
  
• Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket – More (Junk O Rock Remix)
  
• Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket – More
  
• Klaxons – Atlantis To Interzone
  
• MSTRKRFT – Neon Knights
  
• Neon Plastix – On Fire
  
• Peaches – Boys Wanna Be Her (Tommie Sunshine’s Brooklyn Fire Retouch)
  
• Plan B – More Is Enough feat. Epic Man
  
• Plan B – No Good (Chase & Status and Benni G Remix)
  
• Smallwhitelight – Spite
  
• The Faint – Dropkick The Punks
  
• The Horrors – Draw Japan
  
• The Rapture – The Sound
  
• The Toxic Avenger – Escape (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
  
• TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
  
• UNKLE – Restless feat. Josh Homme
  
• We Are Wolves – Fight And Kiss
  
• Wiley – Bow E3
  
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Kiss Kiss
  
• Year Long Disaster – Leda Atomica
  
• Yelle – A Cause Des Garcons (Riot In Belgium Remix)

EA has dated another title: Need for Speed ProStreet. The next entry in the popular racing series will be released to stores in North America on October 31 and across Europe on November 2. It will be available for the PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, DS, PC and mobile.

Need for Speed ProStreet is a racing experience like no other. For the first time, you’re designing and building a car, competing in iconic locations from around the globe and battling in four distinct racing styles- grip, drag, drift and the all-new speed challenge. The atmosphere is electric – complete with energetic crowds, photo-realistic vehicles and billowing smoke – all designed to embody the pressure and intensity of the gladiatorial challenge known as Show Down. Need for Speed ProStreet is the realization of the power, aggression and rivalry that embodies street racing culture.

Some stunning new shots from Need for Speed: ProStreet’s drag racing mode. Check them out below:

Since Need for Speed: Carbon is now available, EA rolled out a bevy of upgrades and vehicles for the Xbox 360 version of the game via Xbox Live. Sadly, these aren’t free, having gamers pony up for cars and other unlockable stuff present in the boxed copy of the game. However, they did release a “Collector’s Edition” upgrade for those who bought the regular version of the game: going for 800 points ($10), the upgrade contains 12 tracks, 6 challenge missions and 10 cars. The content of the pack is exclusive and cannot be obtained in the game through other means.

EA also released Performance bundles: Drivetrain, Engine Boost and Handling, with each going for 400 points ($5). There is also an Ultimate bundle which contains all the content from the aforementioned packs for a discounted price of $10. Some of the content in the performance bundles can, however, be acquired in-game through other means.

There are also body modification kits for each of the car classes: Tuner, Exotic and Muscle. The three kits run for $3.75 each. Lastly, there are also three standalone cars for 80 points ($1) each: 2004 Lamborghini Murcielago, 2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 and the 1999 Nissan Skyline GR-R R34. These cars can also be unlocked in the game’s Career mode.

Hoping to see the likes of Mudvayne, Static-X or Paul Oakenfold in the next Need for Speed game? Well, EA just dashed your dreams then. The company revealed the soundtrack listing for Carbon, offering up 30 tracks from three major genres: hip-hop, rock and electronica. These genres also reflect the game’s three distinct car classes: exotics, muscles and tuners. Muscle cars get the rock treatment from Kyuss, Eagles of Death metal and Wolfmother, while Japanese Tuner cars get the electronica groove from Ladytron, Goldfrapp and others. Exotic cars are represented by hip-hop from Pharell, Lady Sovereign and others.

Below is the full listing:

1. Dynamite MC – Bounce
   
2. Dynamite MC – After Party
   
3. Eagles Of Death Metal – Don’t Speak (I Came to Make A Bang!)
   
4. Ekstrak feat. Know-1 – Hard Drivers
   
5. Every Move A Picture – Signs Of Life
   
6. Gary Numan/Tubeway Army – Are ‘Friends’ Electric
   
7. Grandmaster Flash And The Furious – Scorpio Five
   
8. Goldfrapp – Ride A White Horse (Serge Santiago Remix)
   
9. Kyuss – Hurricane
   
10. Lady Sovereign – Luv Me Or Hate Me
    
11. Ladytron – Sugar (Jagz Kooner Remix)
    
12. Ladytron – Fighting In Built Up Areas
    
13. melody. – FEEL THE RUSH (Junkie XL Remix)
    
14. Metro Riots – Thee Small Faces
    
15. Part 2 feat. Fallacy – One Of Dem Days (Remix)
    
16. Pharrell feat. Lauren – Skateboard P Presents: Show You How To Hustle
    
17. Priestess – I Am The Night, Colour Me Black
    
18. Roots Manuva – No Love
    
19. Spank Rock – What It Look Like
    
20. Sway – Hype Boys
    
21. The Bronx – Around The Horn
    
22. The Presets – Steamworks
    
23. The Vacation – I’m No Good
    
24. Tiga – Good As Gold
    
25. Tigarah – Girl Fight (Mr. D Hyphy Mix)
    
26. Tomas Andersson – Washing Up (Tiga Remix)
    
27. Valient Thorr – Heatseeker
    
28. Vitalic – My Friend Dario
    
29. Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief
    
30. Yonderboi – People Always Talk About The Weather (Junkie XL Remix)

Seven new next-gen screenshots from Need for Speed: Carbon:

Hoping to appeal directly to the thinks-he-is-cool-wanna-be-racer crowd, EA has announced that fashion street wear brand 55DSL will be integrated into Need for Speed: Carbon. Exclusively designed items from 55DSL, plus a selection of items from their ‘Zurka and the 55 Vagabonds’ winter collection, will be featured prominently on key in-game characters.

Need for Speed: Carbon will be released for PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, Gamecube, DS, GBA, PSP and DS later this year.

Four new awesome screenshots from Need for Speed: Carbon, the upcoming entry in the arcade racer series:

In typical Need for Speed fashion, EA has announced that Emmanuelle Vaugier will star in NFS: Carbon this Autumn. You may remember her from Saw 2 and 40 Days and 40 Nights, as well as CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. Vaugier will star as Nikki, the ex-girlfriend of the hero who has returned to town to face his “mysterious” past.

“Being able to work in a videogame for the first time and working with the Need For Speed Carbon team at EA has been a great experience for me. This is a game that evolves the racing genre, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it”, Vaugier said. “Playing the role of Nikki allows me to take a completely fresh approach to acting and push the boundaries of the creative process.”

Carbon will seemingly feature the same video-acting style found in Most Wanted, but will hopefully be better as David Footman, who has worked on Hollywood blockbuster films such as X-Men (1 and 3), Fantastic Four and The Day After Tomorrow, has directed the green screen video shoot with Vaugier.

Being developed by EA Black Box in Vancouver, British Columbia, Need for Speed: Carbon will be released this Autumn for all next-gen platforms, on top of all current-gen platforms, handhelds, PC and mobile.

Yes, a new Need for Speed is headed your way. In Sony’s pre-E3 conference, a trailer for NFS: Carbon was shown, revealing that the title is headed for the PS3, but knowing EA, Carbon may very well be released on every platform known to man.

The trailer begins in the dark, with white lights flickering upward. After a brief EA logo, the headlights of three cars turn on, revealing misty air, and then the cars drive toward the camera. Text then flashes across the screen–Need for Speed Carbon.

No official announcement from EA was made, so no details are available.