Need for Speed: Shift

App ID	24870
App type	Game
Developer	Slightly Mad Studios
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Homepage	http://shift.needforspeed.com/home.action
Release date	2009-10-06 07:00 UTC
Original release	2009-09-15 07:00 UTC
Controller support	partial
Store page	store.steampowered.com/app/24870
Last store refresh	4 hours ago

#	Executable	Arguments	OS	Description
0	Shift.exe
1	Support\EA Help\Electronic_Arts_Technical_Support.htm			View Support Information

Playing now	4 (3 hours ago)
24-hour peak	4
All-time peak (tracked)	4 2026-09-11 21:30 UTC

Date	Price	Regular	Discount
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Branch	Build ID	Description	Updated	Password
public	772

Depot	Name	OS	Size	Download	Public manifest	Notes
24871			5.52 GB	0 B	1974988893892538985

Build ID	Branch	Updated	First seen
772	public	2026-09-11 21:04 UTC	4 hours ago

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EA delists five Need for Speed games ahead of August online shutdown

2021-06-01 15:34 UTC · Eurogamer

EA has pulled five Need for Speed games from sale ahead of an August shutdown of online services. On 31st May, EA announced the removal of Need for Speed Carbon (2006), Need for Speed Undercover (2008), Need for Speed Shift (2009), Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed (2011) and Need for Speed The Run (2011) from digital storefronts. In-game stores have also closed. EA said this move, which was announced and implemented on the same day, is in "preparation" for the "retirement" of the online services for these games, which is set for 31st August. Until then, you can still play and race your friend

New Weeklong Deals, Monday March 3rd

2014-03-03 18:22 UTC · Announcement · Valve

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Midweek Madness - Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, 70% Off

2013-07-09 17:05 UTC · Announcement · Valve

Save 70% on the Need For Speed Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*! Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation. *Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time

Shift 2: Unleashed review

2011-03-29 11:00 UTC · PC Gamer

I am in favour of the RPG-ification of all things. I want points for successfully waking up in the morning, points for getting my legs through the right holes in my trousers, points for not falling over and voiding my bowels on the way to work. Shift 2 has the right idea: it gives me points for everything. I overtake another car and the invisible car god of the sky gives me 20 points. I stymie a rival’s progression through the pack by weaving my multi-thousand dollar machine in front of his, and he gifts me another ten. All points from my benevolent driving lord go toward Shift 2’s career mo

Shift 2 dev slams Gran Turismo, Forza

2010-11-30 17:00 UTC · Eurogamer

As the battle of the simulation racers heats up, one developer has revealed exactly what he thinks of his rivals. That developer is Shift 2: Unleashed's lead designer Andy Tudor, who had some choice words for Sony's Gran Turismo 5 and Microsoft's Forza 3 when Eurogamer interviewed him to discuss his upcoming game. "Those two games are on pedestals at the moment," he said. "When we're thinking about what we want to do in this game, it's not a numbers game. We're not going to add a thousand irrelevant cars. "Both those games, to me, are almost like encyclopaedias. You've got a thousand cars, a t

Shift 2: Unleashed

2010-11-30 17:00 UTC · Eurogamer

You're probably done with congratulating developers just for sticking an XP system in their game. And with good reason; applauding the insertion of statistical progression is like celebrating the creativity of whoever puts MSG in Pringles. That said, when it comes to the Shift series, having the persistent points meter ticking upwards throughout each squealing, tarcmac-buckling race has always felt interesting. It creates an elastic tension between the game's lunges at realism and the rambling series' arcade roots. An obvious choice, perhaps, but it works. The original Shift tried to be a crun

Shift 2 Unleashed announced

2010-11-16 14:19 UTC · Eurogamer

Slightly Mad Studios' Shift 2 Unleashed will be released during the spring of 2011 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, EA's announced. Shift is EA's Gran Turismo and Forza killer it's designed to offer an authentic simulation racing experience in contrast to the arcade racing found in Criterion's Hot Pursuit. The first Shift sold through close to five million copies worldwide, according to EA. Shift 2 brings an "all-new" rendering engine and a "massive" graphics overhaul. "With an innovative helmet camera view simulating the physical experience of driving at 200mph, the thrilling experience

Black Box behind Nov 2011 Need for Speed

2010-11-02 13:00 UTC · Eurogamer

EA's vision for the Need for Speed franchise involves alternating the developers behind every November release in a similar way Infinity Ward and Treyarch alternate development of Call of Duty games. This November's game, Hot Pursuit, was created by Criterion. November 2011's game, unannounced at this stage but confirmed to be in EA's plan, will be created by Need for Speed: Undercover developer EA Black Box in Canada. EA also plans to make a franchise out of side series Need for Speed: Shift designed to compete with the likes of Forza and Gran Turismo in the authentic simulation racing genr

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit to start race wars

2010-10-14 11:21 UTC · PC Gamer

The latest Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit video shows off some of the hyper-competitive networking features the game will game will have. Essentially, it's going to start a four-wheeled war with everyone on your friends list. Check out the video below. The new features will include a Facebook style 'wall' that will let you post comments, screenshots and race videos to your friends. The game will also track your race times and compare your performances with others on your friends list. If someone beats your best time on a certain track, the game's omniscient 'Autolog' service will send you an up

EA Week, Day Four: Save on EA Racing Games

2010-06-17 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve

Visit Steam every day this week for big savings on a different EA game. Today only, save 25% off Need for Speed Shift, 50% off Need for Speed Undercover and 75% off Burnout Paradise! Please visit www.steampowered.com for more information. A different offer starts at 10am Pacific time.

The Ultimate iPad Launch Game Round-Up

2010-04-03 13:00 UTC · Kotaku

Join Kotaku as we showcase some of the best and not-so-best games available for the shiny new iPad. Check out hands-on impressions for Mirror's Edge, Need for Speed: Shift, Geometry Wars, and more! Seeing as I am the only Kotaku editor with an iPad, the process of working my way through the twenty-five or so iPad games now in my possession is a long and arduous one. There's some really good stuff here, and then there's just stuff, and it's my job to separate the stuff from the stuff. Mind you these are quick impressions, which you probably could have figured out on your own, considering this i

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