An Austrian retailer has prematurely fired the starting gun on the next installment in EA's racing series, revealing the new game name to be Need For Speed Heat

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Gameware's website briefly showed the full title, as well as placeholder box art based on a past promotion for an update to Need for Speed No Limits. The listing doesn't show any further information, nor a a release date, but does offer a 2019 release window, suggesting the game could release this year.EA had previously confirmed a new Need For Speed Game would be launching this Fall, but decided not announce any further information at E3 2019. When the development team announced they wouldn't be showing the game at E3, they hinted in a blog post that they'd tell all during this year's Gamescom."Know that we’re here, we’re building an amazing game that we can’t wait to show off, and the next time we talk, we’ll be packing our bags and heading south for the full unveiling. We’ll see you then," they wrote. With the big German gaming event just around the corner, it is only a matter of weeks until we see if the leak is correct and that the new game is indeed called Need for Speed Heat.

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