<s>
Need	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Speed	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
(	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Need	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Speed	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
massively	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
racing	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fifteen	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
publisher	O
's	O
Need	B-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
freemium	O
game	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Need	I-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
series	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Need	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Speed	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
EA	O
free-to-play	O
titles	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Heroes	I-Application
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Play4Free	I-Application
,	O
and	O
FIFA	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
,	O
went	O
offline	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
fan	O
preservation	O
efforts	O
resurrected	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
unofficial	O
freeware	B-License
title	O
;	O
the	O
first	O
known	O
fan-run	O
servers	O
went	O
online	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	O
has	O
a	O
similar	O
gameplay	O
style	O
to	O
2005	O
's	O
Most	B-Application
Wanted	I-Application
and	O
2006	O
's	O
Carbon	B-Application
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
illegal	O
street	O
racing	O
,	O
tuning	O
,	O
and	O
police	O
chases	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
some	O
elements	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
power-ups	O
"	O
(	O
somewhat	O
similar	O
to	O
Mario	O
Kart	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	O
was	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fictional	O
city	O
which	O
combined	O
the	O
cities	O
of	O
Rockport	B-Application
from	O
Most	B-Application
Wanted	I-Application
and	O
Palmont	O
from	O
Carbon	B-Application
into	O
its	O
map	O
design	O
,	O
with	O
redesigned	O
graphics	O
and	O
new	O
locations	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
map	O
to	O
connect	O
the	O
two	O
cities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
map	O
was	O
completed	O
on	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
final	O
three	O
areas	O
(	O
Downtown	O
Rockport	B-Application
,	O
Kempton	O
,	O
Fortuna	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Turnpike	O
bridge	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
priority	O
on	O
game	O
development	O
transitioned	O
into	O
focusing	O
on	O
increasing	O
revenue	O
,	O
so	O
plans	O
such	O
as	O
adding	O
Carbon	B-Application
canyons	O
to	O
the	O
map	O
,	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
link	O
area	O
,	O
and	O
addition	O
of	O
Need	B-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Undercover	I-Application
map	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
Community	O
Manager	O
announced	O
that	O
Easy	O
Studios	O
(	O
developers	O
for	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Play4Free	I-Application
)	O
took	O
over	O
from	O
what	O
was	O
left	O
of	O
the	O
Quicklime	O
Game	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Need	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Speed	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
highest	O
praise	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
came	O
from	O
GamingXP	O
,	O
which	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
game	O
feels	O
like	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
previous	O
Need	B-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
games	O
except	O
the	O
single	O
player	O
has	O
been	O
cut	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
EA	O
announced	O
that	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
closing	O
Need	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Speed	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
and	O
turning	O
off	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
publisher	O
felt	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
no	O
longer	O
lives	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
high	O
standard	O
set	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Need	I-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
franchise.	O
"	O
</s>
