[2][3] Need for Speed Rivals was the first title released as Ghost Games where they led development, with additional help from Criterion.

Ghost's website went live at the same time and called for potential staff to apply for a range of open positions.

On 1 February 2014, multiple sources confirmed that studio-wide layoffs had occurred at Ghost Games UK.

Developers working with the studio under contract were immediately let go, while full-time employees were told to either take severance pay and leave the company or to join the team working on Visceral Games' Battlefield spinoff, Battlefield Hardline, due for release the following year.

[13] Electronic Arts later confirmed in their January 2017 earnings call that the next game in the franchise was in development and was set to be launched during EA's fiscal year 2018 (Comprising from April 2017 to March 2018).

The game released worldwide on 10 November 2017, and unlike its predecessor, had a strong focus on offline singleplayer gameplay.

[16] On 14 August, it was announced the game will be titled Need for Speed Heat and is scheduled to be released on 8 November 2019.