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Sometimes, the developers at Criterion Games, the studio behind Burnout and an upcoming Need For Speed game, get together and have a game jam to get the creative juices flowing. For the first time ...
Alex Ward, vice president and creative director of Criterion Games, and Fiona Sperry, studio director, are both no longer working at the studio, Electronic Arts has confirmed to Polygon.
If you're into racing games whatsoever, you're almost definitely in love with Burnout, Criterion Games' fast-as-lightning franchise. Burnout Paradise hit stores just a few weeks ago and Criterion ...
Now, after dabbling with PC and Dreamcast platforms for some time, the company's Criterion Games division has delved headfirst into game development with promising titles such as Burnout and ...
What makes a Criterion game distinct? “We’re about fun and excitement,” says Webster. “But if you look back, it’s online innovation. Burnout 3 was one of the first games that EA did that ...
Criterion co-founders Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry have left the Burnout/Need for Speed studio ... talk of "the future" was referring to the new games company Ward and Sperry are setting up, as ...
More than any other, this game would become the reference point for future Burnout games, and it was so good that EA acquired Criterion. Burnout Revenge developed the formula with the introduction ...
We chose not to continue making NFS games. — Alex Ward (@AlexanderJWard) September 13, 2013 Criterion previously worked on the Burnout series. Its critical success with Burnout Paradise led to ...
UK-based Criterion Games (Burnout Paradise, NFS: Hot Pursuit) is getting its hands on the Need for Speed franchise, again. Meanwhile, Ghost Games, the studio behind last year’s NFS: Heat ...
If there was any doubt, all signs suggest Criterion Games is back at work on what it ... epic car chases", which sounds quite a lot like Burnout. There hasn't been a AAA Burnout game since 2008's ...
Another Burnout title could be in the works, Criterion Games has hinted. Creative director Alex Ward has told fans of the racing game series to "be patient" if they want to see a "decent Burnout ...
Burnout and Need for Speed developer Criterion Games has said "it is time to make something new" and that it is now moving away from racing games. In a series of Tweets, boss of the UK developer ...