Comments on: Criterion-developed Need for Speed set to launch “next year”

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:02:49 +0000

LewieP, no mate, theres no work being done on this as of the last time i checked which was around august.

By: LewieP

LewieP — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:01:15 +0000

Any news on the Black sequel?

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:57:19 +0000

@Freek
I don’t thinks so. Shift filled the gap left by Project Gotham quite nicely. As a series it can goes forward in a couple of ways. EA are sensibly not trying to put everything in one place.

Hopefully the Criterion effort is not an open world thing like Paradise so it can actually do stuff like split screen. I’m not holding my breath though.

By: Cort

Cort — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:49:50 +0000

Yup, Criterion are awesome. I Platinumed Shift but the physics drove me mad and I traded it in immediately after – and without a moment’s hesitation. Criterion will produce a game with just the right vehicle handling model for this sort of thing.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:19:41 +0000

I hope this means a return to oldschool NFS. I want supercars and sunlit coastal roads. And blue skies.

By: Freek

Freek — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:06:52 +0000

SplitSecond looks to be kicking everybodys ass anyway, next year.

By: Captain Fruitloop

Captain Fruitloop — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:01:23 +0000

More bad news for Blur, which was conceived as Acti’s NFS-beater at a time when the NFS franchise was starting to look really worn out.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:25:42 +0000

So…. what about Burnout, then?

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:03:13 +0000

Need For Speed + Criterion = WIN

By: Freek

Freek — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:27:29 +0000

Sounds good, but it still means NFS remains in a deep identity crisis.
On the one hand it wants to be a sim with NFS:Shift and on the other hand it wants to be an arcady Burnout style game.

By: Nelius

Nelius — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:42:37 +0000

This is the first NFS i’m seriously interested in since NFS:SE!

By: Anders

Anders — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:49:26 +0000

Didn’t Riccitiello confirm this game back in June?

It’ll sure be interesting, though. Loved (loves) Burnout Paradise.

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:28:24 +0000

i’ll consider my NDA over then!

Yes this has been on the cards for some time, criterion was shifting people around with the need for speed guys for a while, up to around a year ago.

A number of artists got moved around including a lot of the guys that worked on burnout’s car textures and models.

From what i’ve heard from the inside, this game is looking pretty sweet.

By: chickenbutt

chickenbutt — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:01:06 +0000

This might be a Need for Speed game I’ll be getting.

By: Plainview

Plainview — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:52:51 +0000

It’s in good hands