Tag Archives: criterion games
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 | 18:20 GMT
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit reviews get rounded-up – nice scores all around
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit hit the US on Tuesday, and hits Europe today, so we thought we’d round-up some reviews for you.
Get the list below.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 16:26 GMT
Hot Pursuit launch trailer is full of brilliance
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 08:19 GMT
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit gameplay videos show duelling, busting
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 | 08:36 GMT
Sullivan: NfS demo pulled to “switch servers to support the main game”
Criterion creative boss Craig Sullivan’s explained the reasoning for removing the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit demo, saying the exercise was to ensure the studio could provide a suitable “service” to buyers, and that it was necessary to end the test to enable to full game’s online hardware.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: craig sullivan, criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 | 13:18 GMT
NFS: Hot Pursuit demo downloaded 2 million times
EA’s just announced the demo for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was downloaded by more then 2 million people within two weeks.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Tue, Nov 09, 2010 | 14:19 GMT
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit reviews start going live – EG goes with 9
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | 11:11 GMT
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit trailer shows off Seacrest County
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 14:00 GMT
Hands-on – One last drive with NFS: Hot Pursuit and a chat with EA Games Europe chief Patrick Söderlund
The Need for Speed series was in trouble a year and a half ago. “They were losing quality, repetitive and EA were beating up the franchise and losing consumer interest in the brand,” says Patrick Söderlund, Senior VP of EA Europe.
Something had to change. Let’s face it, racers are a dime a dozen, especially on this generation of consoles, which has spoiled us for choice with titles such as Forza, Project Gotham Racing and Gran Turismo (well eventually, anyways), to name a few. Söderlund knew this, so when he was asked to come in and rescue the series, he and his team decided to stop the cycle of the same team making game after game each year, and instead have several studios working the series, as he felt this “would make the brand successful again.”
Now, after last year’s Shift from Slightly Mad Studios, if you’re going to continue rescuing a failing franchise, asking the studio that developed Burnout Paradise would seem a good start.
[All text by Joe Anderson]
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Patrick Soderlund
Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 09:11 GMT
US NFS: Hot Pursuit ad campaign features Entourage duo
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Jerry Ferrara, Johnny Drama, Kevin Dillon, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Turtle
Wed, Oct 27, 2010 | 07:05 BST
US PS Store, October 26 – Blacklight: Tango Down, NFS: Hot Pursuit, RDR: Undead Nightmare
Blacklight: Tango Down and Red Dead Redemption’s Undead Nightmare were on the top of the list as the US PS Store updated overnight.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Ignition, PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Racing, Rockstar, Shooter, Sony
Tags: Blacklight: Tango Down, criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, red dead redemption: undead nightmare, Rockstar San Diego
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 12:20 BST
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit demo available now from Live
EA, as promised, has released the demo to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on Xbox Live Marketplace.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 17:22 BST
NFS: Hot Pursuit demo releases tomorrow
EA’s announced the demo for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will go live tomorrow for Xbox Live and US PSN.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, PSN, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Autolog, criterion games, Matt Webster, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 | 12:29 BST
NFS: Hot Pursuit trailer shows off Interceptors
EA’s released yet another epic trailer of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, this time detailing the Interceptors.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Thu, Oct 14, 2010 | 10:28 BST
Criterion explains Autolog in NFS: Hot Pursuit
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Wed, Oct 06, 2010 | 11:37 BST
Criterion interested in making more Burnout, Need for Speed
More Need for Speed from Criterion? That’s interesting. But more Burnout? You’ve got our attention.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Racing
Tags: burnout, craig sullivan, criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 | 14:13 BST
NfS: Hot Pursuit uncovered in another awesome trailer
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 | 14:39 BST
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit gets kick-ass new trailer and screens
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 | 14:31 BST
Interview – Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit’s Matt Webster
We got a chance this week to see Criterion’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in London this week, and were lucky enough to grab some face-time with senior producer, Matt Webster.
Matt talked about his “healthy paranoia” as regards the competition, why story isn’t “necessary” to the game, what Criterion’s working on next and more.
Get the full thing after the break, and read our play impressions from the latest build here.
There’s also some new screens below. A new trailer is incoming as well, so keep them peeled.
[Interview by Joe Anderson]
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion, criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 | 14:01 BST
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – Hands-on in London
It’s hardly surprising EA gave Criterion a crack at the Need for Speed series; Burnout Paradise’s considerable quality is testament to the fact that the UK studio knows how to make an open-world racing game.
The stakes with this series reboot, though, are high. With Need for Speed, by EA’s own admission, having languished in recent years, that Criterion should make the property its own was essential. Has the studio succeeded? We played the game in London this week to find out.
[All text by Joe Anderson]
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion, criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | 17:53 BST
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit starts HD Arms Race
You’re the cop. You have to stop the perps. You have stingers, choppers and an EMP. No contest.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
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