Tag Archives: criterion games
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 | 14:28 BST
Pretty cars shown in Need for Speed: Most Wanted screens
EA has released another set of screenshots showing pretty cars racing from the police. Have a look below. Another set is posted here. Need for Speed: Most Wanted is out October 30 in the US and November 1 in Europe on Android, iOS, PC, PS3, Vita, and Xbox 360.
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Posted in: Android, E3 2012, EA, PC, PS3, Racing, Screens, Xbox 360, iOS
Tags: criterion games, Most Wanted, need for speed, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, NFS:MW
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 | 00:04 BST
Need for Speed: Most Wanted out October 30
Criterion’s Matt Webster took the stage during EA’s E3 press conference to detail Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 | 17:37 BST
EA confirms Criterion-made NFS: Most Wanted for E3
EA’s officially confirmed the existence of Need for Speed: Most Wanted as part of the publisher’s E3 line-up announcement
Mon, May 28, 2012 | 02:04 BST
Need for Speed: Most Wanted listed on Twitch.TV E3 2012 schedule
Looks like someone at Twitch.TV didn’t get the memo about Need for Speed: Most Wanted’s surprise reveal. The key word was surprise.
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Posted in: E3 2012, EA, Racing
Tags: criterion, criterion games, need for speed, Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Mon, May 07, 2012 | 04:53 BST
Criterion Games hiring for new arcade racer
If there was any doubt, all signs suggest Criterion Games is back at work on what it does best – high octane racing.
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Posted in: EA, Racing
Tags: burnout, criterion, criterion games, need for speed
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 | 13:40 BST
BT Games lists Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2
South African retailer BT Games has listed Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2, the second EA leak that has come from it today following this morning’s Dead Space 3 listing.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 | 11:37 BST
Burnout Crash now available to get for iOS
EA’s released Burnout Crash for iPhone and iPad. The Crierion top-down racer, which launched on PSN and XBLA last summer, is available to get here for $4.99.
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Posted in: EA, Racing
Tags: Burnout Crash, criterion games
Fri, Feb 24, 2012 | 11:39 GMT
Criterion holding open day for students
Burnout studio Crierion Games is opening up in April for budding game development students, and has also offered a few lucky people to get work experience placements in the studio for the summer as part of a competition.
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Posted in: EA, Racing
Tags: criterion games
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 | 06:47 BST
Burnout Crash dated for September 20
EA’s announced that its to release Burnout Crash on September 20 on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade. The game, the first in the series since 2008′s full-blown Paradise, will launch for $9.99 on PSN or 800 MS points for XBLA. The first digital title from Criterion will come with three game modes – an additional mode for the XBLA version will also be included with Kinect support – 18 crash junctions and Autolog support.
Alex Donaldson saw the game for us at gamescom; you can get his impressions here.
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Posted in: EA, PS3, PSN, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Burnout Crash, criterion games
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 | 09:41 BST
Crash, Bang, Wallop: Hands-On with Burnout Crash
It’s a startling departure from series form, but Alex Donaldson find plenty of the old, metal-tearing magic in Burnout Crash.
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Posted in: Arcade, EA, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Burnout Crash, criterion games
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 | 01:15 BST
Criterion hirings hint at new racer, possibly next-gen
Need for Speed and Burnout developer Criterion Games is apparently working on an open world racer for “new platforms”.
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 12:57 BST
Burnout Crash coming next month, confirms EA
EA’s confirmed that Burnout Crash will launch next month. The top-down, downloadable game from Criterion – the studio’s first download game – was previously confirmed for just an autumn date. Now it’s coming near the tail-end of summer instead. Everybody wins.
Crash, based on the crash mode that was introduced in Burnout 3: Takedown, will release on PSN and XBLA, the latter having Kinect support.
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Posted in: EA, Kinect, PS3, PSN, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Burnout Crash, criterion games
Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 12:08 BST
Criterion: Burnout Crash originally started out on Wii
Criterion boss Alex Ward has said that Burnout Crash had started life as a Wii title.
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Posted in: EA, Racing, Wii
Tags: alex ward, Burnout Crash, criterion games
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 | 10:31 BST
Criterion on Burnout Crash: “Looks different,” but core of game “exactly the same”
A top-down Burnout that’s more pinball-with-cars than the explosion porn equivalent of fine art? Blasphemy! Or is it? Criterion insists that this is still the Burnout you know and love. In that spirit, the Fischer Price’s “My First Deathmobile” look houses a dark secret: This time around, things explode bigger than ever.
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Posted in: Arcade, EA, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Burnout Crash, criterion games
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 | 11:29 BST
Gibeau: Criterion making a game every year would “burn them out”
EA Games boss Frank Gibeau has said that Criterion Games won’t be forced to make a game every year, saying such a thing would be “the worst possible idea.”
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Posted in: E3 2011, EA, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: criterion games, frank gibeau, Frostbite 2, need for speed
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 11:37 BST
ESRB: Burnout Crash features “cartoon violence”
The ESRB’s rated the still unannounced Burnout Crash, saying the title will feature “cartoon violence.”
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Posted in: EA, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Burnout Crash, criterion games
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 | 12:41 BST
Australian Classification Board rates Burnout Crash
This came from left-field: the Australian Classification Board has rated something known as “Burnout Crash,” whilst LinkedIn CVs point towards a PS3 and 360 release.
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Posted in: EA, Racing
Tags: alex ward, burnout, Burnout Crash, criterion games
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 | 18:52 GMT
Criterion announces Hot Pursuit DLC triple-whammy
Criterion’s announced three new DLC packs for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit that will begin launching next week.
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Posted in: EA, PS3, PSN, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 08:09 GMT
Unpublished Wii and DS Burnout outed by staffer
The prolific Burnout series has been just about everywhere, but it’s not going to Nintendo-land. A planned exclusive, apparently titled Burnout Freestyle, has seen the light of day only in the wake of its cancellation.
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Posted in: DS, EA, Racing, Wii
Tags: Burnout Freestyle, criterion games
Fri, Dec 10, 2010 | 14:20 GMT
NFS: Hot Pursuit gets Super Sports pack on December 21
EA’s announced it’s releasing the Super Sports pack for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on December 21.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, PSN, Racing, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: criterion games, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Super Sports Pack
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