Tag Archives: criterion games
Mon, Nov 22, 2010 | 09:54 GMT
UK charts: Black Ops denies AC: Brotherhood, Hot Pursuit top spot

Call of Duty: Black Ops has denied both Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit a debut at number one.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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