Tag Archives: criterion games

Mon, Dec 06, 2010 | 13:45 GMT

First premium DLC pack for NFS: Hot Pursuit announced

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EA’s announced the first premium DLC pack for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

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Mon, Nov 22, 2010 | 11:23 GMT

First NFS: Hot Pursuit DLC available now

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That didn’t take long. EA’s released the first DLC for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

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Mon, Nov 22, 2010 | 09:54 GMT

UK charts: Black Ops denies AC: Brotherhood, Hot Pursuit top spot

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

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Fri, Nov 19, 2010 | 12:56 GMT

NFS: HP Hollywood premiere has celebrities

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Naturally.

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Thu, Nov 18, 2010 | 18:20 GMT

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit reviews get rounded-up – nice scores all around

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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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Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 16:26 GMT

Hot Pursuit launch trailer is full of brilliance

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You need this game in your life. No other option acceptable.

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Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 08:19 GMT

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit gameplay videos show duelling, busting

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There’d have to be something wrong with your brain to not want to play this.

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Mon, Nov 15, 2010 | 08:36 GMT

Sullivan: NfS demo pulled to “switch servers to support the main game”

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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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Wed, Nov 10, 2010 | 13:18 GMT

NFS: Hot Pursuit demo downloaded 2 million times

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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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Tue, Nov 09, 2010 | 14:19 GMT

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit reviews start going live – EG goes with 9

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Yeah. This is going to be awesome.

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Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | 11:11 GMT

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit trailer shows off Seacrest County

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Awesomeness confirmed. As if it wasn’t already.

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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

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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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Tue, Nov 02, 2010 | 09:11 GMT

US NFS: Hot Pursuit ad campaign features Entourage duo

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Johnny Drama finally has some work. As a valet. Ari really is shit, isn’t he?

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Wed, Oct 27, 2010 | 07:05 BST

US PS Store, October 26 – Blacklight: Tango Down, NFS: Hot Pursuit, RDR: Undead Nightmare

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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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Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 12:20 BST

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit demo available now from Live

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EA, as promised, has released the demo to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on Xbox Live Marketplace.

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Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 17:22 BST

NFS: Hot Pursuit demo releases tomorrow

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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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Fri, Oct 22, 2010 | 12:29 BST

NFS: Hot Pursuit trailer shows off Interceptors

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EA’s released yet another epic trailer of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, this time detailing the Interceptors.

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Thu, Oct 14, 2010 | 10:28 BST

Criterion explains Autolog in NFS: Hot Pursuit

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EA’s released a new dev diary for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

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Wed, Oct 06, 2010 | 11:37 BST

Criterion interested in making more Burnout, Need for Speed

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More Need for Speed from Criterion? That’s interesting. But more Burnout? You’ve got our attention.

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Mon, Oct 04, 2010 | 14:13 BST

NfS: Hot Pursuit uncovered in another awesome trailer

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Things like these are why you should be at home avoiding Tube strikes.

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