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Criterion’s Next Game Will Not Be Burnout (Or Black 2 Or NFS)
Today Criterion’s Creative Director Alex Ward announced via Twitter that the team is working on something ‘new’. And by something new it appears as though he means a completely new IP. Criterion’s next game will not be a Burnout game, it will not be Black 2 and will not be another NFS game. From the sounds of things it may not be a racer either…
Criterion Interested In Making Another Burnout… And Maybe Road Rash!
But that’s just a maybe. In a fantastic interview with The Guardian, Criterion developers Craig Sullivan and Alex Ward spoke in-depth about the upcoming Need for Speed Most Wanted, but also discussed what Criterion might work on in the future. Another Burnout game? That’s almost a certainty. But Road Rash? That’s a maybe. So you’re saying there’s a chance!
The Best Damn Video Game Trailer I’ve Seen This Week
Trailers are often criticised these days for showing little, or even no gameplay footage. It’s a fair complaint, but also one that should be shelved, at least temporarily, for this clip.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted Singleplayer Is Also About One-Upping Your Friends
The Need For Speed team has been busy showing off Need For Speed: Most Wanted for a few months now, particularly the multiplayer aspect.
Combining The Best Of Burnout With The Best Of Need For Speed
While Burnout creators Criterion got a lot of credit for revolutionising racing games with their design for 2007′s Paradise, they deserve just as much for the multiplayer stuff that makes 2010′s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit a much better game than a lot of people realise.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted Lets You Steal The World’s Fastest Cars. Kind Of.
Maybe you’ve had that moment on the highway where you pull up next to a fancy sportscar. You might think that the person driving it is probably some rich jerk, but still wonder how that Porsche or Lambo handles. Need For Speed: Most Wanted lets you take explore that fantasy in a different way. All the cars in the game will be available from the start. But like a harried commuter unexpectedly coming up on a sleek Aston Martin on the freeway, you’ll have to find these cars first.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted Sends The Corvette ZR1 Down Mean Streets
Early signs seem to indicate that the next Need for Speed game will essentially be a spiritual continuation of the Burnout franchise, especially since it’s being made by the Criterion dev studio that created those games.
OK, Yes, The New Need For Speed Game Is Basically Burnout
A few years back, when EA bought Criterion, the developers of Burnout, people got worried. Worried that the team would be wasted churning out Need for Speed games.
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