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The Cars Of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

A German site got its hands on what it says is the full list of the 66 licensed vehicles appearing in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. It’s a whole lotta fahrvergnügen.


August 18, 2010
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How To Beat Your Friends In The Next Need For Speed While They’re Asleep

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I like playing games with asynchronous multiplayer, but outside of Facebook, there aren’t many ways to compete against gaming friends in a non-simultaneous way. Thankfully, Criterion includes that sort of thing in their racing games.


August 13, 2010
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Seacrest County Is Serious About Speeding

Apparently the recession has not hit Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit’s Seacrest County. Or the sheriff and the county commissioners are gonna face a recall election for giving the deputies Dodge Vipers instead of the good old honey-brown Crown Vic.


June 23, 2010

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Hands-On: A Whole Lotta Car

Under EA Black Box, Need For Speed had conditioned me to put the accelerator trigger in a death grip and never let go until the end of the race. That won’t help in Criterion’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.


June 15, 2010
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Need For Speed Is In Hot Pursuit Of A New Game

At today’s EA press conference, the latest entry in the Need for Speed series, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was unveiled.


February 16, 2010
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Burnout Paradise Drives Off (Cheaply) Into The Sunset

With Criterion no longer providing downloadable content for Burnout Paradise, one of the generation’s best-supported games is about to slide into the history books. So publisher EA is going to send it off with a bang.


November 10, 2009
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Criterion’s Need For Speed Will Be Out “Next Year”

Criterion, the studio behind Burnout, are at work on a “revolutionary take” on the Need For Speed franchise. When’s it out? Well, according to EA’s Frank Gibeau, it’ll be out next year.


June 16, 2009
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Tiny Legendary Cars Hidden In Burnout’s Big Surf

Fans of Burnout Paradise’s Legendary cars might want to give the recently released Big Surf Island a closer look, as toy versions of all four movie-inspired vehicles are unlockable in the new DLC.


June 14, 2009
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Burnout Dev: No One’s Ever “Maxed” A Console

The technical director for Criterion (Burnout Paradise) wants to put a stop to a persistent cliché in development: The idea that some game or project is maxing out a console’s capabilities.


June 9, 2009
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Burnout’s Big Surf Island Gets Priced

The Big Surf Island expansion for Burnout Paradise is coming this Thursday to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. How much does Criterion’s biggest add-on yet cost?