5 Months Ago, PC Games Hardware says (in Revolutionary brand-new Need for Speed by Criterion - Burnout ...) Criterion, the makers of Burnout Paradise, are said to resurrect the NfS franchise with a brand-new Need for Speed in 2010. EA still drives at full throttle with the Need for Speed series. After the last NfS editions were criticized both by fans and ...
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And IncGamers.com says (in EA Merging Burnout and Need For Speed?)  UK
EA is apparently in the process of merging the Burnout and Need for Speed franchises. According to EA CEO John Pleasants, speaking during the William Blair Growth Stock Conference, the Burnout team at Criterion will now begin work on the Need For Speed ...

And CVG Online says (in Criterion takes over Need for Speed) Burnout developer Criterion is developing the new instalment of Need For Speed, EA has confirmed. Speaking at the William Blair Growth Stock Conference (we've no clue what that is either), EA chief operating officer John Pleasants revealed that the ...

And Spong says (in Need for Speed and Burnout Not Merging)  UK
EA has confirmed that Criterion, the studio behind Burnout, will be developing the next Need for Speed game - the one after Shift and Nitro. John Riccitiello, CEO of the publisher, confirmed Criterion's involvement during an interview with Kotaku. ...

And TAWKN.com says (in Criterion Has A Need For Speed)  Canada
Kotaku has learned from EA's CEO, John Riccitiello, that Burnout masterminds, Criterion, are hard at work on a new, "revolutionary" Need For Speed title. This means both that the best NFS game in years is underway, and hopefully that I will finally get ...