Last week, Electronic Arts (EA) celebrated the 30th anniversary of Criterion by redesignating the studio as Criterion: A Battlefield Studio. Renowned for developing the popular Burnout series and more recently overseeing the Need For Speed franchise, Criterion has also played a role in the revamped Star Wars: Battlefront series. This redesignation indicates Criterion’s new function as one of the four studios committed to EA’s refreshed emphasis on the Battlefield series.<\/p>\n
Criterion’s engagement with Battlefield is not a recent development; the Guildford-based studio has been involved since the launch of Battlefield 1 in 2015. Nonetheless, the redesignation hints at a change in emphasis, potentially indicating the conclusion of Criterion’s involvement with other endeavors, at least momentarily.<\/p>\n
Even with this new trajectory, Criterion has not entirely dismissed the idea of returning to the Need For Speed series in the future. For the time being, however, their main priority continues to be supporting and enhancing the Battlefield franchise as part of EA’s strategic initiative to rejuvenate the series. This action highlights EA’s dedication to bolstering Battlefield’s footprint in the gaming sector, utilizing Criterion’s knowledge and experience to fulfill this aim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week, Electronic Arts (EA) celebrated the 30th anniversary of Criterion by redesignating the studio as Criterion: A Battlefield Studio. Renowned for developing the popular Burnout series and more recently overseeing the Need For Speed franchise, Criterion has also played a role in the revamped Star Wars: Battlefront series. This redesignation indicates Criterion’s new function as one of the four studios committed to EA’s refreshed emphasis on the Battlefield series.<\/p>\n
Criterion’s engagement with Battlefield is not a recent development; the Guildford-based studio has been involved since the launch of Battlefield 1 in 2015. Nonetheless, the redesignation hints at a change in emphasis, potentially indicating the conclusion of Criterion’s involvement with other endeavors, at least momentarily.<\/p>\n
Even with this new trajectory, Criterion has not entirely dismissed the idea of returning to the Need For Speed series in the future. For the time being, however, their main priority continues to be supporting and enhancing the Battlefield franchise as part of EA’s strategic initiative to rejuvenate the series. This action highlights EA’s dedication to bolstering Battlefield’s footprint in the gaming sector, utilizing Criterion’s knowledge and experience to fulfill this aim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}