Criterion Readying "Unannounced Racing Title" for Release this Year

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Lee Bradley

Criterion Games is working on an "unannounced racing title" set for release this year.

That’s according to the LinkedIn profile of Need For Speed: Most Wanted’s lead cinematic artist for marketing. The as-yet unannounced racer is listed alongside the words, "EA Games 2013."

Seemingly confirming the news is a second Criterion employee's LinkedIn profile too, though the identity of the game is not known.

So what is it? Criterion has already said that a sequel to Burnout Paradise is “highly unlikely,” while it’s possible that the game could be a new Need for Speed. Vice President Alex Ward said recently that future games in the series will have “a strong Criterion involvement.”

Whatever it is, don’t expect EA to be pushed into an announcement. In the meantime, we’ll blindly, wildly speculate. It’s definitely going to be a next-gen Road Rash.

[via VideoGamer]

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  • Underground 3
  • Underground 3 or a new burnout would be nice
  • I WANT ROAD RASH!!!
  • Underground 3, Carbon 2 or a new burnout would be wicked
  • FFs EA We can only hope criterion quit out now and go back to making decent well supported games. Before than the standard EA 3 a year money making specials whore them into the ground
  • I'll take Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2.
  • A new Burnout would be nice. But Underground 3 or Road Rash if Burnout isn't likely.
  • Road rash plz
  • Road Rash PLEASE!
  • New midnight club would be sweet or underground 3
  • Road rash!!!!!
  • Road Rash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Need for Burning Black Rash. #10: Midnight Club is a different dev (Rockstar) and Publisher (Take Two), but yeah a new Midnight Club would be cool.
  • I would like to see a new Road Rash game. But, whatever game will come, it won't be something as good as any game from the classic ages. Before starting thumbing me down, just remember that Criterion had made Burnout and Need For Speed lost their identities. Both series didn't start as free-roam game with all open roads during races. The first Burnout game wasn't about powerfull cars, it was about regular cars racing on various cities during rush hour. Burnout Paradise wasn't like that and neither Burnout 3. On the other hand they also twisted Need for Speed on something quite different. What was the point of making (or remaking) a new Most Wanted when the game doesn't have all the cool features of the original game, and instead it turned to be a Burnout look-alike? Even if the new game turns out to be a new Road Rash, I'm afraid they replace the bikes with cars and they'll add slow-mo scenes everytime you waste some guy.
  • Please be Road Rash or Burnout Paradise 2.
  • please a next gen burnout game! maybe not paradise 2 but just a new awesome burnout!
  • By the Gods among us, please let this new found creation be either Paradise 2 or a new iteration of Road Rage. Both of those games I spent countless hours on, and can only hope they get sequels.
  • #14: Yeah, People wanting to do something different is losing their identities. Penis.
  • NFS Underground ''Our take at underground!'' another NFS Burnout please no?
  • Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash Road rash111111 pwease (._.)'
  • Burnout Crash Mode with 1,000 junctions DO IT !
  • Road Rash would be awesome! good ol PS1 Jail Break.
  • Why are so many people asking for Underground 3? You are aware that it would likely be the same as the new Most Wanted was to the old one: not anything like Underground 1 or 2. It's a nice thought, but seriously, any hopes that it would be a true sequel to NFSU2 would just be too much to hope for.
  • Someone was talking about putting Road Rash on Kickstarter recently. So I doubt it's that... New Burnout probably.
  • I want an Underground 1 and 2 HD... THIS WOULD SELL GUARANTEED!
  • its gonna be road rash. its already been confirmed...its still in its production phase, but here it is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYhdtOoWlC8
  • My guess would be, since Criterion just released NFS:MW last year and is in charge of the NFS franchise now, it's probably the next NFS game that's being developed by another studio with help from Criterion. @24 The person talking about putting Road Rash on Kickstarter was the programmer and co-designer of Road Rash and doesn't own the rights to the IP. He would have to buy the Road Rash IP from EA first before he could do a kickstarter for it, and that's never going to happen.
  • aww man, Road Rash was my favorite game on Sega! Please, please, please, please be Road Rash!!
  • Another Need for Speed with zero customization and no story. But 250 more challenges to compete with your friends!!! YAY!
  • @10 Midnight Club was made by Rockstar. I reckon it's a new Burnout, altho a new Road Rash would be cool. If they do another NFS: Underground, they need to do it right, Tuners / Muscles and shitload of customization options.
  • Underground 3 would be awesome
  • if only they can get the Xtreme-G IP...
  • Need for Speed Underground 3. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
  • The Road Rash kickstarter can always be called "Road Rage" or something like that (I think someone else did that). Personally, I loved Burnout 1 thru Revenge, but wasn't so keen on Paradise. I enjoyed Underground, but I prefer Forza for the modding stuff. I am waiting for delivery of Most Wanted U. They wouldn't need to make Road Rash, as they can always add motorbikes to any other title.
  • Please make a Burnout game, or Road Rash, or even a decent Need For Speed game that doesn't try to be Forza FFS.
  • The resurgence of Road Rash would make for the first racing game i'd purchase on day one since the original Gran Turismo. I used to have it on the Panasonic 3do console and loved it.
  • They need to make need for speed hot pursuit 2 simply because its awesome online all other nfs games that came after hot pursuit sucked hopefully they will do that and ill be getting it day one
  • For all you asking for underground 3 dont bother. As much as i would love to play underground 3. They would ruin a game much loved by many. The need for speed genre has dropped. I was more than excited for most wanted remake. An what a fail that was. That was not most wanted. It was. Need for speed. Lets drive around and collect cars. For me. Need for speed will never be what it was. At the peak of underground or the original most wanted. Hot pursuit was terrible. So was The run. The remake most wanted was poor. We would all love an undergroud 3. But we all know it would be ruined or no where near as good as what we once remeberd !!
  • Dont really care. The latest Most Wanted was the final nail in the coffin. Do whatever ya's want. I'm not buying it. They are always hyped up to be awesome, including by this site and many others. Get it home and its total garbage. DONE!
  • I don't care if it's 'highly unlikely', that may just be there to throw us off the trail. The world needs another Burnout game, not more of the same repackaged NFS crap we've had for the last 5 years.
  • Burnout without crash mode is like a day without sunshine.
  • Underground 3 please but not a blatant Burnout ripoff like the new Most Wanted was
  • Burnout and Road Rash please!!! Leave Need for Speed for few years time because NFS been release yearly, yearly and yearly and repeats. We need Burnout returns this time as well bring back Road Rash as it is been for longer time. I remember played it bit in old day gaming. New one will be need this time, Put NFS out of and let this franchise is break this time. :)
  • Road Rash would make me so wet.
  • Underground 3 plz
  • ^ What he said.
  • no seriously....its gonna be road rash. its already been confirmed...its still in its production phase, but here it is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYhdtOoWlC8
  • Well I just finished listening to an interview with kid cudi. He's apart of the movie coming out and he also said he's going to be apart of a gaming they're coming out with. http://datnewcudi.com/2013/04/04/kid-cudi-explains-collaborations-with-aap-rocky-kendrick-lamar-michael-bolton/
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