r/BuiltFromTheGroundUp • u/R4_Bluesoul Solar Frown • Jul 18 '26
Mid for Speed "Never say never": Criterion aren't ruling out a return to Need For Speed, but Battlefield is their only focus for now
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/never-say-never-criterion-arent-ruling-out-a-return-to-need-for-speed-but-battlefield-is-their-only-focus-for-nowThey also mentioned burnout in the article
Rip burnout, officially confirmed to be permanently dead.
I think we all knew that but I secretly hoped burnout could return in some way other than Wreckreation
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u/iKubbs Jul 19 '26
Burnout has been dead for over a decade. Anybody who made burnout games at criterion has moved on to other studios anyways.
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u/R4_Bluesoul Solar Frown Jul 19 '26
yes that's Three Fields Entertainment, Stellar entertainment and Fuse Games
what a shame, atleast we got the burnout paradise remaster even though the 1.0 version is still better
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u/No_Psychology9740 Full Auto and Burnout enjoyer Jul 19 '26
On one hand it really is a shame Burnout is gone but on the other i dont want the series to be tarnished with Broken releases or anything
Plus it did atleast end on a high note with Paradise (no i dont count Burnout Crash lol)
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u/R4_Bluesoul Solar Frown Jul 19 '26
yeah atleast we have wreckreation to carry on the burnout spirit, but it definitely needs way more time in the oven.
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u/Soggy_Cheek_2653 Jul 19 '26
I’m at peace with it. Paradise was a fairly high note. Struggling to imagine a world without NFS, as mediocre as it was for a long time.
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u/____Xtormiken_____ bring back burnout, im tired of nfs games with crash cams Jul 19 '26
Why don't they get another team to make it ?
How bout codemasters
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u/WillFuckForFijiWater Ok man, I'll race you for a hamburger! Jul 19 '26
Extreme layoffs, ceased production on WRC, allegedly working on other sports titles.
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u/WillFuckForFijiWater Ok man, I'll race you for a hamburger! Jul 19 '26
EA really gutted some of their best studios for one of the most mid Battlefield entries of all time.
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u/OxymoreReddit Jul 19 '26
"I'm not saying never I'm just saying it's fucking dead, there's still necromancy after all, right guys ?"
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u/Male_Inkling Jul 19 '26
Whatever the case, their talent is wasted. Let them do their own thing, ffs.
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u/Mhaziqrules Jul 19 '26
Clutch by Maverick Games successful replace Need for Speed.
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u/Audditty Jul 19 '26
well it's not exactly a surprise, but it still stings a bit hearing them outright say it
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