https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-12-ea-will-move-need-for-speed-development-back-to-criterionIn this interview EA statesperson says Criterion will once again be the dev of future NFS.Also Criterion will take NFS to next generation.And if Ghost is still the dev for Frostbite and Criterion takes over from Ghost,will this mean NFS will be Renderware/Chameleon engine game again?

@GK3512 Yeah sounds like it based on the article! However, let's just see what happens!Sometimes these deals fail for one reason or another in the business world.I have been keeping an eye on the Global markets of business. Have a great day.

Meanwhile, the ones of us who forked over our hard earned money for this title are screwed. Ghost isn't going to support this game if they are already out for the next.

Yea, it's sounds true. Doesn't seem like a hoax. Ghost Games didn't make a single NFS game that is up to par with the NFS games from the golden age. And it didn't help that NFS Heat (their best NFS they made) sold "kind of expected", according to EA's COO / CFO. (Meaning NFS Heat sold slightly under the 4 million sales target) With this news update, I'm not expecting any new features (such as PvP) coming to the game anymore. Any new features coming to NFS Heat will be a surprise for me. This is just what I think, but I think NFS Heat is done. There may be some last bug fixes for the game before all development support ends for the game, so the majority of Ghost Games devs move over to Criterion Games (and other places) to start development on the next NFS game. @GK3512 wrote: will this mean NFS will be Renderware/Chameleon engine game again? Judging from past history, EA seems keen on forcing developers to use the Frostbite 3 engine for as much of their games as possible. They want to avoid using other game engines (such as Unreal Engine 4) as much as possible. But this is just all speculation at this point.

@BLVD69 I doubt current fake Criterion(without core devs) can make an equally good game.But it does sound like a classic style game may return after a decade.Anyway,no future games details are confirmed other than Criterion sorta returns.(Considering Criterion was said to be main dev of NFS after MW2012 but shut down afterwards,I dont have high hopes)

It make sense in hindsight, however it doesn't excuse the beta game we got at full price. Shame on me for buying another NFS after payback.

True news or fake statement?(Criterion/Future NFS/Next Generation)

22 Replies

BLVD69
6 years ago
@GK3512
Yeah sounds like it based on the article!
However, let's just see what happens!
Sometimes these deals fail for one reason or another in the business world.
I have been keeping an eye on the Global markets of business.
Have a great day.
GK3512
6 years ago
@BLVD69 I doubt current fake Criterion(without core devs) can make an equally good game.But it does sound like a classic style game may return after a decade.Anyway,no future games details are confirmed other than Criterion sorta returns.(Considering Criterion was said to be main dev of NFS after MW2012 but shut down afterwards,I dont have high hopes)
J13Horn
6 years ago
Meanwhile, the ones of us who forked over our hard earned money for this title are screwed. Ghost isn't going to support this game if they are already out for the next.
GK3512
6 years ago
@J13Horn Yes,that's bad.But if Ghost is out of NFS,it's a acceptable reason for Ghost/EA's overlook of our objections
J13Horn
6 years ago
It make sense in hindsight, however it doesn't excuse the beta game we got at full price. Shame on me for buying another NFS after payback.
GDUBZ1
6 years ago
I put the blame on EA. be lucky if the next one is "good" with or without ghost. We will get a good game when these devs make their own game free from EA bs. EA has the final say in everything. They lets this happen knowingly.
J13Horn
6 years ago
@GDUBZ1 I don't know who is to blame but it's a disgrace that this game had so much potential and this is going to be the final product.
GDUBZ1
6 years ago
@J13Horn I doubt this is the final product. They are still working on updates and bug fixes.
J13Horn
6 years ago
@GDUBZ1 Even though they are off the next installment?
TheRealJony
Hero+
6 years ago
Yea, it's sounds true. Doesn't seem like a hoax.

Ghost Games didn't make a single NFS game that is up to par with the NFS games from the golden age.

And it didn't help that NFS Heat (their best NFS they made) sold "kind of expected", according to EA's COO / CFO. (Meaning NFS Heat sold slightly under the 4 million sales target)

With this news update, I'm not expecting any new features (such as PvP) coming to the game anymore.

Any new features coming to NFS Heat will be a surprise for me.

This is just what I think, but I think NFS Heat is done. There may be some last bug fixes for the game before all development support ends for the game, so the majority of Ghost Games devs move over to Criterion Games (and other places) to start development on the next NFS game.

@GK3512 wrote:

will this mean NFS will be Renderware/Chameleon engine game again?

Judging from past history, EA seems keen on forcing developers to use the Frostbite 3 engine for as much of their games as possible. They want to avoid using other game engines (such as Unreal Engine 4) as much as possible.

But this is just all speculation at this point.