Electronic Arts has tasked Criterion Games with an unannounced
Need For Speed title, COO John Pleasants revealed today.
"We've taken the
Burnout team and combined it with our
Need For Speed franchise," said Pleasant, according to
G4's news report on the William Blair Growth Stock Conference.
"So we now have that in our favor, because that
Burnout team is probably one of the more online-centric and notably high-quality game developers that we have out at Criterion."
Electronic Arts has stated numerous times in recent months that an increased focus on online content is a key part of its strategy.
According to the report, Pleasants
also let slip that Sweden's DICE team is working on
Battlefield 3, despite having rolled out three titles in the franchise --
Heroes, Bad Company and
1943 -- in recent succession.
