Criterion Games: The Rise and Fall

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From being a small part of Canon and developing Renderware, Criterion Games turned the Burnout franchise into one of the biggest racing game series. Taking over Need For Speed from Black Box, they developed Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted before become a support studio under Electronic Arts.

Sources:
Interview With Criterion: https://archive.org/details/nextgen-i...

Burnout 2 Preview: https://web.archive.org/web/200711160...

Digital Foundry Hot Pursuit https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...

Develop Magazine Criterion: https://issuu.com/develop/docs/dev86_web

A History of Canon:    • Видео   (canon history video)

Acclaim Gimmicks https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pig...

Acclaim Closes: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/acc...

Acclaim Sued: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...

EA Buys Criterion: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...

Burnout Revenge Preview: https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/...

Alex Ward Burnout Revenge Interview https://web.archive.org/web/200602060...

Most Wanted Interview https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/2012...

Criterion Takes Over Need For Speed https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...

Criterion Not Planning New Racing Titles https://web.archive.org/web/201310201...

Founders Leave Studio
https://www.polygon.com/2014/1/3/5269...

Alex Ward On Burnout’s Successor Dangerous Driving:    • Alex Ward On Burnout's Spiritual Successor...  

Whatever Happened to Burnout? https://www.svg.com/145261/whatever-h...
EA Gothenburg Now Ghost https://www.destructoid.com/eas-studi...

Ghost Now Working on Need For Speed https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-gothenbe...

Alex Ward Looks Back https://www.gamesradar.com/burnouts-c...

Project Epic Adventure:    • Criterion Games New Project - E3 2014 Deve...  

Project Epic Adventure Cancelled:
https://www.pcgamer.com/criterions-ex...

00:00 Intro
00:43 Renderware
02:03 Criterion Games
03:07 Burnout 1
04:41 Burnout 2
06:09 Burnout 3
09:03 To Electronic Arts
09:52 Black
11:57 Burnout Revenge
14:17 Paradise
18:18 Need For Speed
19:47 Hot Pursuit (2010)
21:32 Most Wanted (2012)
23:38 The End of an Era
26:08 Conclusion
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