The Need for Speed franchise will as soon as once more be developed by Criterion Games.
Need For Speed Heat developer Ghost Games will now act as an “engineering hub”, according to GI.biz. The Gothenburg-based group is made up of architects of the Frostbite engine and can proceed to assist EA games going ahead.
EA plans to relocate most of its staff from Ghost Games to Criterions and different sectors however round 30 jobs are at present in danger.
“Outside of the engineers and those that we plan to transfer to other positions, there would be 30 additional staff in Gothenburg, and we would hope to place as many of them as possible into other roles in the company,” EA stated.
EA stated it has had a tough time establishing an impartial studio in Gothenburg because the expertise wanted to work on the AAA studio “is just not available to us there.”
The final game within the Need for Speed franchise absolutely developed by Criterion was Need for Speed: Most Wanted, though it did co-develop Need for Speed Rivals with Ghost Games which launched the final 4 games within the sequence.
Since then, Criterion has been working with DICE on Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Battlefield 5.
“With a strong history and passion for racing games and vision for what we can create, the Criterion team is going to take Need for Speed into the next-generation,” EA instructed Gi.biz. “Criterion is a fantastic studio, and we’re looking forward to adding to their talented team and building a great future for Need for Speed. The engineering teams in Gothenburg are also vital to our ongoing plans across EA.”
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