Back at E3 2014, Burnout creators Criterion Games showed some early footage of its multi-vehicle racer, showing players switching mid-race between ATVs, wingsuits, planes, helicopters, jet-skis, and other vehicles, exciting many people. However, it seems that, after two years of uncertainty on the developer's part, the project has been cancelled by EA, according to a spokesperson talking to GameSpot.
When asked how development was going on the game, the spokesperson said: "While they've moved on from the previous project they've spoken about and aren't pursuing it, they are continuing to build new ideas and experiment with new IP for EA, in addition to collaborating with other EA studios." By the sounds of it, Criterion will be working with other studios on the huge amount of Star Wars games releasing in the future, including developing the upcoming Star Wars X-Wing VR game releasing in October. Still, it's a real shame that this project was cancelled, considering Criterion's arguably one of the best racing game developers of all time.
Are you sad that the project has been cancelled? Or do you think that the game was too ambitious? Add this to the long list of cancelled EA games in the comments below.
[source gamespot.com, via youtube.com]
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Not a surprise, sadly.
So an EA exec walked up to us one day and said........"so we have this thing called the Star Wars license now, so yeeaah.....that whole passion project you guys had going on......yeeaahh, about that".
Don't worry Criterion, after you get whored out for nearly a decade in supporting Stars Wars related development, EA will also shut you down and let go or reassign most if not all of your workers!
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Criterion is a shell of their former selves and the team that left isn't making me very excited with games like Dangerous Golf... :/
These were the ONLY racing games I liked
They should have just made a Burnout Paradise 2. SMH If they just would have done that, the Gaming gods would have smiled down upon them and blessed their efforts.
I can sympathise with a break from doing the same routine. Take for example Insomniac, after long years and success with Resistance and Ratchet and Clank, they tried a new IP sunset avenue which was different but not their best. Now they're back and bang! Top scores for a new Ratchet and Clank! Bang! epic Spiderman on its way. Let's hope with Criterion taking a break from their norm, they gain new perspectives from other genres, and add that new fuel to a new better burnout or exciting blockbuster IP!!
Criterion are the best studio under EA but now i feel like they will be run to the ground by EA just like alot of other studios. 😔
@bbq_boy
They aren't really taking a break though, let's be honest, Ghost now does the racing titles for EA..........Criterion is just being utilized how EA best see's fit, regardless of how old staff (not many left I recall) may feel about it.
JUST MAKE A NEW BURNOUT
1) EA buys company as they are successful
2) EA releases 1 or 2 games of a similar orientation from said company
3) EA asks company to make different genre of game
4) Game sucks
5) EA burn the company office to the ground
6) EA laugh and goto step 1
@themcnoisy That's the EA way, it sucks though knowing our my beloved Burnout franchise is dead forever. Even a remaster of Legends/Dominator would cheer me up a bit.
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