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Criterion + DICE = Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Over the last few years, EA have been striving to re-ignite the culture that built their company. Genius minds creating brilliant virtual worlds to dive into and escape the monotony of their lives. EA started with two teens with a big vision – and today EA is a monolith with thousands of employees around the world. How can Criterion build an open world with intriguing racing? With DICE, of course.

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Pandamobile5022d ago

Jesus, DICE is everywhere right now.

a_squirrel5021d ago

And people are wondering why they are having trouble keeping up with updates and dlc. lol

BattleAxe5021d ago

Yeah, unfortunately. Maybe if they weren't everywhere right now they would have actually supported BC2 properly.

barom5021d ago

*scratching my head*

Criterion did a pretty darn good job on Burnout Paradise didn't they? Also they're a power house from what I remember, creating their own middleware engine in the days before they became a part of EA.

plenty a tool5021d ago

one of my most anticipated games of 2010 cant wait for this bad boy

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ndibu5022d ago

Maybe time to pump the brakes a lil there...ha ha, i made a funny...seriously though, thanx for bad company 2 and the moh multiplayer, but enough now...unless you can bring me Need for Speed with local Split Screen! That would be awesome! I do not do Live...paying for online is not my thing, I game with my friends...at home...on the same couch

a_squirrel5021d ago

Same here man. It's hard to find some good sit down games now a days, cause everyone cares so much about graphics, they forgot that people would rather all play together even with bad graphics.

Neo Nugget5021d ago

Why can't they just stay put with BC2?

SpaceFox5021d ago

Exactly. BC2's seriously lacking DLC and DICE is wasting their time with other games.

finbars755021d ago

I do understand your frustrations with the lack of dlcs for BFBC2 but I wouldnt say there wasting there time with other games.Those game are going to be great no matter how much you hate what they did to BFBC2.I wish they would slow down a little myself that way where getting 100% finished games but the reality of it all is that EA is trying to do what they are known for and thats great games.Unlike activision they arent about the power hungry world of money money money.I mean Everyone knows how the indusrty works so this is to be expected from top notch devs.Dont worry once The expansion pack comes out everyone will be happy again.

SpaceFox5021d ago

That's THREE games releasing this year that DICE has worked on.

I know it's a big studio, but jesus they need to start focusing their resources on games in THEIR franchises. BF and Mirror's Edge only guys, not MOH or NFS.

BlueRevolvuR5021d ago

is the website just so happened to be nearly the same name as this person: http://www.youtube.com/user...

because today i have a comment from him on my youtube channel bashing all video gamers. http://www.youtube.com/user... (scroll down to my channel comments). if not, then that's probably some weird coincidence.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai2d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga2d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

InUrFoxHole1d 5h ago

You think Phil did that? 🤣

MrBaskerville5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville5h ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens522d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_2d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville5h ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM2d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka1d 16h ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_2d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long5d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz095d ago (Edited 5d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.

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EA says largest Battlefield team yet is building ‘another tremendous live service’

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson stated in a recent EA Earnings Call, that the next Battlefield "it is going to be another tremendous live service.”

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-Foxtrot7d ago

Another? ANOTHER?

Is he honestly trying to make out like the last Battlefield was a huge success, not just as a game but as a live service game? I'm sure these guys live in their own echo chambers, they are so far removed from reality or they just like talking out of their arse trying to rewrite history.

Also why say such a tone deaf statement when you know the state of live service games at the minute and how many gamers feel about them. Bigging up the next BF game as live service does not give me any excitement or hype.

LordoftheCritics6d ago

''is building ‘another tremendous LIE service’''

/Fixed

just_looken5d ago

This is nothing too new
https://www.eurogamer.net/e...

They had plans of a universe of live service games

Also these studios made 2042 there is no new massive team its the same team
https://www.eurogamer.net/t...

Well same team minus the seattle boys that were canned
https://gamerant.com/ea-bat...

This is all again same news different year but it seems very few remember what happened before covid.

Walalon5d ago

At least they put car freshner trees up their asses to think smelling their own farts smells good at this point to be so out of touch.

RaidenBlack7d ago

Just make another Battlefield 2 ... or BadCompany 3 ... EA

XiNatsuDragnel7d ago

Bad company 3 instead of live service bs

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