British developer Criterion Games may well be hard at work on this year's Need for Speed Unbound release, but the team hasn't forgot about its famous Burnout series. Burnout is still held in incredibly high regard by a lot of arcade racing fans, who eagerly await its potential return. Well, that could indeed happen at some point, according to the dev.
Criterion's Kieran Crimmins, creative director on Unbound, recently sat down with Eurogamer to talk all things NFS, and Burnout of course. EG couldn't resist bringing up Burnout, to which Crimmins happily gave his thoughts:
"It's not something we're looking at doing now. Right? It's not my next game or anything like that. Not that I could say if it wasn't, but I guess I can say that it's not the next game I will work on. But if you're talking about the two games that the studio has the most passion for, they're obviously Need for Speed and Burnout."
"We love those two franchises, and Burnout has a unique take on racing that I think would be absolutely phenomenal now. So I guess what I'm saying is, I would love to do that. And I hope that if everything goes well with these games, and we can expand the team, then maybe we can make one of those as well. It's not in the immediate future plans or anything like that but man, it'd be really fun."
Clearly, the developer is laser-focused on Need for Speed Unbound right now, as it launches in just a few short days on Xbox! However, Burnout still seems near and dear to Criterion, and we'd certainly welcome its return as well.
The rest of the interview is well worth a read, especially if you want to know more about the team's plans with Unbound, and the future of the Need for Speed series.
Which do you prefer, Burnout or Need for Speed? Let us know down below!
[source eurogamer.net]
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Make it happen.
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I would love a new Burnout. Or a collection of the first 4 games.
@Trmn8r Lol. That was my wake up alarm for about a year. Strangely effective, not least getting out of bed just to shut him up!
Don't let your dreams be dreams...
Burnout 3 is one of the best games ever. If nothing else, just remaster that.
I do find it bemusing that they keep "remastering" or at least re-releasing Burnout Paradise, even though it's not even close to the game Burnout 3 is.
Either it's more popular than I think, or it's simply that it was developed in the HD era, therefore porting it is simply very easy compared to Burnout 3.
Too bad EA is too stubborn to admit that a new Burnout would absolutely bury their beloved NFS. They have a weird dedication to that series even though it's been more miss than hit for a long time.
On top of that they just killed off Dirt and Project CARS. Its like they want to force NFS to be popular by making it the only game in town (coughmadden).
Fortunately for us, Turn 10 and Playground can keep that from happening. And Polyphony, well they... exist.. also.
They should really be doing this as opposed to releasing a new NFS. A burnout game with the new art style would have made a lot more sense.
Oh yes, at last some blablablabla about it🙂 but stay close to the first 3 entries imo
What if they just did both in one box? Could that work? NFS as the main game, with Burnout Crash mode as a separate mode?
Man I would kill for a new burnout
Please make a new Burn out game
I'd buy it, but I doubt that there will ever be a better racing game than Burnout Paradise
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