Report: Battlefield 3, Criterion-developed Need for Speed underway
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
on Jun 10th 2009 4:15PM
During a William Blair Growth Stock Conference presentation, EA's COO (John Pleasants, FYI) noted the existence of two unannounced titles -- neither of them particularly surprising if you've been keeping up on your
spurious internet rumors. The first,
Battlefield 3, is said to be in good shape and, even better, in good hands over at developer
DICE. Unfortunately, it appears fans of frenzied first-person shootery will have to wait until the next fiscal year before returning to the field.
According to
G4TV's Patrick Klepek, the second title is yet
another Need for Speed game, this one developed by the team behind
Burnout. Pleasants allegedly praised the team for being "online-centric and notably high-quality game developers that we have out at Criterion." There's little else to go on at the moment, but we're certainly intrigued by the collision of those two racing franchises. There
will be collisions, right?
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Need for SpeedSource --
Battlefield 3
