Criterion Games bills the open-world hooning and hooliganism in the single-player mode of Need for Speed: Most Wanted as "unprecedented freedom and power." The company might not be kidding.

Pump the brakes on expectations for a new Need for Speed anytime soon. That's because Criterion, the developer behind the racing series, is all in on supporting the next Battlefield experience ...

Need for Speed is essentially on hiatus right now, while developer Criterion Games focuses on EA's next Battlefield game.

Criterion has worked on the Need for Speed franchise since 2010 and has assisted development on Battlefield games since ...

Vince Zampella said that while Criterion is working on Battlefield, there are still plans to bring Need for Speed back in 'new and interesting ways.' ...

Emergency stop.

EA has four of its biggest studios working on the next Battlefield game, and with that developer Criterion is putting Need for Speed on hold... for now.

A new Need for Speed game will arrive eventually, though it'll have to wait until after Criterion is done working on the next Battlefield game.

A flurry of exclusive content will greet Need For Speed Most Wanted Limited Edition owners, EA has revealed ahead of the game's upcoming ... executive producer at Criterion, the company developing ...

EA then confirms that "we plan to bring the franchise back in new and interesting ways", but since Criterion doesn't have ...