I'm probably going to be unpopular for saying this, but... hey Sega why did you waste the money on producing this flop when you could have made the threequel I've been waiting ten years for? Gimme Daytona USA 3 already!
I take it that the first circle of hell, limbo, is where Road Rash is residing. Why isn't EA handing the keys to a Road Rash revival to Criterion? They put bikes in Burnout Paradise, it's like a cry for help...
Excuse me, I gotta go listen to some Soundgarden and calm down a bit...
Quick update, via Joystiq. It's still a rumor, so take it with a grain... no, a salt shaker.
"We've received a tip from someone a purported EA employ who wishes to remain anonymous. According to this source, the Need for Speed series isn't shutting down -- but EA Black Box, the development team behind recent entries into the series, "most likely" is. The source explains that EA not only scrapped their plans to open up a new studio in Vancouver, but that they also decided to close Black Box, moving the NFS and Skate teams to their much larger Burnaby studios.
The source further details the fate of Need for Speed -- he claims that one of the next entries into the series will be developed by the EA-owned Criterion Games, and will likely use the engine of their racing series, Burnout. He also claims that there are three different teams within Black Box that are responsible for developing Need for Speed titles (which is how they're able to release a new NFS title every year) -- though these three teams will likely consolidate into one, leading to less NFS releases, more continuity between said releases, and, ultimately, drastic downsizing for the NFS teams."
I used to love NFS before Underground riced it out. Most Wanted was good since it had Lamborghinis, Carbon was okay, I actually liked ProStreet because it went back to the simlike roots of NFS, and skipped on Underground for Midnight Club LA.
EA needs to kill the rice and make Hot Pursuit 3. I'm going to install Hot Pursuit 2 onto my PC now, so I can remember when NFS was all about the exotics...
I know. Luckily enough, Ford is giving us the Euro Focus again starting in 2011, when the car is due for another refresh. And we're also getting the Fiesta subcompact starting in 2010.
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