EA delays next Need for Speed into 2022, developer Criterion now supporting the next Battlefield game
The developer is shifting into support mode for 2021.
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In a statement given toPolygon, Electronic Arts Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele said that due to a variety of factors such as the pandemic affecting development and thefinalized acquisition of Codemasters, the decision was made to push the next Need for Speed game back to 2022, while developer Criterion Games is now supporting development of the next Battlefield.
“[Battlefield] is shaping up great, the team has been working incredibly hard, they pushed hard last year, and yes, we have been working from home,” Miele said. “And it’s hard; it’s hard to make games from home, and the [EA DICE] team is fatigued a bit.
PerEA’s Q3 2021 financial results, the next Battlefield game is on schedule to release at some point in Holiday 2021, telling investors that the team was ahead of internal milestones.
A lot of games and studios are shifting around at EA right now, with a recent report indicating that thenext Dragon Agegame will now besingle-player only, dropping its planned multiplayer portion even as theAnthem Next overhaulwas scrapped. Anew IPfrom Motive Studios has also reportedly been canceled. The next major title from EA is the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition remaster collection, which is set to release on May 14, 2021.
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