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3	[[caption-width-right:350:Top: Criterion Games's logo from 2009 to 2018.\
4	Bottom: Criterion's logo since March 2018.]]
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6	Criterion Games is a video game developer situated in Guildford, England. It was founded in 1996 as a division of Criterion Software (founded in 1993) to develop games that could showcase the [=RenderWare=] engine, used in titles like the sixth-generation ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', and their own ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'' series. Their claims to fame are {{Racing Game}}s that are intense and exciting, like ''Burnout'' (natch) and ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''.
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8	They are a subsidiary of Creator/ElectronicArts since August 2004. On 12 May 2022, [[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-12-ea-expands-criterion-with-codemasters-cheshire-team EA announced]] that Creator/{{Codemasters}}' Cheshire studio, formed from the remnants of ''VideoGame/MotorStorm'' developer Creator/EvolutionStudios, has merged into Criterion since both studios were already working together on ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnbound'' for months by then.
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10	!!Games and franchises developed by Criterion Games:
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12	* ''Scorched Planet''
13	* ''Sub Culture''
14	* ''Redline Racer''
15	* ''[=TrickStyle=]''
16	* ''Suzuki Alstare Racing''
17	* ''VideoGame/DeepFighter''
18	* ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'' series
19	** ''Burnout''
20	** ''Burnout 2: Point of Impact''
21	** ''Burnout 3: Takedown''
22	** ''Burnout Revenge''
23	** ''Burnout Legends''
24	** ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise''
25	*** ''Burnout Paradise Remastered''[[note]]Assisted Stellar Entertainment Software, a developer founded by former Criterion employees, in development[[/note]]
26	** ''VideoGame/BurnoutCRASH''
27	* ''[=AirBlade=]''
28	* ''VideoGame/{{Black\|2006}}''
29	* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' series (2010–2013, 2020–present)
30	** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHotPursuit'' (2010)
31	*** ''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered'' (2020)[[note]]Assisted Stellar Entertainment in development[[/note]]
32	** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012''
33	** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedRivals'' (2013; in collaboration with [[Creator/EAGothenburg Ghost Games]])
34	** ''VideoGame/{{Need for Speed\|2015}}'' (2015)[[note]]Assisted Ghost Games in development; mentioned in the credits alongside [[VideoGame/DeadSpace Visceral]] [[VideoGame/BattlefieldHardline Games]][[/note]]
35	** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnbound'' (2022)
36	* ''VideoGame/BattlefieldHardline'' [[note]]Assisted Visceral Games in development[[/note]]
37	* ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2015'' [[note]]Assisted [[Creator/{{DICE}} EA DICE]] in developing the speeder bike tutorial[[/note]]
38	** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017'' [[note]]Main studio for Starfighter Assault and other starfighter gameplay[[/note]]
39	[[/index]]

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