Criterion on its future after Burnout: "We are a Battlefield studio"

UK studio Criterion was officially brought under the EA Entertainment banner in 2023 specifically to work on Battlefield, while the Need for Speed franchise is currently dormant. Producer Stefan Wittelsbürger says Criterion is "a Battlefield studio" and was heavily involved in Battlefield 6's single-player, particularly its last two missions, plus core systems such as destruction, guns and vehicle handling. Director of operations Amy Pejic says the Burnout "Criterion fingerprint" — minute-to-minute feel, player momentum, controlled chaos and spectacle — still runs through what the studio delivers now.