Who needs to be surprised this E3?
Electronic Arts is adding to its holiday lineup (sports,Battlefront) with a newNeed for Speed, according toEA financials. The company decided to chill on yearlyNeed for Speedsafter going from developers Black Box to Criterion to Ghost Games for 2013’sNeed for Speed: Rivals.
Criterion, the creators of theBurnoutseries and last gen racing high pointBurnout: Paradise, was reduced to 15 peoplein 2013. Its co-founders left the studio aboutsix months laterand whatever is left of the company showed off a very early prototype of a multi-vehicle (boats, snowmobiles, etc) driving gameat E3 last year. That was the conference where EA tried to cover up for having no games under the guise of transparency. “Look at all these prototypes! We’re doing this because we want to, not have to!”
Anyways, this yearNeed for Speedwill be getting another mobile game as well as a new console game from Ghost Games.
As for the “multiplatform” (PS4, we assume)Titanfall 2, “You should assume that’s not in fiscal ’16; it’s more likely in fiscal ’17.” That’s August 04, 2025 to July 17, 2025.Plants vs. Zombiesis also coming back in 2016, sometime between January and March of next year as a, “bigger and bolder new console experience” that we will hear more about this E3. AGarden Warfaresequel, probably.
New Need for Speed hits this fall, new Plants vs. Zombies in early 2016[Polygon]
