Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry who are the cofounders of Criterion have left the acclaimed studio. Ward said on Twitter that he and Sperry left the studio to ensemble a new video game company. Criterion’s most recent games are Burnout Crash and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Here’s the statement from EA.
“Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry have decided to leave EA. We appreciate their many contributions through the years and wish them well in their future endeavours.
“The incredibly creative and talented team at Criterion are hard at work on a new project for next-gen consoles as new IP continues to be a major priority across EA. Matt Webster is leading development of the new game and the Criterion studio moving forward. Matt has been part of Criterion for years and has an exciting vision for this new game.”
Thanks, Ahmad
Sad to see them take leave. The Burnout series always did wonderful things, but frankly they both deserve better than EA.
Best of luck.
Yea well it must suck to be stuck making the same racing games every year.
I have to admit, Criterion are a very good video game developer.
Their latest game for Wii U – that being Most Wanted U was brilliant. The very best to them, and I hope I can play some more of their games!
You know that a company is becoming shit when their founders leave to be able to do the projects that they want.
Just goes to show that there are people that want tor really be able to show off their talent and not do the same games over and over again.
It sounds very reminiscent of when the Stamper Brother left Rare.
The Co Founders are working on a game dubbed Project Zero, F-Zero confirmed?! (Probably not)…
No lieutenant, our savior Miyamoto will never allow that…
You may make a point, but F-Zero must be revived! I still play F-Zero GX every now and then.
boo hoo who gives a toss
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When the co-founders a company, you know the future doesn’t seem bright for that company.
Sounds like the only reason he left because EA abandoned the Wii U
They will be a new studio that will put their games on Wii U. Guess they got sick of EA being stupid.
Spoiler alert : they got caught having sex at work and were forced to quit.