Criterion Games

Criterion Games
Formerly	Criterion Studios
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	January 1996; 28 years ago
Headquarters	Guildford, England
Products	Burnout series; Need for Speed series; Black;
Number of employees	≈90 (2017)
Parent	Canon Inc. (1996–2004); Electronic Arts (2004–present);
Subsidiaries	Criterion Cheshire
Website	www.ea.com/ea-studios/criterion-games

Criterion Games is a British video game developer based in Guildford. Founded in January 1996 as a division of Criterion Software, it was owned by Canon Inc. until Criterion Software was sold to Electronic Arts in October 2004. Many of the studio's titles were built on the RenderWare engine, which Criterion Software developed.

Notable games developed by Criterion include entries in the Burnout and Need for Speed series of racing games. As of April 2017, Criterion Games employ approximately 90 people.^[1]

^ Grubb, Jeff (17 April 2017). "PSVR X-Wing Mission studio Criterion is working on Star Wars: Battlefront II". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[1] Grubb, Jeff (17 April 2017). "PSVR X-Wing Mission studio Criterion is working on Star Wars: Battlefront II". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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