Criterion Games

Criterion Games
FormerlyCriterion Studios
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJanuary 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01)
Headquarters,
England
Products
Number of employees
≈90 (2017)
Parent
SubsidiariesCriterion Cheshire
Websitewww.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]

  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.