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\nElectronic Arts has merged the development team at Codemasters Cheshire with Criterion Games in a bid to create one large development studio to work on future Need For Speed titles.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe team at Codemasters will still work from its studio in Cheshire, while Criterion Games will continue to work from Guildford.\n<\/p>\n

\n“Sharing common values and similar cultures, we strongly believe unifying the huge wealth of expertise across both teams will help us to deliver the best racing experiences we can for our players,” Codemasters said in a tweet.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electronic Arts has merged the development team at Codemasters Cheshire with Criterion Games in a bid to create one large development studio to work on future Need For Speed titles. The team at Codemasters will still work from its studio in Cheshire, while Criterion Games will continue to work from Guildford. “Sharing common values and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10428,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1145,1144,3372],"class_list":["post-10427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nintendo","tag-arts","tag-electronic","tag-merged"],"yoast_head":"\nEA merges Criterion and Codemasters Cheshire to work on Need For Speed | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View EA merges Criterion and Codemasters Cheshire to work on Need For Speed for free, here on XtremeServers. 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