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Need for Speed: Out of the Law concept art leaked

Need for Speed Out of The Law

Almost everyone must know by now that Criterion Games, the developer responsible for gracing our PS3's with legendary arcade street racer Burnout Paradise, is working alongside Electronic Arts to create the next instalment in the longstanding Need for Speed series - rumoured to be titled NFS: Out of the Law.

Today, the Guildford-based design team tweeted that they would be presenting their efforts thus far at an internal EA meeting, but you can get a glimpse of their work right now; some early concept art samples from the project have already been leaked.

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Burnout Goes Dark

A lot of things are better dark... Dark Chocolate, Dark Elves, The Dark Knight.  And now, Burnout is joining The Dark with the latest in the evolutionary series of patches that are totally transforming the arcade racing game.  On the official playstation blog, Jeremy Chubb, Producer at Criterion Games describes some of the changes that are coming - including Night/Day cycles, Motorbike racing, and some great new content. Read more »

Burnout Paradise Looks To The Skies

In what appears to be a dramatic first for the series, Burnout developer Criterion appear to be taking the necessary steps in order to introduce aircrafts in a future update. When the developer is finished with the Cagney Update, this is when work will begin on the aeroplanes. Read more »