Burnout studio hints at contribution towards EA's best-selling sci-fi multiplayer title

Criterion developed Star Wars Battlefront’s speeder bike sections

MCV Staff 30th November 2015 Development News

UK developer Criterion has revealed that it was responsible for select sections of recent hit Star Wars Battlefront.

VideoGamer spotted the studio’s tweet last week indicating that it was the creative talent behind the Endor speeder bike chases that hark back to the iconic scene from Return of the Jedi.

The site also confirmed that Criterion is listed in the credits for the popular sci-fi multiplayer blockbuster.

Criterion is best known for the Burnout series and is currently working on an open-world extreme sports game.

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