The co-founders of Criterion Games, the studio best known for creating hit arcade racing franchise Burnout, have announced they're working on a spiritual successor to the series.

Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry departed Criterion back in 2014 to set up Three Fields Entertainment , leaving the rights to the Burnout franchise behind them. Despite this, they're clearly aware there's a demand out there for a new entry in the series that EA and Criterion aren't interested in fulfilling."Two things. Our first game is a multiplayer sports game. Coming Spring 2016. Then we make a driving game," a series of Tweets explains. "What sort of driving game you ask? A spiritual successor. Speed. Traffic. And Crashing. Lots and lots of crashing."Spiritual successor to which one though??? The second, the third or the fourth one??"The last entry in the Burnout series came in the shape of 2008's Burnout Paradise, which was the fifth installment so clearly isn't being considered for inspiration. It's the third entry, Burnout 3: Takedown, that's widely regarded as the high point.Criterion, meanwhile, is working on another racing game , details of which have been thin on the ground since originally being announced at E3 2014.

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