This Week in Games: Criterion's Battlefield Shift and Xbox Shakeups
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Rock Paper Shotgun's Sunday Papers curates this week's gaming writing: IGN covers Criterion’s 30th anniversary and its Battlefield-focused future; a note on Respec’s launch; Jon Hicks traces the waist-high wall trope in early 2000s shooters like Gears of War; Rob Fahey offers a clear-eyed take on Xbox’s post-reset turmoil amid layoffs; a Guardian long read on protests around asylum-seeker housing; and a quirky glow-worm mating piece to end on a lighter note.
- The Sunday Papers Rock Paper Shotgun
- Criterion’s Future Is Battlefield, but Don’t Forget the Burnout Heritage Within Its Walls IGN
- EA Confirms Fate of Criterion, Leaving the Need for Speed Franchise on Life Support levelup.com
- EA cuts racing game tradition: Criterion Games becomes a pure Battlefield studio PlayFront
- Electronic Arts Has Parked Need for Speed and Buried Burnout BoxThisLap
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