Need for Speed is essentially on hiatus right now, while developer Criterion Games focuses on EA's next Battlefield game.

Pump the brakes on expectations for a new Need for Speed anytime soon. That's because Criterion, the developer behind the racing series, is all in on supporting the next Battlefield experience ...

EA has four of its biggest studios working on the next Battlefield game, and with that developer Criterion is putting Need for Speed on hold... for now.

A new Need for Speed game will arrive eventually, though it'll have to wait until after Criterion is done working on the next Battlefield game.