Criterion Software Group

Criterion Software Group develops videogames and the technologies used to make them.

Criterion Software Group develops videogames and the technologies used to make them. The company is popularly known for its RenderWare product portfolio, a middleware technology for the games industry, which includes RenderWare platform: a game development middleware, which comprises an integrated technology suite that provides graphics, physics, AI, and Audio; and RenderWare studio: a game development framework. The company’s games include Burnout, Burnout 2, Burnout 3: Takedown, Burnout Revenge, Black, Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and Burnout Crash. Criterion Software Group Limited was founded in 1993 and is based in Guildford, United Kingdom. The company was acquired by [Electronic Arts Inc.](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/electronicarts) in 2004.