Next NFS delayed by a year as EA prioritises Battlefield Results 1 to 5 of 5 Next NFS delayed by a year as EA prioritises Battlefield Report says that Criterion staff have been roped in to help Dice complete 'BF6' in time for Xmas. Read more. Re: Next NFS delayed by a year as EA prioritises Battlefield Kinda sounds to me like after EA bought Criterion, they downsized the staff... and now there's not enough to make a driving game, the one Criterion specialise in. This is not good news for staff at Codemasters and Slightly Mad Studios I think... Edit: you know what, this is just a big corporation doing corporation things! And justifying it with