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Electronic Arts has made a fairly harsh statement regarding the fate of some of its studios that failed to live up to the publisher's hopes this year.

Electronic Arts intends to start reducing the number of employees in its game business as early as next year. Although the list of those "getting the ax" has not yet been announced, analysts agree that these statements primarily concern the developers of Need for Speed Undercover and Rock Band 2. These titles did not justify the funds invested in their production and became the biggest failures for EA in recent years. And in the conditions of the global financial crisis, the publisher will not keep "freeloaders."

"Although we are seeing an overall increase in the quality of our products, unfortunately, we have a list of projects that completely failed to live up to our hopes," said John Riccitiello, CEO of EA.

Source - http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2008/12/10/331067

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A user of our site under the nickname Djerry Mays wrote a poem about NFS. Of course, it’s written unprofessionally (meter and rhyme aren’t always observed), but don’t judge him too harshly! Personally, I like the ending...

Underground, Most Wanted, Carbon and Pro Street,
Time flies while playing through them.
Undercover, Hot Pursuit and Porshe Unleashed,
Only a whistle remains in our ears.
Powerful cars, a healthy engine,
That’s what we need for a race, buddy.
We don’t know the limit of speed,
And even cops are no match for us.
We smash fences and destroy bridges,
And the cops fall behind us.
And if there’s not a penny in your pocket,
Hurry to the start, buddy:
Earn some cash, take down your enemies,
Give all the losers a calm play off.
Then everyone will start recognizing you,
Watching or photographing, and respecting you.
Become the king of the virtual road,
Feel like an outlaw "in law."
And this game is capable of that,
And all NFS fans know it,
And neither Test Drive nor Grid can compare with it,
Because this is native, this is our Need for Speed.