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Joystiq (culture.joystiq.com) has great Burnout news, photos, videos and more
Wednesday, Jun 10
Hands-on: Split/Second
CA In the end we walked away with more anticipation we've had for a racing game since Burnout Paradise was first revealed. Forgetting some of the hang-ups we had with the demo, Split/Second is one of the most intense racing experiences we've had in ages. ...
Tuesday, May 5
Joystiq Review: Burnout Paradise Cops & Robbers
Review: Burnout Paradise Cops & Robbers Burnout Paradise: Toy Cars (DLC) on Playstation 3 Review PushSquare.com Burnout Paradise: Cops & Robbers (DLC) on Playstation 3 Review PushSquare.com Burnout Paradise: Boost Specials (DLC) on Playstation 3 Review PushSquare.com
Friday, Apr 24
Criterion has too much fun playing Burnout Paradise: Cops and Robbers
CA by Andrew Yoon { Apr 24th 2009 at 12:55PM } A lot of Burnout Paradise's "premium DLC" packs have left gamers feeling out in the cold. The "Party" DLC didn't add much to the Burnout experience. The movie-inspired DLC cars were fun, but a bit pricey. ...
Thursday, Apr 16
Crash TV provides early glimpse of Burnout Paradise's cop cars
CA by David Hinkle { Apr 16th 2009 at 4:01PM } The folks at Criterion Games don't just sit around crashing virtual cars all day, you know. Well, okay, maybe they do a little, but they also produce a video show called Crash TV, which provides a ...
Wednesday, Mar 4
Joystiq hands-on: Need for Speed SHIFT
Videogamer.com CA It seemed poised to leap straight off the map following last year's lackluster Undercover; there were even rumors the series was being handed over to the Burnout Paradise team for CPR. Then up popped not one, but three new NFS games. ... Need for Speed Shift Hands-on IGN
Sunday, Feb 22
The Best of Big Download: February 16-22
CA Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box review: Did Criterion Games' first PC title hit the mark? We give our final verdict on the results. Mac Monday: Our latest look at gaming for the Mac takes a look at the kingdom sim KingMania.
Thursday, Feb 19
DICE 2009: Riccitiello addresses recession, a 'blessing' for ...
Loading up a tongue-in-cheek screenshot depicting a gruesome wreck in Burnout Paradise, the EA commander-in-chief addressed the recession's effects on the gaming industry, as well as his company's strategy for staying afloat, during his speech at the ...
Burnout Paradise Toy Cars and Boost DLC details leaked
CA by Dustin Burg { Feb 19th 2009 at 5:10PM } Burnout Paradise's upcoming Toy Cars and Boost Specials DLC packs were accidentally released on Xbox Live Marketplace this morning, revealing previously unknown details. While the content has since been pulled ...
Friday, Feb 13
WRUP: 'What do you mean Valentine's Day is tomorrow?' edition
CA - Sure, the games are classic but no online multiplayer and ridiculous game unlock tasks? Bah! Other than that, I'm cruising around Paradise City in Burnout, ...
Thursday, Sep 25
Burnout Paradise PS3 Trophies patch released, not retroactive
Okay, the good news first: Criterion Games has released a patch for Burnout Paradise that adds Trophies. The bad news is those Trophies are not going to be awarded retroactively. Despite having previously stating they were "thinking ...
Friday, May 9
EA, Criterion bringing Burnout Paradise to PCs
Console sandbox racer Burnout Paradise will soon be careening into oncoming traffic for PC, as developer Criterion announced this morning that it is rebuilding the title "specifically" to be played on a computer. ...
Wednesday, Apr 16
Burnout Paradise 'Cagney' update to include three new online modes
With about seven days until Burnout Paradise's second update, codenamed Bogart, and just over a week since promising to transform the game's crash-centric Paradise City through a series of downloadable content updates, Criterion has announced that it is currently kicking the tires...
Sunday, Mar 30
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/24 - 3/30
Reviews Warriors Orochi (PSP) Ultimately falls to the curse of the Warriors franchise: a weak story, repetitive gameplay, and completely generic and replaceable characters." Features Top 20 characters that should be in Dissidia
Friday, Mar 14
New islands coming to Burnout Paradise as free DLC
Talk of new downloadable content for Burnout Paradise has been burbling around the Criterion Games website. On the forums, creative director Alex Ward has revealed that new cars will be made available as downloadable content in both the Xbox 360 and PS3 version. More exciting, though, is...
Wednesday, Mar 12
Zero Punctuation doesn't find paradise in Burnout
Zero Punctuation takes a spin in Burnout Paradise this week and discovers that cars have taken over Paradise City and people are nowhere to be found. The main sticking point Yahtzee has with the game is that while Burnout Paradise has an open world like Grand Theft Auto, requiring the playe...
Wednesday, Mar 5
Burnout bugs begone! Paradise patched
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, DrivingYeah, yeah, Burnout Paradise is the bees knees, the cat's pajamas, the, um, minimalist work of art. But that doesn't mean it's perfect, a fact that developer Criterion both admits and works to correct with a new patch that fixes...
Tuesday, Feb 12
Devil May Cry 4 tears up UK charts
Capcom's over-the-top action extravaganza, Devil May Cry 4, has debuted at the top of the UK's all-format software sales chart, rudely bumping previous one-er Burnout: Paradise down to fourth place. GamesIndustry.biz reports that 61 percent of the title's sales came from the Xbox 360 v...
Thursday, Feb 7
Today in Joystiq: February 7, 2008
Finally! Assassin's Creed DS gameplay Atlus signs 'family-friendly' Wii puzzler Octomania for North America Suda51 talks Xbox 360, American market ESRB: Number of M-rated games declined in 2007 Burnout Paradise DLC explained Namco Bandai blames Wii for arcade closures
Burnout Paradise DLC explained
We've been told that Criterion had a darn good reason for requiring the hard disk drive in online modes of Burnout Paradise, but we haven't exactly been told what that darn good reason is. Thankfully, MTV newcomer Patrick Klepek did a bit of investigative journalism, and figured out the fu...
Monday, Feb 4
Today in Joystiq: February 4, 2008
American McGee announces next 'twisted tale' project after Grimm Xbox 360 'arcade model' hits Japan March 6 PS3 budget lineup heading to Japan, 'likely' Europe SingStar '90s makes us feel old Criterion explains Burnout Paradise online hard drive requirement
Friday, Feb 1
Burnout Paradise 360 requires HDD for online play
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Driving, Online Xbox 360 Arcade owners will be saddened to learn that the online mode of Criterion's Burnout Paradise requires the Xbox 360 hard drive, leaving HDD-less console owners to explore the streets of Paradise City by their lonesomes.
Thursday, Jan 24
Metareview - Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360)
The reviews are starting to come in for Burnout Paradise, and we're beginning to notice a pattern. While most aspects of the game (controls, graphics) are getting slathered with praise, the game's open-world-as-menu system is proving to be fairly divisive. But it seems like even the bigg...
Monday, Jan 21
New games this week: Burnout Paradise edition
We're happy to report that, for the first time in a long time, the choice for the new release of the week is clear: Burnout Paradise. That said, after playing the paradigm-shifting demo, we wonder if all of the series' fans are going to make the leap to this new iteration. How about you?
Monday, Jan 14
Burnout 3: Takedown available now on Xbox Originals
We know you don't think you need a reminder - after all it was less than a week ago that we told you Burnout 3: Takedown was crashing (in quite a spectacular fashion, mind you) onto the Xbox Live Marketplace as an Xbox Original - but we wanted to make sure you remembered all the details. First, ho...
Sunday, Jan 13
Burnout Paradise art style inspired by rock album?
We're not going to spring for a paternity test, but just putting these two side by side is enough to convince us that there's at least some relation between Burnout Paradise's slick cover art, and this 2000 album by rock group Karate.
Thursday, Jan 10
Burnout 3 coming to Xbox Originals Jan. 14
If you can't seem to get past Burnout Paradise's "city-as-a-menu" metaphor, we have some good news: Burnout 3, the game that first put the series on a lot of our radars, will be appearing on Xbox Live next Monday, downloadable for 1200 space bux Microsoft points or $14.99.
Friday, Jan 4
Today in Joystiq: January 4, 2007
Burnout demo boosted with 8-player support, new challenges PSP to get solar powered battery Mad Catz to make Rock Band instruments Gas Powered Demigod unearthed Some Just Cause 2 details, just 'cause Warner Bros goes Blu-ray exclusive Top Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade titles of 2007
Burnout demo boosted with 8-player support, new challenges
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Driving Still not convinced Burnout Paradise was "THE best demo released" last year? Criterion has rubbed some grease on frontman Alex Ward's heaping helping of self-praise by doubling the maximum number of online players (from 4 t...
Monday, Dec 24
Criterion (cockily) responds to Burnout Paradise criticisms
The PS3 and Xbox 360 demos for Burnout Paradise seem to have been met with largely positive reception, but Criterion is not content to let the few small criticisms fall through the cracks. They're also not content to do so without a little pomp and self-importance, either.
Thursday, Dec 20
Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel dropped to $100
Just in time for a last minute holiday present, Microsoft has dropped the price of their Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel from $130 to $100. It was previously dropped $20 in May following the launch of Forza 2. We can only imagine great racing titles like DiRT and PGR4 are wrapped up neatly under...
Wednesday, Sep 5
FlatOut demo now on Live
If those rascally Duke boys from Hazzard county had tried to make their own version of Burnout, we feel fairly confident that they would have come up with something like the FlatOut series. It's a special, gritty, violent version of racing, and you can sample it for yourself with a new demo o...
Friday, Aug 3
EA to remove online servers for 49 games
Expect EA's wrists to be pretty sore on Sept. 1 from all the plugs they'll have to pull. Forty-two of their titles on systems ranging from the PSP to the Xbox 360 will have online support discontinued next month, with another 7 casualties to follow on Nov. 1. The majority are sports titles like 20...
Monday, Apr 30
Today in Joystiq: April 30, 2007
News PaRappa battles his way to American PSPs July '07 Castlevania, Mystical Ninja, Shockman whip Virtual Console Xbox 360 Xenos GPU shrinks to 65nm this fall Burnout Paradise emerges from Burnout 5 cocoon New games this week: Spider-Man 3 edition
