- EA will launch 14 games this year, with "multiple" for Switch - 6 May 2020
In its latest round of financial results, EA has confirmed it will launch 14 games over the coming financial year - including "multiple" games for Nintendo Switch. The publisher's Switch output on the schedule so far includes... Burnout Paradise Remastered, which was recently dated for 19th June with the eye-opening price tag of 45 . EA's upcoming slate also includes Command & Conquer Remastered on PC, plus this year's versions of FIFA, Madden and NHL. Another unannounced sports game will also launch this year. Read more
- After 11 years of online antics, Burnout Paradise's servers are shutting down - 18 April 2019
Over 11 years after Burnout Paradise first launched on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, EA has announced that it will be shutting down the game's servers on Thursday, August 1st. That doesn't mean the end for Burnout Paradise, of course. While all online functionality will cease on platforms running the original version of the game (that's Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, as well as anyone playing the Xbox 360 version through Xbox One backward-compatibility), offline elements will still remain accessible. Additionally, Burnout Paradise Remastered, which launched on Xbox One, PS4, and PC last year, will be unaffected. "Every part of Burnout Paradise clips together," wrote Christian Donlan in celebration of Criterion's 2008 open-world opus (and its admirable remaster) last year, "Every part is designed to get the most out of all the other parts. Read more
- After nearly 12 years of online antics, Burnout Paradise's servers are shutting down - 18 April 2019
EA has announced that, nearly 12 years after Burnout Paradise first launched on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, it will be shutting down the game's servers on Thursday, August 1st. That doesn't mean the end for Burnout Paradise, of course. Although all online functionality will cease on original platforms (and for anyone playing the Xbox 360 version through Xbox One backward-compatibility), offline elements will still remain accessible. And it's also worth noting that Burnout Paradise Remastered, which launched on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, will be unaffected. "Every part of Burnout Paradise clips together," wrote Christian Donlan in celebration of Criterion's 2008 open-world opus (and its admirable remaster) last year, "Every part is designed to get the most out of all the other parts. Read more
- Moments of 2018: Burnout Paradise's crash gates - 26 December 2018
Years ago I worked at a cinema with this fellow usher called Jess. Jess was amazing and wise and she worked the popcorn stand, and she worked it in a very particular way. She spent hours and hours there every day, ignoring customers and rooting through the depths of the popcorn, head bowed, a scowl of deepest concentration on her face. It was always the sweet popcorn that held her attention, and rightly so. What she was looking for was the rare, one-in-a-million piece of popcorn that had far more than its fair share of sugar on it. Most popcorn has a sort of matte, papery surface, doesn't it? But these special, over-sugared pieces looked like they had been varnished. They crunched in a different way between your teeth and there was something syrupy to them as they exploded with gritty sugar in your mouth. What made them all the sweeter, of course, was the one-in-a-million thing. They we…
- Burnout Paradise Remastered speeds onto PC next week - 17 August 2018
The PC version of Burnout Paradise Remastered comes out next week, developer Criterion has announced. It launches on 21st August. But you can play it now if you subscribe to Origin Access . The basic version of Origin Access, which costs 3.99 a month or 19.99 a year, gets you a 10-hour trial. The Premier version of Origin Access, which costs 14.99 a month or 89.99 a year, gives you access to the full game. Christian Donlan reviewed Burnout Paradise Remastered on Xbox One X back in March and called it "driving perfection". Read more…
- Burnout tops chart for first time in 13 years - 19 March 2018
Burnout Paradise Remastered has earned the franchise its first chart top spot in over a decade. The much-missed smash 'em-up racing series last hit number one with Burnout Revenge, back in 2005. However, Burnout's best ever week of launch sales still belongs to Burnout 3: Takedown back in 2004. Kirby Star Allies for Nintendo Switch, last week's other launch of note, earned Nintendo's pink puffball his (her?) biggest UK debut ever. Read more…
- Seeing Burnout through fresh eyes - 18 March 2018
The first video game my son ever played - I mean really played, rather than toyed with - was Burnout Paradise. We played together, but he took control; he decided what he wanted to do and he did it. The 2008 open-world driving title from Criterion, which is being released in a remastered edition on PS4, was a formative entry in the emerging universe of free-roaming multiplayer racers, leading us to the likes of Forza Horizon and The Crew. It gave you a city and a car, and it just said 'drive'. That's exactly what my son did. He was only four at the time, so of course, the structural formalities of most games - the rules, the obstacles, the control systems - were a frustrating mystery to him. He loved the look of LittleBigPlanet, he adored the way Sackboy moved his head around in response to the Sixaxis controller (the first time he saw that he literally laughed until he was sick - on th…
- Burnout Paradise Remastered is more than just a PC port - 14 March 2018
It's presented in pristine, native 4K on Xbox One X, yet despite the vast resolution increase over its debut outing on last-gen consoles, Burnout Paradise looks and plays just as you remember it. In this respect it's a remaster done right. There are enhancements - many of them in fact, as you shall see - but it's all in service of adapting the original experience to sit nicely on a new, higher precision medium. And in a world of freebie X-enhanced 360 titles and the existing PC version available on Origin for just 5, that's a good thing. The key takeaway here is that Burnout Paradise Remastered is more than just a port. To put that to test, we stacked up the new release against the best available legacy version - Criterion's original PC release. It was always light on system resources back in the day, and that translates well into the current era - Nvidia's bargain basement GTX 1050 can…
- Burnout Paradise Remastered review - driving perfection - 14 March 2018
Maybe it's something about Renderware. It must be, right? 500 Agility Orbs in the Renderware-powered Crackdown, daring you to allow anything else in the game to rival those humming green treats for sheer narrative appeal. And in Burnout Paradise, another Renderware joint, 400 yellow crash gates. They're shortcuts ostensibly but, given the way they scatter on the wind in your wake, I suspect people would happily charge through them even if they lead to nowhere more exciting than a small out-of-hours pharmacy. 400 yellow gates, twinkling their lurid twinkle and lending a throbbing emergency-yellow shape to the wild city looping and tumbling around you. And 120 billboards to smash through. And 50 super jumps to super jump. And ten multi-storeys... Coming back to it after all these years, peeling out of the auto shop, mentally buckling in, physically shunting through the best worst soundtra…
- No, Burnout Paradise Remastered doesn't have microtransactions - 21 February 2018
Burnout Paradise Remastered does not feature any in-game microtransactions, EA has reassured - despite the game's official store listing saying the opposite. Fans noticed the phrase "in-game game purchases optional" in Paradise's new store listing last night and feared the worst. While the Remastered edition features all major DLC, EA made a point of mentioning the game's Time Saver packs were not part of the offering. It is these which fans suspected would be sold as extras. Read more…
- Daily Deal - Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, 75% Off - 9 April 2017
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- Daily Deal - Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, 75% Off - 20 August 2016
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- Daily Deal - Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, 75% Off - 12 March 2015
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- Daily Deal - Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, 75% Off - 11 September 2013
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- Humble Origin Bundle earns nearly $10.5 million for charity before ending - 29 August 2013
The Humble Origin Bundle is over. The Electronic Arts-sponsored sale concluded yesterday with a grand total of $10.5 million in sales according to the Humble Bundle Twitter account. More than 2.1 million bundles were sold, with almost all of the proceeds (tips to the Humble Bundle organizers are the only exclusion) going toward charities such as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Watsi, the Human Rights Campaign, the American Red Cross, and the American Cancer Society. The bundle, which launched on August 14, offered redeemable keys for Dead Space, Dead Space 3, Burnout Paradise, Mirror’s Edge, Crysis 2, and Medal of Honor under the standard Humble Bundle “name your price” deal, with Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3 added if your price beat the average. EA and Humble also added two games—Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Uprising and Populous—on August 22, for those who paid more than the aver…
- EA’s Humble Origin Bundle raises nearly $8.5 million, adds Red Alert 3: Uprising and Populous - 23 August 2013
EA getting a Humble Bundle sounds like a thing that should raise eyebrows, but considering how much money is being raised for charity right now - and how many normally-quite-expensive games can be had for pocket money - I'm finding that my cynicism chip is just not activating. The explosion-studded bundle has raised nearly $8.5 million already, with EA's entire share going to charities the Human Rights Campaign, watsi, the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. In addition to the likes of Dead Space 3, Mirror's Edge and Battlefield 3, you can now get C&C: Red Alert 3 - Uprising and Populous if you pay over the average of $4.84. Here's the full list. Pay what you want to get Dead Space, Dead Space 3, Burnout Paradise Ultimate, Crysis 2, Mirror's Edge and Medal of Honor, or pay over the average to get C&C: Red Alert 3 Uprising, Populous, Ba…
- Humble Origin Bundle worth more than $200, all of EA’s share goes to charity - 14 August 2013
The Humble Origin Bundle is live, allowing you to pay what you want for Dead Space, Dead Space 3, Burnout Paradise, Crysis 2, Mirror's Edge, and Medal of Honor. Paying more than the average (roughly $5 at the time of this post) unlocks Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3 with some DLC.And all of EA's share goes to charity. I know, right? The offer runs for two weeks, and benefits the Human Rights Campaign, watsi, the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Bought separately, the bundle would cost over $200 U.S. While Origin keys are provided for all of the games, you'll also get Steam keys for each of the games that are available on Valve's platform. Origin is also throwing in the soundtracks for Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3. Check out the whole bundle at HumbleBundle.com. It's a heck of a deal.
- Midweek Madness - Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, 70% Off - 9 July 2013
Save 70% on the Need For Speed Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*! Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation. *Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Criterion: 'time to make something new,' hints at new non-racing game - 15 April 2013
Criterion Games has become synonymous with excellent racing games. However, the studio behind Burnout appears to be moving onto something completely different. Speaking on Twitter , the studio's creative director Alex Ward talked about how "after over a decade of making racing games it's time to make something new." That means no remakes, no reboots, and no sequels. Guess that means we can scratch off that long-rumored Road Rash reboot, huh? Criterion has made a non-racing game before. Black launched on PS2 and Xbox in 2006. However, Ward confirms that Black 2 is definitely not in the works. "Volumes to tell on that topic, but will save that for when I get a book deal," he said . Although Ward is keen to move beyond Burnout, the franchise hasn't been tabled. However, it will be quite some time before the franchise comes back. "I am proud of all of the Burnout games. When it feels right…
- Criterion promises new Burnout, but says Road Rash is 'good fit' - 17 October 2012
It's been four years since we've seen a proper Burnout game from Criterion. Lately, the studio has been assigned on the annualized Need for Speed series, having worked on Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted . Fans who fear that the team has abandoned its beloved series can rest their minds a bit as creative director Craig Sullivan has promised that Criterion will work on a new Burnout in the future. "There's still a lot of stuff we want to do with driving," he said. "We will make another Burnout game at some point. Obviously, as we're working on NFS we're thinking of really good ideas that aren't right for this series; there are ideas that we're going to explore with Burnout." While Criterion will undoubtedly work on a new Burnout game some time in the future, the team may have its sights on other projects. The team could consider making a non-driving game, for example. "I mean, we made Black ,…
