Burnout Paradise smashes into North America Jan. 22

by Alexander Sliwinski { Oct 26th 2007 at 1:25PM }

The next installment in the Burnout franchise, Burnout Paradise, races (and crashes) its way into Xbox 360s and PS3s across North America on Jan. 22. Can't wait until the '08 for your Paradise fix? Then be happy in knowing that a demo will be available on PSN and XBLM this December.

The demo will have the new "stunt" mode and also feature online support for apparently one other friend. You'll be able to play with them in three challenges or "simply smash each other up and grab your friend's Burnout Mugshot." Oh Burnout, never disappointing in vicariously allowing us to experience our real life driving fantasies. One day we'll slip up forgetting we're driving a real car and attempt some Burnout maneuvers ... one day, soon.

[Via press release]

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Tags: breakingnews, burnout, burnout-paradise, burnoutparadise, Criterion, EA

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

baby sea tuna @ Oct 26th 2007 1:30PM

Is this going to change up the formula at all? Burnout 3 was like my favorite Xbox game but by the time Revenge dropped for 360, I'd pretty much lost interest. Win me back Criterion!

Zertoss @ Oct 26th 2007 1:38PM

Revenge is actually my favorite. It was the game that won me back after I lost interest from all the titles between that and the first one.

Einhanderkiller @ Oct 26th 2007 7:08PM

The core gameplay seems to be intact, with its visceral speed and gameplay, but the game is now played in an open city. The previews I've read have all been very positive so far. Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot seems to be in love with the game as he couldn't stop talking about the game before, during, and after E3.

Sean @ Oct 26th 2007 1:42PM

I love this series. I have faith that this will rule.

Phranctoast @ Oct 26th 2007 1:55PM

This may be one of the first titles I heard of that was developed for the ps3 and ported to the 360. Interested to see how that goes.

Abscissa @ Oct 26th 2007 2:45PM

I have Burnout 4 (XBOX 1), and it's very good for the most part. But there's a few changes they need to make in this one to make me willing to buy another Burnout:

- Actually bother to SAVE my SETTINGS! Every time I start the game and load my profile, I have to remind the retarded thing that I *DON'T* want to listen to that "EA Trax" auditory diarrhea.

- Allow me to selectively disable specific EA Trax songs ENTIRELY, not removed from JUST menus or JUST gameplay, but from BOTH menus AND gameplay. (You know, just in case they accidentally let one or two good songs slip in. So I can listen to JUST those.)

- Put in an actual MENU to select my custom soundtrack. Pressing X to switch soundtracks works fine if you have two or three custom soundtracks. But with so much licensed crap shoved into games these days, my custom soundtrack library it at around 50. An absolute pain in the ass if I have to cycle through them with X.

- Add an option to turn off those damn slow-motion crashes. I'm having a grand old time racing around, along comes a wall or a rival car, and BOOM!: a fucking mid-race cutscene. Unskippable, too. I don't care if it means I can't perform the Aftertouch and Crashbreaker gimmicks, just let me turn that crap off!

If they can do all that, I'll gladly sell Burnout 4 and pick up this new one without a second thought. It's a great game otherwise, but those things really conspire to ruin the whole experience.

umm....hello??? @ Oct 26th 2007 3:10PM

awesome...the demo should tide me over. great that it comes out 2 days before my birthday--i know what i'm getting myself!!

CaptainAmericaX @ Oct 26th 2007 3:39PM

PERFECT

Now I've got plenty of time to work on SMG...plus Need For Speed: ProStreet will tide me over for a long time!

Kye (NDF - Earth Ring) @ Oct 26th 2007 5:35PM

I think BO2 was the most challenging and rewarding (and had the best music).

Never played 1 unfortunately.

3 is my fave, mostly cuz of the all-night online races.
4 just doesn't grab me. I'm about 40% through it and I really don't care if I never finish it. (Unlike 2 and 3 which both had me hooked like a junkie)

Just might get this one.

gonk @ Oct 26th 2007 7:34PM

you can crash cars in gta too...

brad77 @ Oct 26th 2007 8:47PM

Motion blur anyone?

RoboJoel @ Oct 26th 2007 8:50PM

I'm sold on this, day one. Revenge was great, but it didn't stick with me for nearly as long as 3.

I'd be very interested in some Burnout franchise entry for Wii too. The entire 4 days I spent playing ExciteTruck, I couldn't help but wish it were Burnout.