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Burnout Paradise demo preview video
The Burnout Paradise demo is still several painfully long days away, but that doesn't mean we can't start having a little fun now. Enter the Burnout Paradise demo preview video. In the video, we learn many tantalizing facts about the upcoming demo. First and foremost, the demo contains three sections of Paradise City: Motor City, Big Surf Beach, and Ocean View. You're able to freely roam these areas to discover stunts and tricks and whatnot, but the best part of all is that the demo is Live enabled. Using a feature called "Easy Drive" you can invite friends to join your session without even leaving gameplay. In all honesty, the game looks hot to death, son.[Thanks, Chris]
Burnout Paradise demo coming Dec. 13
We don't know if you've done your holiday shopping yet, but take it from us: You'll want to get it out of the way before Dec. 13. Because after that day, the roads will be littered with psychopaths actively trying to get in collisions, all thanks to the new demo for Burnout Paradise. You can check out the countdown on Criterion's site, but don't expect to get any more details or even learn what systems the demo is coming to. Of course, with PSN getting updated on Thursdays (which the 13th is) we expect both 360 and PS3 owners will be making auto body shops very happy next week.[Via CVG]
Burnout Paradise demo scheduled for next week
You know a demo's going to be good if the publisher is willing to make you count down every second leading up to it. The Burnout Paradise demo is coming in seven days, and counting. What system could it be for? Well, it looks like the demo is for release on the PSN. With PSN updates happening every Thursday, and this countdown coincidentally also landing on that day, we're pretty sure that PS3 owners are going to be very, very happy.The full game releases in January.[Via Joystiq]
Burnout Paradise demo burns out next week
Criterion Games has made it official fanboys, next week the XBLM will be getting a super hot Burnout Paradise demo (minus the game's sexy box art). Over on the homepage of Criterion's official website, they've posted a hip and trendy countdown clock that is counting down the seconds to the demo's release on Thursday, December 13th. Get your driving gloves out of storage, wax your controller and change the oil on your 360, because Paradise is near.[Via Evil Avatar]
Burnout Paradise: PS3 development makes better 360 game
Burnout Paradise is being developed with the PS3 as the lead platform. Nick Channon, brains behind the game, sat down recently and made a few comments about what this means for the 360. As we know, 360 developed games end up with sub-par ports to the PS3 due to the different architectures and whatnot, but what about PS3 developed titles? Channon believes developing games on the PS3 first will actually make an impressive move onto the 360 -- making the game better on the 360 than if developed on the 360 alone. It's less complicated than it sounds.At least, that's how we'd like to interpret his quote about leading development on PS3: "From our point of view, we've had no issues with dealing with either machine; that's what I mean by that. It seems that some games haven't always transitioned between the two well. From our perspective leading on Playstation3 has meant Xbox 360 has given us a great product." What do you guys think? Is he saying the PS3 will make ports to 360 a lot more successful than vice-versa, or something else?
Clean and sexy Burnout Paradise box art
In this day and age it's something of a rarity to see clean, crisp box art for your favorite video games. By no means do we dislike our emotional Halo 3 box art or our super zoomed in PGR4 box art, but sometimes we want sleek and sexy with a dash of sophistication. And, odd as it may seem, EA is filling our crisp box art woes by offering up some rather enjoyable Burnout Paradise box art that's actually ... good. Check out the art, take in the elegant use of white, the perfect balance of vehicle outline mixed with serene reflected colors all perfectly placed on the game's (never, ever before seen in the Burnout franchise before) crash-less cover. It's lovely. Box art as well as some pretty concept art can be viewed in the gallery below, all of which should make you feel like you're in a clean, crisp box art paradise.%Gallery-4775%[Thanks, DjDATZ]
New Burnout Paradise box art ditches crashes for white space
If you think about it, box art is a video game's calling card. It makes the first impression, and inspires the consumer, especially those who don't follow game news day to day, to pick the release up from retail shelves for a second look. Because of this, box art often tries to capture the essence of the game in a single picture, which only makes us scratch our heads at EA's newly redesigned cover art for the forthcoming Burnout Paradise. The new cover ditches the previous art, which featured a car being smashed like a twisted metal flapjack, and replaces it with a serene, overly white piece that looks like it just drove off the set of an Ah Ha video.The new art reinforces the series' change in direction, from a crash-centric racer to something a bit more open. While early impressions of the racer are encouraging, we cannot help but be a bit worried at the game's seemingly constant push to separate itself from its legacy. With a demo slated for both XBL and PSN next month, we'll know soon enough if the game's Jan. 22 release date will be one to keep on the radar, or if the day will be better spent playing Takedown in remembrance of the series that was.
New Burnout trailer welcomes us to 'Paradise'
While Burnout Paradise isn't appearing on shelves until January 22, 2008, that doesn't mean we aren't already planning on taking a "sick day" from the 'stiq (cover blown!) to enjoy this vehicular destruction porn without interruption. The "Welcome to Paradise City" trailer offers us a look at the city, which is all available right from the start (know as "Freeburn").That didn't fill up your tank? Why, then check out our hands-on impressions to satisfy your need for speed. Come on, turn those keys and drive.
Ridiculously pretty Burnout Paradise footage
The Burnout series has always had a penchant for looking good. With that in mind, it looks like Burnout Paradise is set to raise the bar again. GameTrailers has posted a handful of new videos showing off some of the cars in the game, and it is hard not to be impressed by the visual fidelity presented here. Our only gripe, the stupid cars stay in one piece. Where's the crashing, damn it?! Ah, well, for now you'll have to be satisfied with death-defying jumps and traffic evasion. Someone owes us an explosion though.
Burnout Paradise smashes into North America Jan. 22
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]%Gallery-2874%
Burnout Paradise release locked, demo coming too
Today, high atop their magically wondrous marketing soapbox, EA made the announcement that the high octane crash fest Burnout Paradise will be releasing to retailers on January 22nd, 2008. EA also confirmed that a Burnout Paradise demo will be available on the XBLM before the game's January release and is tentatively scheduled for sometime in December. Go ahead, put your cash down, lock in your pre-order and wait patiently. An open and free roaming Burnout awaits your play in a few months.
Joystiq hands-on: Burnout Paradise
I recently got sucked into Burnout Paradise, playing about a half-hour of the racing game due for release this Winter. While a half-hour may not seem like much, at hands-on gaming events, we writers rarely have the time or interest to play more than about fifteen minutes of a title before moving to the next.Criterion creative director, Alex Ward chatted while I raced through the realistic city; he was clearly proud and excited by the game's deviation from previous Burnout franchise titles. And I was also impressed.Admittedly, a half-hour isn't enough time to make a complete assessment of a game. But I'm optimistic that the new version of the title will be a smash even if it breaks Burnout traditions.%Gallery-2874%
Burnout Paradise screens careen online
Electronic Arts released a slew of screenshots for Burnout Paradise after the Press Conference earlier today. Shots show off an exotic and muscle car racing through the streets of Paradise City. Joystiq has some impressions up, though the only version showing at E3 is the PS3 version. Either way, the game is looking great, and we'll try to get some time to talk with EA/Criterion about the 360 version and should the versions be identical, get some hands on impressions, blasphemous or not.
New Burnout Paradise vid shows off vehicular destruction
Previous Burnout Paradise trailers have failed to show off any of the features that make a Burnout game a Burnout game, i.e., massive crashes with explosions of shrapnel. Criterion has finally given into our ravenous demands for destruction and they have released a new pre-E3 trailer that shows off a ton of sexy vehicular destruction. It also highlights some changes to level design, as it appears that the levels have more huge jumps and vertical pathways than the previous entries in the Burnout series. Though the whole sandbox aspect of the gameplay is still pretty suspicious, the rest of the gameplay is looking fantastic. The graphics look gorgeous and the game moves at the standard blistering pace we'd expect.With Criterion focusing on the PlayStation 3 version of Burnout, expect some top-notch carnage when the game hits the pavement later this year. Until then, check out the trailer above!
Burnout Paradise: it's crashtastic!
Realistic and powerful. That's how the cars in Burnout Paradise are being described. Their engines are loud, their paint is shiny, their speed is ferocious! Basically, the cars are pretty badass. Built from the ground up instead of using an existing engine, Criterion's Burnout Paradise has a lot going for it. The neatest feature is the damage physics. Ramming a pole at extremely high speeds will result in car-wrapping goodness, with details mirroring all those old crash test dummy videos. Sometimes, if you're especially violent in your wipeout, you can crack your vehicle right in half.Online racing is incredibly simple and incredibly seamless. Invite a buddy to race and when the person accepts, the race begins. No menus apparently. No waiting. This was demoed on the PS3 version, so we know we'll be getting this seamless feature. Chances are, the 360 build will get the same thing. The point is this: we're not getting shafted this time.Every street has "race rules" across the 30 square mile city, so again you won't be bothered by pop-up menus or interrupting boxes of text to tell you the rules. It's hard to imagine how they'll do this, since it's nearly unprecedented, but it sounds lovely. There's a lot more to this game than meets the eye (no, they don't transform), with tune-up shops, crash mode, freeburn and more. Check out the rest of the preview if you're curious. It's worth the read!
Burnout Paradise's Teaser collides with Marketplace
The beautiful, serene, and surprisingly crashless teaser trailer for Burnout Paradise is now available in glorious High Definition on Xbox Live Marketplace. While some of you readers complained that the lack of destruction didn't really do anything for you, the focal point was the city that will be literally at your disposal in the new gen aggressive racer. The trailer weighs in at 36.23 MB, which sounds about right for 60-ish seconds of content. Does it look like the new hawtness compared to the YouTube version we showed you before?
Calling All Cars due for release tonight!
Finally, after a month or so of doing the will-it-won't-it dance, David Jaffe's Calling All Cars has a set release date: Today! It will appear alongside Rampart (as promised) as part of the US PlayStation Store line-up tonight. There's no word on when it will be coming to Europe, but we're hoping it'll be within the next few weeks.The full line-up for tonight is as follows: Calling All Cars ($9.99) Rampart ($4.99) Warhawk video (free) Burnout Paradise trailer (free) Rampage video (free) All in all, not a bad haul. You lucky Americans. No doubt we'll have a review up for Calling All Cars before too long. Until then, be sure to comment and let us know what you think. Enjoy![Via SCEA press release]
New name for Burnout 5 + new trailer and screenshots!
Criterion announced today that the tentatively titled Burnout 5 is now officially called Burnout Paradise. To commemorate the occasion, they've also released a handful of new screenshots and a sexy teaser trailer.Burnout Paradise is supposed to mix up the Burnout experience by providing a kind of free-roaming gameplay with online integration that sounds similar to Test Drive Unlimited, though not a lot of details have come out yet. I'm a bit wary about it myself, I rather dislike free-roaming gameplay in racing games. I liked the arcade-y feeling of the earlier Burnout tracks, and I'm worried you're going to lose some of the pacing by making it a sandbox racer. At the same time, Criterion has a fantastic track record and they haven't let me down yet.What do you guys think? Do you think sandbox style gameplay will be beneficial to the Burnout formula?
Burnout: Paradise trailer releases; require new pants
Wow. Gamertagradio just posted the teaser trailer for the next Burnout game, now titled Burnout: Paradise, accompanied by a press release touching on some information we already knew, as well as that the game is slated for a northern hemispherical "Winter 2007" release. Anyway, the trailer starts off similarly to GTA:IV, showing the ... paradisiacal Paradise City, with the calm hustle and bustle of the streets, inter-cut with the roaring engine of the burners racing along the road. For those of you curious, the music featured is "My Curse" by Killswitch Engage, with "Burning The Lives" by Shadows Fall almost being audible behind the sound of the cars careening between traffic. So, out of care for your well being, we have the teaser available after the break, but plead that you come prepared, lest your week start off on the wrong foot.
