Developer: Criterion Games
Developer: Criterion Games
Developer: Criterion Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Racing
Release Date: January 22, 2008 (US)
Release Date: January 25, 2008 (UK)
Release Date: February 7, 2008 (AU)
E10+ for Everyone 10+: Language, Violence
PEGI: 3+
OFLC: M
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Developer: Criterion Games
Developer: Criterion Games
Developer: Criterion Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Racing
Release Date: January 22, 2008 (US)
Release Date: January 25, 2008 (UK)
Release Date: February 7, 2008 (AU)
E10+ for Everyone 10+: Language, Violence
PEGI: 3+
OFLC: M
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Criterion's HD-era sequel takes you to Paradise City, brings out the big guns and ends up smelling like a rose. Read Review

The fifth entry in the gonzo racing series, Burnout Paradise gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Gone is the need to jump in and out of menus and aimlessly search for fun like many open world games; in Burnout Paradise, every inch of the world is built to deliver heart-stopping Burnout-style gameplay. Every intersection is a potential crash junction and every alleyway is an opportunity to rack up moving violations. Feel the adrenaline course through your veins as you take to the road for the first time in Paradise City, where the action is all around you. Explore the city, discover events, and look for the best opportunities to crash, jump and pull signature takedowns. In Burnout Paradise you are given the keys to the city, but it's up to you to earn the keys to the meanest and most dangerous cars on the street, and earn your Burnout license.


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Burnout Paradise: No More DLC Planned

PS3 News | Jan 22, 2010

As we wipe away the solitary tear of sadness from our cheek we can confirm that Criterion does not plan to release anymore downloadable content for its excellent Burnout Paradise. Fair's fair. Coming in via an official tweet made by the developer, the inevitable news can be read after the jump. Read More »

Criterion Talks About Outlandish DLC Concepts for Burnout Paradise

PS3 News | Dec 18, 2009

An interesting post to the official Burnout Paradise portal sees developer Criterion talk about some of the wacky design plans for downloadable content that simply never got past the bigwigs' desks. Burnout Paradise is one of the best examples of how a developer can expand on a game's original release through DLC, but could we really have been mucking around with time travel, flying to the moon, planes, boats, and helicopters? Read More »

Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island Trailer

PS3 News | May 25, 2009

June 11th is the day when fans of Criterion's 2008 racer Burnout Paradise will be able to finally get their hands on the all-new Big Surf Islanddownloadable content pack. Big Surf Island is a premium content pack (meaning you've got to part with cold hard cash to get it) and will add another gameplay area which is roughly the size of downtown Paradise City.

BSI features the biggest jumps in the game so far (see if you've got the stones to jump clean over the top of the massive Paradise City suspension bridge) and according to Criterion, it sports the mantra of "if you can see it, you can drive it." We're excited and you should be too. See more after the break. Read More »

Burnout Paradise: Get Grabbed by the Fuzz

PS3 News | May 1, 2009

At the risk of sounding like a busted record, we like Criterion. Specifically we like the way it's handled downloadable content for its January 2008 release, Burnout Paradise. Over 15 months later, the developer is still releasing top-notch DLC for the popular online racer. Today, word's come in that the new Cops and Robbers pack is officially available.

Get the scoop on what it brings to the game inside. Read More »

Scottish Gamers Set New Burnout World Record

PS3 News | Apr 20, 2009

A new racing game world record was set this past weekend in Glasgow, Scotland. Members of a gaming community known as Ready Up took on the challenge to set a new record for the longest marathon playing a racing videogame. According to Guinness World Records, the team of six lead by one Kirsten Kearney only took a few short breaks while successfully playing Criterion's racer Burnout Paradise from 10 a.m. Saturday through 10 a.m. the following day.

"A proud and exhausted Kearney said: I am so thankful to our team and supporters from Ready Up for seeing this challenge through.'" Read More »

Editions

Also known as: Burnout 5

Burnout Paradise (PS3)

Release Region: United States
Release Date: January 22, 2008
Publisher: Electronic Arts

ESRB E10+ for Everyone 10+ Language, Violence

Burnout Paradise (PS3)

Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: January 25, 2008
Publisher: Electronic Arts

Burnout Paradise (PS3)

Release Region: Australia
Release Date: February 7, 2008
Publisher: Electronic Arts

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (PS3)

Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: January 25, 2008
Publisher: Electronic Arts

Expansion packs related to this game:
Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island (PS3)

Also available on: Xbox 360

Specifications

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer - Versus: 8

For more info on these technical requirements and features, please view GameSpy's Specs FAQ.

Features

  • Explore Paradise - From big-surf beach, to downtown gridlock, there's over 30 square kilometers of the ultimate driving playground to explore from the get-go. Nothing is blocked off.
  • Burnout Your Way - Just pull up to over 120 stoplights and spin your wheels to start one of five different events - the classic Race, Road Rage and Burning Route, and the all-new Stunt Run and Marked Man games.
  • Instant Online - Burnout Paradise sets the new standard in online social gameplay. See your friends online with the EasyDrive Friends List and connect with them instantly without having to wait or exit your game.
  • Team up or Takedown - Join forces with up to seven of your buddies to beat hundreds of online FreeBurn Challenges together or heat up the competition and go head-to-head in user created race routes.
  • Road Rules - Make and break the rules of each road by setting speed and destruction records all over town. Track how many you own against your friends!
  • Mugshots - Track the length and breadth of up to 2,500 online rivalries. In your moments of victory, grab mugshots of opponents who have connected a PLAYSTATION Eye camera. Gloat over them even more in your trophy room or export them for ultimate bragging rights!
  • Speed, Speed and Even More Speed - The rebuilt, race-tuned Burnout game engine delivers intense speed boost gameplay at a super-smooth and super-fast 60 frames-per-second.
  • Showtime: Crash Anywhere, Any Time - Feel like bringing chaos to the streets of Paradise? Send your car wrecking, spinning and scraping down the road, smashing through traffic and leaving a trail of expensive wreckage in your wake.
  • Crash Deformation - Burnout Paradise features an all-new deformation technology that gives players an astounding close-up and slow-motion view of super-real destruction.
  • Cars - Muscle cars, exotics, hot rods and even supercharged SUVs, engineered to look beautiful whether they're brand new or mashed into scrap. Choose from stunt, speed or aggression car classes, each built with their own unique boost ability to give you the upper hand for specific challenges. Shut down roaming rivals and rack up wins on your license to strut the streets in a wide selection of unique rides.
  • Take it Aerial - Go airborne and pull boost-earning barrel rolls and spectacular mid-air spins. Find the hidden jumps to reach secret rooftop routes and 120 smashable Burnout Billboards.
  • Driver's License - Start with a Learner's Permit then rack up wins to progress all the way up to a Burnout Elite Driver's License - the ultimate accolade for any safety-unconscious motorist.

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