Burnout Paradise

The fifth installment to the series arrives promising "a truly next-generation game" and a seamless open-world environment.

Genre: Racing
Release date: Jan 22, 2008
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Criterion Games
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
Online
8 player VS
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Screenshots updated Dec 19, 2007
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Burnout Paradise Update for 360 Delayed, PS3... N4G
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The first thing that hits you is how sprawling Paradises map seems. Then you realise you can drive from one end to the other in only about four minutes, and around its entire circumference in about ten, and its a little disheartening. But then you discover just how dense Paradise City is, how much there is to explore away from the main roads and all seems rosy. Except that, although 120 race events sounds like plenty, it isnt - we uncovered 97 of them within six hours, and although you can ...
Burnout Paradise
Harder, better, faster, stronger - finally the streets are yours!
Dec 19, 2007
Dec 19, 2007 Theres much more to the latest Burnout than the opportunity to use a classic Guns N Roses anthem. The open, sprawling tarmac of Paradise City is, as the name suggests, a paradise for Burnout. Rather than the restrictions of replicating a real metropolis, the world before us has been created specifically for the purpose of eye-blistering speed, obscene jumps, lurid powerslides and devastating vehicular carnage. Creating an open world to explore with no linear career path and ...   » Read Full Burnout Paradise preview
E3 07: Burnout Paradise - hands-on
The crash-tastic racer gets a major upgrade
Jul 10, 2007
Burnout is changing - majorly. The simplistic racing game with the crashes is becoming something much more ambitious this time around: Burnout Paradise. Set in Paradise City, a fictional burg you can explore freely at your leisure, the game keeps hold of the high-speed racing and brutal crashing of the predecessors while adding crunchy new next generation technology to make it worth it. The main challenge the team seems to have addressed is how to make free-roaming racing not boring. Let's ...   » Read Full Burnout Paradise preview

ESRB Rating
Burnout Paradise is rated:
Everyone 10+
Language, Violence
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