Boosts Special Pack for Burnout Paradise is Available on XBOX LIVE
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It has been announced by Criterion Games' Matt Webster that the Boost Specials will be released on Thursday, March 12th 2009 on PS3 and Xbox 360.

The Boost Specials include the Extreme Hot Rod, which features a locked boost and the Hawker Mech which features a switchable boost.

Pricing for the cars have not been announced. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
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The Toy Cars Pack has been released for Burnout Paradise. These miniature versions of some the Paradise's most popular rides can be purchased on Xbox Live or the Playstation Network at the following prices:

Burnout Paradise Toy Collection (Full Set)
$12.99/ £9.99 / 1000 MS This collection gets you ALL 9 Toy Vehicles. That's the 8 cars and the amazing Toy Nakamura Firehawk motorcycle. This represents the best possible value for you, and it's the only collection that has the Toy Firehawk. If you love the Toys as much as we do, then this is collection that you want!

Burnout Paradise Toys Collection 1
$5.99 / £4.99 / 480 MS This smaller collection gets you Toy versions of the Hunter Cavalry, Hunter Manhattan, Krieger WTR and the Jansen P12.

Burnout Paradise Toy Collection 2
$5.99 / £4.99 / 480 MS The counterpart for Toy Collection 1, this gets you the Toy Takedown 4x4, Inferno Van, GT Concept and Hunter Citizen.
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It is being reported on the Criterion Games Network that the Toy Cars will be available for purchase this Thursday, March 5th, 2009 on PS3 & Xbox 360.

Pricing has not been mentioned, but we will keep you updated as information becomes available.
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Criterion Games has finally launched the Criterion Games Network, which allows owners of Burnout Paradise to stay connected anywhere they go.
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The "Legendary Cars" pack for "Burnout Paradise" is here.

If you were excited to only purchase the "Back to the Future"-inspired downloadable content for "Burnout Paradise," however, and wondered why the DeLorean cost more than any other vehicle individually, MTV Multiplayer has your answer.
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Operation Burnout reports that on Xbox Live you can now purchase and use cars that were not originally slated for release today. In addition to the Legendary Cars that were scheduled for release today, The Toy Cars pack, the Boost Specials pack and the Time Savers Pack are also available for purchase.

Criterion Games have confirmed that this was a mistake on the part of Microsoft and that they had no intention of releasing the additional content today. Matt Webster from Criterion Games has stated on his Twitter page that "we're not happy with Microsoft (again)".

We'll keep you updated as to the availability of these cars on PS3.

**UPDATE***
Microsoft has corrected the error and removed the additional updates from Xbox Live. Those that got the updates while they were still available will be able to continue using them.
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The Legendary Pack is now available for download from the XBL Marketplace and the PSN Store. It will also be available from the Criterion Store for PC users soon.
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TheSixthAxis take a look at the brand new official Criterion trailers for the Legendary Cars pack for this weeks Burnout Paradise DLC.
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The upcoming PS3 & Xbox 360 update for Burnout Paradise, which will give players the ability to purchase the Legendary Cars Pack has been released early to some users. The update, which brings Burnout Paradise to Version 1.7, will prevent players from participating online with other players that do not have the update.
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Criterion has released the prices for the Legendary Cars.
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Matt Webster aka ThePosterBoy has just posted over on Twitter that The Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars Pack will be released on this Thursday 19th February on both PSN and XBL.
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Danny Cowan from Gamasutra writes:

"Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.

This week's charts, with data taken from February 5th, 2009, find Halo 3 and Call of Duty: World at War at the top of North America's Xbox 360 software sales charts, while Star Ocean: Second Evolution and Mario Kart DS drive sales on portables.

Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows..."
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As of a few hours ago, Burnout Paradise - The Ultimate Box has now been made publicly available to the world.
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Burnout Paradise's Party Pack DLC is available to download now through Xbox.com's Xbox Live Marketplace.

The DLC, which is the first premium pack for Burnout Paradise, costs 800 points and adds single-console pass-the-pad multiplayer gameplay.
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GamersDigest can confirm that the 1.60 patch is now out for Burnout Paradise, coming in at 254MB.

There is a techincal issue with the ingame browser on the PS3 and PC versions of the game, here is the fix;

If you update the game today to version 1.6, you'll experience a white screen issue relating to the pages we've created for the in-game browser. The text will read "Error. FW-1 at fefw01_ixe-lhr: Failed to connect to the WWW server".

On PS3, hit triangle and then "EXIT", then choose "Yes" to "return to the game screen" and continue playing Burnout. On PC, click the button prompt in the bottom right of the screen to exit and continue playing.

The full list of additions after the jump.
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411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Tenchu: Shadow Assassins, My World, My Way, and Another Code: R.

Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (Wii)
"New to the series is a feature called 'Mind's Eye' which allows you to quickly and easily find your enemies on screen and also see what's in their current field of vision. This makes it easier to gauge where you can safely go to avoid discovery while creeping up on your unsuspecting victims. You can also use 'Mind's Eye' to find out what can be manipulated in the area, which means you no longer have to play the guessing game when it comes to finding which flames can be blown out, what objects can be moved, which doors can be opened, etc."

My World, My Way (DS)
"One of the unique features of this game is Elise's ability to change the world around her by pouting. Many objects in the world such as landscapes, shop items, monster stats, and drops are subject to her wants and desires. Of course, you need special points to use the power of the pout, so don't expect to be bossing everything around without limit. You can also look forward to a lot of humor relating to many of the RPG clichés that fans of the genre have had to put up with over the years."

Another Code: R - Kioku no Tobira (Wii Import)
"The first Trace Memory is one of the more memorable first-run DS games thanks to its original and engaging story, decent puzzles, and good use of the DS' features. If history repeats itself, the sequel will be one of the few Nintendo published Wii games that makes good use of the Wii's many unique features without having that 'tacked-on waggle' feel that we've come to expect from most of the system's games."
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Mike Hartnett on Tawkn.com writes: "Whenever you load up your Burnout Paradise disc, the game first takes you to the news page where you can read up on the latest from Criterion, check your online stats, etc. However, there was one update on that page that was quite interesting.

Along with the announcement of the upcoming DLC, Criterion talked about a good bit of free DLC "all wrapped up in our new, more vibrant visuals". Does this mean we'll see yet another graphical upgrade for Paradise City? (The first upgrade was to maximize the resolution of SD TVs.)"
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In a trailer released yesterday for Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Criterion has hinted that police will be returning to Burnout in a future DLC pack.

At the sixty second mark the trailer shows Burnout Paradise's new 'Burnout Store' with a mouse hovering over a button marked with a PCPD badge, which we presume to be an abbreviation of Paradise City Police Department. Underneath the button are the words 'Coming Soon'.
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GamersDigest received some more information from EA about Criterion's upcoming Burnout Paradise 'Ultimate Box'.

They sent GamersDigest some information about the game on each platform, including platform specific details, along with the pack shots.

The game is on track for release in 11 days (Feb 6th)
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