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The car is dubbed "Dust Storm" and criterion hint that "Where we're going, we don't need roads". The video also shows a slight glimpse of the new area of Paradise City. By the look of the video, the map has been extended East with a bridge, next to Angus and 4th parking garage, connecting the new area to the existing map.
VG247:
Speaking to VG247, Criterion's Alex Ward has confirmed that 50,000 people have played Burnout Paradise online over both systems in the past 24 hours.
Criterion is hard at work on a patch that will fix what it calls "the top ten Bunrnout bugs" in one go. Burnout Paradise lets you loose in a huge city, so it's no surprise that there are a few issues here and there. But Criterion is on the case, with a free patch that'll wrap up all the errors and enhance some of the gameplay on both the PS3 and 360 versions of the game. Criterion has not yet nailed down the release for the patch, only promising ...
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Criterion Games have update their website with details of the fixes which will be included in the next patch (V1.2). No word of when the updates will be released but expect it pretty soon.
In response to GamePro's article, Microsoft's global marketing director, Albert Penello, offered the following response:
First Day sales in Japan for February 21.
Msxbox-World writes: "Regardless of the sales and regardless of positive reviews, looking at the Live activity it appears that EA's racer has failed to make any sort of impact at all (failing to enter the top 10 most played games since it was launched)."
Today's XBOX Live Marketplace Update:
EA Games president reveals "extension" of driving and skateboarding series in next fiscal year, commits long-term to Mass Effect, and says next Need for Speed will return to series' roots.
Xbox accounts for 61 per cent of units sold in UK.
To celebrate Burnout Paradise, Electronic Arts Inc. today announced a special Game with Fame Valentine's Day event on the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network.
Exhaustnote.com reports Japanese gamers won't see Burnout Paradise for nearly a month after it's North American release. But in typical fashion, they get some Japan-specific content. The site has additional information on the vehicle and EA's plan to "unlock" it. Burnout Paradise will debut in Japan on February 21st.
From criteriongames.com:
Publisher Electronic Arts confirmed to MTV Multiplayer today that Burnout Paradise's additional content allows gamers who choose to opt out of engaging with new content to still see the new content in-game while playing online. Additionally, EA says the content will be a combination of pay-to-play and free.
Criterion Games have made an official statement explaining why Burnout Paradise requires a HDD for full online play on the Xbox 360.
Electronic Arts has decided to extend the online mutiplayer portion of the Burnout Paradise demo.