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Paradise Is Now Downloadable

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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Paradise Is Now Downloadable

Burnout Paradise, that is. Today, Criterion's oft-updated opus hit PlayStation Network for $29.99 -- the same price you'd pay for a brand-new Greatest Hits copy at retail. While the 3.24GB download will not include any of Criterion's spectacular DLC upon delivery, the game will apparently self-update to bring you new cars, motorcycles, weather, Freeburn challenges, [...]

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EA Studio Showcase: Burnout Paradise

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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EA Studio Showcase: Burnout Paradise

At last week's EA Studio Showcase, GameCyte had the opportunity to sit down and try out the impending update to Burnout Paradise by Criterion Games. With EA's Kevin O'Leary acting as our helpful GPS navigator, we were able to sit down and get some extended hands-on play with the game's new motorcycles, and get answers [...]

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Burnout Paradise Bikes Pack FREE Next Month

Thursday, August 7, 2008

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<em>Burnout Paradise</em> Bikes Pack FREE Next Month

Glossing over the official PlayStation.Blog a couple days back, we intially ignored a post about the new motorcycle pack for Burnout Paradise, scheduled to hit your 360s and PS3s sometime next month. Why? Well, we figured it wasn't news; we told you back in April that 'cycles were hitting the streets in the Davis update, [...]

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Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: Sponsored Sites That Trump Traditional Journalism

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: Sponsored Sites That Trump Traditional Journalism

Aside from the occasional, unintentional leak, publicists basically control games journalism as we know it today. They can't tell us how to think or stop us from criticizing their games, but to a large degree, they determine who gets what and goes where when they please. How?

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Burnout Paradise Brings Crashes to Your PC

Friday, May 9, 2008

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Burnout Paradise Brings Crashes to Your PC

Hopefully the crashes are just the car kind. EA has announced that Burnout Paradise, the re-imagined open-world entry in the Burnout franchise, will be appearing on PC. The announcement says the game is being "rebuilt specifically for the PC," with expanded multiplayer and community-driven content.

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Wednesday Burnout Paradise Blowout: Wheels, Wings and Cagney

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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Wednesday Burnout Paradise Blowout: Wheels, Wings and Cagney

All is not well in Paradise. The "Bogart" update that arrived on Xbox 360 five days early appears to actually have been two weeks too early, and while PS3 owners can experience the laundry list of fixes in a mere 14 hours, Criterion is recalling the 360 Bogart patch until May 2nd, by which time [...]

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Burnout Paradise “Bogart” Update Hits Xbox Live Five Days Early

Friday, April 18, 2008

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Burnout Paradise “Bogart” Update Hits Xbox Live Five Days Early

The counter may still be ticking down the days and hours until Sony's Paradise gains its orchard, but Microsoft fans can begin celebrating with vehicular carnage right now -- according to the official Criterion blog, Burnout Paradise's Bogart update just hit Xbox Live.

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Will DLC Finally Mean Something In Burnout Paradise?

Friday, March 14, 2008

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Will DLC Finally Mean Something In Burnout Paradise?

Criterion's creative director Alex Ward has been dropping lots of Burnout Paradise goodies this month, and if you clever newshounds have already heard that the sprawling Paradise is getting even larger thanks to a brand new series of islands, and that this archipelago will be totally free, then try this on for size:

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