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Criterion Made Need for Speed Confirmed for 2010

Need for Speed seems poised for a second Golden Age. The series, which captured the hearts of casual racing interested players with the Porsche based title and then with the cops and robbers mechanics inserted into the Hot Pursuit title, has this year returned to its racing roots, after a couple of disappointing rele...

12 November 2009
14:41 GMT

Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island, Available for Download Tomorrow

Racing games have always been about a fun-filled experience that gave you an adrenaline rush every time you took the virtual cars on a race against your friends or AI-controlled opponents through the streets of various cities and circuits. Burnout Paradise was such a game, winning over a huge amount of fans and prai...

10 June 2009
03:01 GMT

Cops and Robbers for Burnout to Cost 10 Dollars

Burnout Paradise is still going strong and it's mostly due to the way Criterion understood to offer extra content for its arcade racing videogames. Immediately after the release of Burnout, the development team stated that it planned to launch a lot of new content for the title for quite some time.A lot of devel...

28 April 2009
03:35 GMT

Legendary Cars Drive onto Burnout Paradise This Thursday

For quite some time racing games have been synonymous with Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise, until Criterion Games has proved that you can also have fun in other titles, leaving aside its Burnout series of games. The latest iteration is Burnout Paradise, a title that brought a massive open world enviro...

18 February 2009
14:31 GMT

One Hour With: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Racing games on the PC have been for quite some time synonymous with Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise, largely due to the fact that it was the longest running and had the greatest number of fans. But although PC fans will still buy/pirate the latest NFS title, even though reviews haven't been so po...

7 February 2009
07:01 GMT

New Free Update Will Be Available for Burnout Paradise

The racing game genre hasn't always been one of the most innovative ones out there, as most gamers would tend to identify it with Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise, which has really shaped the way we play racing games. But, as time passed, the yearly development cycle began to take its toll and idea...

26 January 2009
16:51 GMT

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Gets Concrete Launch Date

Burnout is one of the most successful new racing game franchises out there. It won over a lot of previous Need For Speed fans with its great gameplay and destructible environments, prompting Electronic Arts to buy the studio responsible for it, Criterion. The latest iteration, Burnout Paradise, is one of the most suc...

20 January 2009
11:01 GMT

Criterion Announces Three More Legendary Cars

The racing game genre hasn't seen very interesting additions lately, as the latest Need For Speed Undercover didn't really manage to live up to all of the hype that had been built around it. Gamers, although they wanted a classic NFS title, after the disappointing ProStreet one, were unhappy with the techni...

14 January 2009
13:01 GMT

New Details on the Future of Need For Speed Emerge

The Need For Speed franchise is probably one of the most iconic racing series of games out there, giving gamers the fast thrills and sensations they wanted since 1994. Since the franchise started, it has brought a lot of money and popularity to Electronic Arts, the owner of the NFS IP (Intellectual Property). That i...

16 December 2008
03:18 GMT

Burnout Paradise Gets PC Demo

Criterion announces that when the PC version of its 2008 racer, Burnout Paradise, reaches store shelves in February 2009, the company intends to also launch a demo of the game which will allow interested players to experience what the title has to offer and to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.The demo will...

8 December 2008
19:41 GMT

Big Surf Island Coming to Burnout Paradise

Criterion is never getting tired of announcing more stuff related to its racing arcade title Burnout Paradise. After the numerous free updates which came in 2008, adding more game modes, multiplayer options and introducing bikes to the game world, the developers are now saying that their plans for 2009 include relea...

3 December 2008
05:03 GMT

Criterion Brings Toy Cars to Burnout

The guys at Criterion surely never take days off. Otherwise, they could not be able to get as much downloadable content out for their flagship title, Burnout Paradise. They are now announcing that, with a pack dubbed the Toy Cars Pack, they aim to get small race cars, monster trucks and comedy cruisers into the game....

19 November 2008
03:32 GMT

Burnout Paradise Gets Legendary Cars

After a busy 2008, in which it added a variety of new game modes and even motorbikes to its Burnout Paradise title, Criterion is getting ready for another busy year, in which it plans to release four updates for the game. The second of them will be dubbed the Legendary Cars Pack, and will offer players a chance to pl...

10 November 2008
15:41 GMT

Burnout: Legends Hints (DS)

Burnout Legends is another game in the Burnout franchise and the first to be released for Sony's PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS. The PlayStation Portable version was released alongside Burnout Revenge for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox on September 13, 2005. Burnout Legends features many of the tracks ...

7 October 2008
20:01 GMT

Patch Coming for Burnout Paradise

Bikes are coming to Paradise City as part of a new update to Criterion's Burnout Paradise. The developers are keen on keeping the game interesting for players and they are continuing their record of very good support by releasing this patch for the title.The upcoming patch will introduce two motorcycles that can...

16 September 2008
16:41 GMT

Burnout Revenge - Unlockable Cars (Xbox 360)

Burnout Revenge is a video game developed by Criterion Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, but also for the original Xbox and the Xbox 360. The title is classified as a racing and driving game that can be played from a first and a third person per...

23 July 2008
21:46 GMT

Cagney Update for Burnout Paradise Dated

Burnout Paradise is a game transformed. The developers at Criterion have really shown a very strong loyalty to their player base and have released two very important patches since the game was launched. They are now announcing that the third patch, codenamed "Cagney," will be out in less than a month for all players ...

10 June 2008
10:23 GMT

Burnout Paradise Gets PC Version

Burnout Paradise is an open-ended, open world racing simulator that places the emphasis on the possibilities granted by the simulation of an entire Hawaiian island in the game. It was released for the Xbox 360 and on the PlayStation 3 and, apparently, it did well enough to warrant a PC port. Electronic Arts has just ...

13 May 2008
02:51 GMT

Burnout Paradise Will Get Bikes

The people at Criterion, the creators of of Burnout Paradise, the racing game set in the islands of Hawaii, are really trying to please the community formed around the game. They recently revealed their plans regarding the "Davis" update, which is set to hit gamers in late July.The update will surely make bikes avail...

24 April 2008
16:06 GMT

Burnout Paradise Gets New Game Modes

Criterion, the developer of the Burnout franchise, are really working over time to get more and more content available for their latest title Burnout Paradise, the one that some have criticized for not delivering enough to keep fans occupied. The second patch for the game, which is codenamed Bogart (presumably after ...

16 April 2008
14:06 GMT


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