12 Facts About Burnout Paradise

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Burnout Paradise is a 2008 open world racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.

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Burnout Paradise is considered by some to be one of the greatest video games ever made.

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Burnout Paradise said that "to create truly next-generation gameplay, they needed to create a truly next-generation game from the ground up".

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In previous Burnout Paradise games, "Crash Mode", was a dedicated mode in which players were given multiple scenarios in which to cause the biggest crash.

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Concept of Burnout Paradise came from director Alex Ward's experience playing open world games, specifically Crackdown, Test Drive Unlimited and Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

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Burnout Paradise wanted to take this idea into Burnout Paradise: "My philosophy was that if me and you both played it for three hours, we'd both do different things".

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7.

Burnout Paradise has undergone significant changes since its initial release.

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Burnout Paradise is the first game in the Burnout series to be released for the PC.

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In 2008, Burnout Paradise was made available for download on the PlayStation Store.

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Xbox 360 version of Burnout Paradise was made available for backward compatibility with the Xbox One in November 2016.

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11.

Burnout Paradise won several awards in 2008, with Spike TV, GameTrailers and GameSpot all awarding it Best Driving Game.

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Additionally, Burnout Paradise won GameSpot's award for Best Downloadable Content in 2008.

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