The next Burnout Paradise expansion, "Big Surf Island," will cost users around $13 when it is released on June 11.

Publisher Electronic Arts today nailed down the pricing details for the DLC, listing the Xbox 360 version at 1000 Microsoft Points ($12.50) and the PlayStation 3 download at $12.99.

The pack will expand the racer's world with a new island, adding "fun challenges and events for groups of friends to play online, an exciting new world to discover, the biggest and wildest jumps yet, plus a set of nine new vehicles to experience it all in."

Criterion today announced that Big Surf Island, the first piece of Burnout Paradise DLC to bring new land to the open-world racer, will hit PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 11.

Still no word as to how much the download--billed by the developer as the "culmination of everything we learned creating Paradise City."--will cost or when it will hit the PC.

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Criterion's upcoming "Cops and Robbers" downloadable content for Burnout Paradise (PC, PS3, 360) will sell for $9.99 / 9.99 euro / 7.99 pounds / 800 Microsoft Points when it hits this Thursday, the developer has revealed on its official site.

The downloadable add-on sees cops and robbers chasing each other through Paradise City in pursuit of gold, fighting to drag the treasure to their respective bases.

The vigilantes over at Criterion give us our first look at the upcoming Cops and Robbers DLC pack for Burnout Paradise in the following edition of Crash TV.

Cops and Robbers will be available on April 30.

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Continuing its post-release support of Burnout Paradise, developer Criterion has confirmed that the upcoming "Cops and Robbers" downloadable content hits April 30.

Still no word on a price for the mode, which has players chasing criminals through the open-world of Paradise City. Though Burnout Paradise DLC traditionally hits the PC after PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 , today's announcement made no mention of platforms.

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Criterion has released a trailer for the upcoming Burnout Paradise (PC, PS3, 360) "Cops and Robbers" downloadable content, showing off the police vehicles that buyers will be able to control as they chase criminals through the streets of Paradise City.

No word yet on a release date or price, other than "very soon." A newsletter from publisher EA allegedly dated the pack for April 30, but that's yet to be confirmed.

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Now available on FileShack is the Burnout Paradise 1.100 patch, allowing those with the PC version of Criterion's racer to purchase the latest downlodable content.

The update packs the content needed to unlock the Legendary, Toy and Boost Special vehicles--already released as paid DLC on consoles--once purchased from the in-game Burnout Store, and must be applied if players wish to engage in multiplayer.

Steam will soon add Criterion Games' open-world racer Burnout Paradise to its catalog of downloadable PC games. "Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box is coming to Steam," reads an update over at the official Criterion Game site. "More details soon."

The PC version of Burnout Paradise arrived in early February, complete with a free trial that allows games to experience the entire open-world in time-limited fashion.

The PC release includes all of the downloadable content that had been released for consoles by February, including the motorcycle pack and offline multiplayer pack.

Two paid downloadable packs have hit PS3 and Xbox 360 since then, with more, including Cops and Robbers and the entirely new Big Surf Island, due out soon. The new DLC hasn't yet made it to the PC version, but it will arrive in due time.

Following last Friday's announcement of the "Cops and Robbers Pack," developer Criterion has revealed the first screenshots of the forthcoming Burnout Paradise DLC.

Coming to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Burnout Paradise, the premium-priced add-on will bring "the thrills and spills of cops and robbers car chases" to the open-world racer, producer Jeremy Chubb wrote on the official PlayStation.Blog.

Criterion hasn't nailed down an exact price or release date for Cops and Robbers only specifying that it'll hit after the Legendary Cars, Toy Cars and Boost Specials packs.

Now available on FileShack is the demo for Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

Less of a demo and more of a trial version, the 2.92 GB download actually contains the complete game, allowing players to check out a few cars and the racer's entire open-world setting, complete with the option to upgrade to the full version.

Alongside 120 single player challenges, the demo packs 8-person online multiplayer.

"You can go anywhere in Paradise City and check out everything on offer," developer Criterion previously explained. "Rather than restricting what you can do, we're letting you play through the start of the full game for a limited period."

"There's a limit to just how much you can do and for how long, but we hope you'll agree that there's plenty there to give you glimpse of what the full game has to offer."

A new trailer for the forthcoming PC release of Burnout Paradise suggests that the open-world racer will eventually gain the series' traditional pursuit mode as DLC.

First noticed by Joystiq, the trailer provides a glimpse of the forthcoming Burnout Store, complete with a listing for an add-on pack that's signified by a police badge.

In past Burnout games, pursuit mode has seen players take control of a police vehicle and attempt to apprehend a speeding suspect before reaching the race's... Read more

Developer Criterion Games has detailed the numerous tweaks and changes contained in the next update for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Burnout Paradise.

Among the modifications to the open-world racer is the oft-requested addition of a restart option, so that players will no longer be forced to drive back to an event's starting point to try again. Vehicle handling has been improved, and difficulty rebalanced.

The free patch arrives on February 6 alongside the paid Party Pack add-on for PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version, which ships February 5, will include the Party Pack.

The patch notes, as listed on Criterion's official site, follow below:

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Electronic Arts today announced that Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will be shipping February 5, now as a PC exclusive in North America.

The new edition of the game featuring all released downloadable content was scheduled to be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as well, but those systems will now get the Burnout Paradise Party mode only as premium DLC. Europe will still get The Ultimate Box for all three systems. The Party DLC introduces an offline multiplayer mode where up to eight players can compete in challenges, one at a time, by passing the controller. It'll be available February 5 from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace.

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box includes the game's original content, all its released DLC as well as the new Party mode, while the PC version also supports multiple monitors, higher resolution graphics, and additional graphics effects.

Criterion's upcoming "Legendary Cars" DLC pack for its racer Burnout Paradise (PC, X360, PS3) has been bolstered by several classic film and television-derived vehicles.

The Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, General Lee from Dukes of Hazard, and KITT from Knight Rider have joined the already-announced DeLorean from Back to the Future.

Purists will no doubt spot some inaccuracies in the cars, but it's a pretty cool selection nonetheless. They're slated to hit at some point after the Party Pack in February.

Further proving that the addition of a vehicle that just so happens to resemble Marty McFly's time-traveling DeLorean is no joke, developer Criterion has issued a new Burnout Paradise video that's chock full of holiday cheer and the Jansen 88 Special.

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One of the four Legendary Cars coming to Burnout Paradise in 2009--along with the Cavalry Bootlegger, Manhattan Spirit and the GT Nighthawk--the Jansen 88 Special will be available for purchase within a bundle, or by itself. Pricing has not been disclosed.

Already released on PS3 and Xbox 360, the open-world racer hits PC in February.

Rather than release a small demo of its open-world racer Burnout Paradise, developer Criterion has revealed that when the PC version arrives in February, the entire game, complete with online multiplayer, will be available for free through a limited trial.

"We want all our PC players to be sure it runs perfectly on their system, before they commit to buying it," Criterion wrote on its site. "But there's a lot of game to show you."

"So rather than restricting what you can do, we're letting you play through the start of the full game for a limited period...You can go anywhere in Paradise City and check out everything on offer," it clarified. All in-game events will be available.

"Obviously, there's a limit to just how much you can do and for how long...we hope you'll agree that there's plenty there to give you glimpse of what the full game has to offer." The restrictions were not specified, but time and or in-game progress are likely criteria.

The demo will be released via criteriongames.com and ea.com in February, as well as through "millions of disks." Once installed, the disk will no longer be required. A store within the game will let players upgrade to the full game.

Developer Criterion has pulled back the curtain on Big Surf Island, the first bit of downloadable content that will add new land to its open-world racer Burnout Paradise.

Originally slated to be a free piece of downloadable content, the island will now sell for an undisclosed fee. "We never expected to create anything this ambitious, but as it progressed we got more and more excited about what it could become," said the studio.

Big Surf is the "culmination of everything we learned creating Paradise City," the developer added on its site. "We appreciate the support we know you guys will give us for our paid content. We think it's worth it."

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Okay, so it's not exactly the same as Marty McFly's time-traveling DeLorean, but the Jansen 88 Special that's coming to Burnout Paradise next year is pretty close, right down to those burning flame trails and, yes, a hover mode.

It's one of the four Legendary Cars that, as developer Criterion revealed today on its site, are coming to the open-world racer at some point in 2009. The other three? The Cavalry Bootlegger, Manhattan Spirit and the GT Nighthawk.

The cars will be among the game's premium downloadable content, available in both individual and discounted bundle form, though exact pricing was not disclosed. Burnout Paradise is currently available on PS3 and 360, with the PC version due in February.

This February, Electronic Arts will release Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, an edition of Criterion's open-world racer that packs all of the game's downloadable content along with a new offline multiplayer mode and other tweaks.

Dubbed Burnout Paradise Party, the offline multiplayer mode enables up to eight players to compete in challenges, one at a time, by passing the controller. For those that already own Burnout Paradise, the offline multiplayer mode will be sold as DLC.

The Ultimate Box will also add a number of oft-requested features, such as a restart option added for racing, easier control of the early vehicles, and a PS3-only social networking tool referred to as Burnout Paradise Network.

EA did not specify if those changes will be available to those that already own Burnout Paradise, which arrived on PS3 and Xbox 360 this past January. The Ultimate Box release will mark the game's promised debut on PC.

A downloadable version of Burnout Paradise was released via the PlayStation 3's online PlayStation Store in September, with the company recently noting that the digital download has sold 20,000 copies.

In-game advertisements for Democratic president candidate Barack Obama are running in more than just the Xbox 360 version of Burnout Paradise, with publisher EA confirming to AP that the ads will now appear across 10 titles, including Madden NFL 09.

Furthermore, the Obama ads are geographically targeted to 10 "battleground states"--Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Colorado, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wisconsin--according to GameSpot.

The advertisements will run up until November 3, the eve of the election. They will only appear in the Xbox 360 editions of the games as Microsoft subsidiary Massive handled their placement, while rival IGA Worldwide handles PS3 in-game ads.

In addition to Obama, Massive approached Republican presidential candidate John McCain with the prospect of in-game ads, though it appears his campaign declined.