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RIP Burnout Paradise DLC 2008-2009
Criterion Games has officially ended its DLC support for Burnout Paradise after an astonishing amount of post-release support. The word came from the company’s official Twitter feed.
“Please stop asking us for Burnout Paradise DLC. There will be no more! Sorry everyone! But we did WAY more than everyone else...”
WAY more is a fair way to put it. After releasing the game, free updates followed that added new modes, night and day cycles and motorcycles. Additionally, other paid DLC added a party mode, cars inspired by pop-culture icons, cars based on toys, cars with unlimited boost, a cops and robber mode, and an entirely new island called Big Surf Island.
If you liked the game, it was a rare case of a title that kept on giving. Even if you weren’t into the arcade racer, you have to tip your hat to Criterion for giving players loads of reasons to keep coming back to Paradise. Last month, Criterion revealed some of the scrapped ideas it was playing around with, in case you feel like reflecting on what might have been. (Racing...on the moon?!)
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