Stellar Entertainment, the developer behind Burnout Paradise Remastered, could be teasing a new instalment in the car crashing franchise is in the works. Yesterday, the studio tweeted it wanted to share some "insider intel" in order to hint at what it's working on, with an image attached reading: "POV: You're about to be rear ended." Along with mentions of "take downs", these could be references to a new Burnout game, since the series is known for crashes and taking down rival cars.
In reference to the picture, the developer tweeted out: "Our way of giving you (kinda weird) insider intel about what we're working on, without actually telling you what we're working on..." It continued: "And the bosses *still* haven't issued any take downs! Happy days!"
Noticed by Eurogamer, Stellar Entertainment is currently hiring for a AAA arcade racing game built in Unreal Engine 5 for current-gen consoles and PC. It'll be "disrupting the racing scene" and is "approaching launch readiness". As well as remastering Burnout Paradise, the team also worked on Need for Speed Unbound and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered. The series hasn't been seen since Paradise was remastered, though longtime fans continually ask for its comeback.
Are you one of those fans hoping for a new Burnout game to materialise? Cross your fingers in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via eurogamer.net]
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Arcade Racing Game?! Sign me up!
What I would love is for some one to re release Burnout CRASH! Such a cool arcade game
I hope this makes you feel better @Quintumply.
Hope it's true, the Burnout games are great arcade racers.
Best arcade racing series. Really love to see a new one. I hope they continue the pop punk soundtracks of the past games.
If it goes back to what 3 & 4 were - hell yea.
Please make it so it's not open world. Open world racing games are really not my cup of tea, handcrafted interesting and dynamic tracks are always superior imo.
@ZeD I agree, I am hungry for really good arcade racing games too. The last one that I couldn't put down and that I still play today is Split/Second, and it came out on PS3!
@Voltan
I would even take remastered versions of those 2. I know 3 gets a lot of praise but I liked revenge way more.
Yes sign me up I would take any type of Burnout at this point! could be 4, Paradise 2, reboot of series or remakes/remasters of 2 and 3.
This will be a hard pill to swallow for the original Burnout creators over at Three Fields Entertainment, especially as any new Burnout game would overshadow their Wreckreation game... assuming it's being released in 2024.
"Arcade racing game" just makes me lament the loss of Evolution.
@Olmaz Open world is what made Burnout Paradise awesome. I could participate in races or just spend countless hours driving around exploring driving through signs and fences. Going back to tracks would be a step backwards for Burnout.
@Dman10 Me too. It's still my favorite racer for that reason. Forza Horizon feels a bit too big to enjoy in the same way. Somehow Burnout Paradise had just the right size of map. I love being able to start and stop anything I liked. But my fave feature was the new vehicle shutdowns - they were such a buzz
@SgtTruth Gamers are so weirdly entitled sometimes.
Really excited if this is a new Burnout game. I would have settled for even some of the remasters as Paradise was my least fave in the series.
@Dman10 I know I'm against the grain here, don't get me wrong. But personally, going around an empty city/world with a car is boring, and doesn't even get close to the thrill of a well-designed dynamic track.
Many hours spent on takedown. Prefer one like that for sure.
Thanks for this news, much appreciated.
I'm a big burnout fan and knew many of the devs in Criterion in Guildford back when the series was originally developed. I would love to see a modern burnout game and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for it!
Iām actually excited for this.. please be Burnout Revenge or Takedown style!! Iād go for Paradise 2 also, but ONLY IF they include the OG crash modes as a side mode.. fricking LOVED adding up money with explosions
To this day I'm playing Burnout 3: Takedown on my PS2 hooked to a small CRT on my desk. So I'm not excited at all. Not at all. Nope.
If this turns out to actually be a new Burnout game, this is gonna be one of my biggest "LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOOO" moments ever lmao
Itās a shame most of the original developers of Burnout games are now Three Fields Entertainment. If they are going to make a new Burnout game, they should enlist them as part of the development team!
@Voltan
THIS, so much this. Like, don't get me wrong, Burnout Paradise was fine, but the open world aspect makes it SUCH a different game from Burnout 3/Revenge.
I still own a PS2 slim and a few years ago my fiancee bought me Burnout 3 on PS2 (I traded away my og copy LONG ago). Let me tell you, I had an absolute BLAST playing that again. The speed, adrenaline, hard hits (takedowns). It's just a whole different experience from Paradise.
I would love for either a new game in that vein, or remasters of 3/Revenge.
@Olmaz I'm with you, much prefer a good track based racer than openworld š
@Deljo yeah me too. When i used to play xbox it was always about Forza motorsport for me whilst everyone was raving over the Horizon series. I just cant dig an open world racer. I need a track that gives me the excitement of learning every corner and nailing it.
Now if were talking about an arcade game im all in for a point to point racer like the original burnouts but if its like paradise count me out.
Burnout 3 is one of my favourite games of all time, and I enjoyed the rest of the series a lot as well. So I hope this game is real, and lives up to that heritage. But Iād still like a remaster/remake of 3 at some point.
Burnout 2 was the peak for me loved that game!
Will be interesting to see what approach a new game takes if it even is burnout!
The original Burnout was the most intense game I've ever played. High stakes and super unforgiving with maximum adrenaline. The others are fantastic and built on the formula but I always appreciated how savage that game was.
Yes please as long as its not the open world Paradise type game. The earlier ones were much better and more fun.
Burnout Paradise is my second favourite game of all time behind Tetris. A game in that mould and well I dare even dream it tbh.
The racing genre desperately needs a shake up! Hopefully this one is true!!
It's a shame they keep putting Criterion on back up dev duty...
This headline alone caused my pulse to quicken! Love all the games, but for me Burnout Revenge was the pinnacle. Probably my fav game of all time. So expertly crafted and just beyond fun. Had a Burnout playlist (moving Mp3s to the Xbox 360 lol) that I always played during Revenge. I would be happy to see any or all of the Burnout games in current gen. Actually anything Burnout related! Let's get DJ Atomika back on Crash FM as well while we're at it!
Burnout Revenge remastered please or Burnout Crash I missed that game on PS3 and I played the trial and loved ir
Exciting for me, as I loved the remaster of Paradise
Please in line with Burnout 3 that's the goat
I doubt it and also if it's open world do we need 2 from EA when NFS is around.
Like Paradise is a fair game and the remaster helped for sure with interest besides the NFS remasters but having a more streets and varied events of the past is more interesting than another open world I'm not interested in those games at all in the racing space I'll go rally special stages or circuits or city streets before an open world racing game again.
Give me hillclimbs and touge they are just lacking in presence in racing games these days. Drag and drifting sure, cone events and what not but like come on.
Just offer the stunt and other events not in the older games (unless Revenge had them I only own Paradise, 1 and 3 Takedown). Some new modes maybe. I enjoyed OnRush as while MotorStorm like every mode was new and different showing other possibilities for those types of games.
Crash mode can come back. A bunch of cool stuff. Also fictional cars stay please. Like Wreckfest I had a blast driving fake vehicles, a sofa, bus, and more, doing derby events and more. I don't need real cars, I don't need an open world just fun events.
Flatout had human obstacle courses but still had fictional cars as the focus. Just expand on things.
There is a reason I care about PGR city layouts and modes and not Forza Horizon.
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