Criterion has announced today that Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box will be available this February. In North America, the game will PC-only, and will be in stores February 5. In Europe, The Ultimate Box will see release on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on February 6.
The Ultimate Box is a special edition version of Criterion’s racer that includes the full game, as well as the Cagney and Bikes downloadable content that was made available for free to console owners last year. It will also include the new “Party pack,” which adds offline multiplayer modes, allowing up to eight players to participate on one system.
The “Party pack” is also being sold via PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Marketplace on February 5. Price has yet to be announced.
With all of the updated content, Burnout Paradise is not the same game I reviewed last year. Booting it up, I found a game that’s almost completely unrecognizable. There’s been so many additions and improvements, it’s been molded into a significantly better experience that it was at launch. And it was pretty damned good to begin with.
