
The upcoming “Davis” update for Burnout Paradise will add a completely new section to Paradise City, according to developer Criterion. Scheduled for release this August, the fourth update will mark the first expansion to Paradise City since the game’s release.
The update will also add motorbikes to the game, as well as new challenges suitable for these vehicles. It will also add night-time racing, allowing gamers to go all NFS on their Burnout.
Meanwhile, the “Cagney” update, the third one, will go live this June, adding new multiplayer modes including Online Road Rage, Marked Man and Stunt Events.

The official playlist for Burnout Paradise was announced by EA earlier this week. The music features in the game includes tracks from artists such as Alice in Chain, Soundgarden, Guns n’ Roses, Killswitch Engage and Senses Fail, among many others. Here’s the full list:
*Winner of the second international Burnout Bandslam competition.
- Adam And The Ants, “Stand And Deliver”
- Agent Blue, “Snowhill”
- Airbourne, “Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast”
- Alice In Chains, “Would?”
- Army Of Me, “Going Through Changes”
- Avril Lavigne, “Girlfriend”
- B’z, “FRICTION”
- Brain Failure feat. Dicky Barrett, “Coming Down To Beijing”
- Brand New , “The Archers Bows Have Broken”
- Bromheads Jacket, “Fight Music For The Fight”
- Depeche Mode, “Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)”
- Faith No More, “Epic”
- Guns N’ Roses, “Paradise City”
- Innerpartysystem, H”eart Of Fire”
- Jane’s Addiction, “Stop!”
- Jimmy Eat World, “Electable (Give It Up)”
- Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket, “Cities In Dust”
- Jupiter One, “Fire Away”
- Kerli, “Creepshow”
- Killswitch Engage, “My Curse”
- LCD Soundsystem, “Us V. Them”
- Make Good Your Escape, “Beautiful Ruin”
- Maxeen, “Block Out The World”
- Mexicolas, “Come Clean”
- N.E.R.D., “Rockstar (Jason Nevins Mix)”
- Never Heard Of It*, “Finger On The Trigger”
- Operator, “Nothing To Lose”
- Permanent ME, “Until You Leave”
- Saosin, “Collapse”
- Seether, “Fake It”
- Senses Fail, “Calling All Cars”
- Showing Off To Thieves*, “Everyone Has Their Secrets”
- Skybombers, “It Goes Off”
- Soundgarden, “Rusty Cage”
- Sugarcult, “Dead Living”
- Swervedriver, “Duel”
- The Photo Atlas, “Red Orange Yellow”
- The Pigeon Detectives, “I’m Not Sorry”
- The Styles, “Glitter Hits (J.J. Puig Mix)”
- Twisted Sister, “I Wanna Rock”
Burnout Paradise is due out on January 25, 2008 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. A playable demo of the game is already available on the online networks of aforementioned consoles.

To anticipate the release of the Burnout Paradise demo today, EA sent out a nice trailer showing off the content featured in the sample. Surprisingly, it does not show any crashes.

EA and Criterion sent out word that Burnout Paradise, the next installment in the crash-and-burn racing series, will be out in North America on January 22. The game is due out on PS3 and Xbox 360, featuring an open-world environment and challenges available at any junction. EA is also promising “a new standard for online social gameplay.”
A demo of the game will be out on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace this December. It will feature online support and show off the new Stunt mode.

Check out a brand new Burnout Paradise trailer, showing off some jumping and racing action.































