i'm curious about the requirements on the game. but either way, i'll definately be picking this one up.

Desfunk

Sweet, I've wanted a good racing game for PC for a long time.

TheDormouse

They HAVE to include copy protection, otherwise its not worth the development cost. Piracy on PC games is ridiculously high. I dont see anyone complaining about steam anymore?

Pandaschreck

Hmm, cool news but I'd have preferred Burnout 3 or Dominator.

photoboy

Sellouts! What happened to Criterion's saying of "We don't make PC games"?

Just joking, put down your torches, actually I've always wanted a PC Burnout since part 2.

TheContender

Congrats PC gamers, this edition sounds as if it will be amazing.

KosherInfidel

Watch as EA add securom because they think it will stop the game being pirated.

dsmx

Great news!

Let's just hope they don't do something silly like cram it full of annoying copy-protection schemes.

Bitkari

Ooooh...

Community driven content?
Cars? Or just races...

will

@Harmatia: Like by adding SecuROM?

StrangerDanger

Damnit, One less reason for me to spring for a console in the next few months...

DaFox

YYYYEEEAAAHHHH!!!

SatanicBoomBoomHead

Unless they somehow fuck it up, Day 1 buy.

Harmatia

Hell yeah! Finally, been waiting for a burnout game for the PC for a long while!

JOY

Master Saji

My friend was possibly gonna get it for the 360 but oh no...wema gets it for the PC muajajaja just like mass effect

uninterested gamer

I am really happy about this. Sounds like a great version of the game.

homernoy

@diablofreak:

not even close

can't wait until the rumored patch/dlc arrives with motorcycles, that should be fun

JakeDunn

why this and not army of two? seems to me driving games on PC are never popular.

not that im saying they should release AO2 over Burnout... since the latter is a better game

diablofreak

@Pandaschreck:

That's because Steam is copy protection done correctly - it doesn't make things more difficult for the player, it actually makes things much much easier than a traditional off-the-shelf game.

Of course leaving copy protection off altogether is another wise move, as the more savvy publishers are discovering!

Bitkari

@Pandaschreck: Copy protection doesn't stop anyone from pirating.

StrangerDanger

@KroKan: My G25 works on the ps3 demo of the game so im guessing the pc version will too.Think i`ll buy the pc version if reviews are good as i enjoyed the demo on ps3 but it didnt quite push me into buying it.

UFO

Burnout is the single greatest racing series around, it's great to see it come to the PC.

Given that there is a strong online multiplayer focus to Burnout, the inevitable 10 day reactivations won't bite that hard. Although I wish that EA would just fork out the money for a system that works like Steam.

hahnchen

Day #1 Purchase! Then Ill cry when my PC blows up due to graphical requirements.

Id would skip buying a 360 alltogether if Ace Combat 6 would be ported to PC. already have DMC4 on the way to the PC too...

Namco, make it happen!

Shiryu

Hurraa! As yes I admit EA is evil, but they never forget the PC crowd.

Not a fan of arcade racing though... I think I'll skip if I cant use my Logitech G25 in it :P

KroKan

i'd pirate it.

Lov3

Oh, btw, Criterion, EA, how about some Burnout love for the Wii? No brainer, must look better then the PS2 and offer both wiimote and classical/Gamecube support. I have all PS2 only Burnouts and 1 and 2 for the GameCube. I would BUY burnout on the Wii in a blink of an eye, if it was on the level with those versions (especialy 2 and takedown, my favorites).

Just putting it out there, hoping some PR reads it...

My money = Yours! (<-suttle, no?)

Shiryu

Sweet! Can you say real-world car mods? Like others have said, looks like a Day 1 buy to me.

mva5580

I've been needing a reason to buy a G25, I think this is it!

TTCFCL

Day one purchase, because the first mod that comes out will be a mod that gives us restart.

geoffcbassett

This game is not bad but the Avril Lavigne song just made me hate the game at an alarming degree.

maximatron

woah! that was unexpected...

Rickster

Another request for Steam distribution please, i've been waiting for this to get a PC release, more than Mass Effect for example. Great news.

(Oh, and everyone, please, enough of the Steam hating, it's not 2004).

monchberter

@Bitkari: Oh yeah, like playing a game on Steam, when suddenly their servers fuck-up or your routing glitches for a second, you're ejected, losing progress and everything. This way correctly done?
It's not something rare, either.

Anyways, cheers to BP coming to the PC, I know a lot of people on the fence for it, as they can't afford a PS3 (and can't risk for a x360). Plus, PC games are 50% cheaper :D.

somarix

YES!! It seens the 360 is the best thing to happen to PC Gaming. Makes the port much more easy. :P

Lider

I guess that makes sense since EA are the masters of cross-platform porting everything onto everything. Kind of weird looking back on it that they hadn't tried before, though I guess they didn't develop Burnout themselves.

And there are still people who hate Steam, they're just targets of fanboy beatdowns now that Orange Box is out. I get tired of repeating myself, but when Steam eventually shuts down, as all things do in time, just wait for the cries of bloody murder as millions of people can no longer install or play hundreds - or thousands by then - of dollars worth of games they own anymore.

fuchikoma

Put it on Steam and I'll buy it!!

Darksider1972

I just went to their website, and holy hell do they have a TON of updates coming for Paradise throughout the rest of the year. Like, more than most games ever get in their lifetime. Wonder what they're working on that they haven't announced? The Sellers update with drivable nukes?

ca$h

"community driven content"

in other words, PC gamers will mod the game and make their own tracks. whether criterion planned it or not.

what's new for consoles is old news for PCs.

willyolio

I hope someone makes a mod for the PC version to put a driver in the car. The one thing that drove me nuts about the demos on both PS3 and 360 was that the cars did not have drivers. I wanna see some ragdoll bodies crashing through windshields... please?

Eclectified

Horrible Idea EA...

This game is going to get priated badly...
and u are going to lose sales...

Sad decision...
I know this because I live in a third world country where 99% of people buy pirated games...

TheApprentice

How many times must this be repeated piracy accounts to next to no lost sales people who pirate would not of bought the legitimate product, so I ask you how is it a lost sale?

dsmx

@TheApprentice: so you're saying that no one should release games for the pc because they're going to get pirated? i guess no one should ever release new music then either.

and seeing that it's ea, i wouldn't be at all surprised if the use securerom like they are with spore.

firesign

wow some good news finally for pc games! im looking forward to this. i played it briefly on xbox but i dont really like playing games on the xbox that much so i gave up. i'll definitely play this one on pc tho

elislider

@TheDormouse: Same here... hopefully there will be a demo. My Force RS wheel has gotten zero use since NFS:HP2. Seems like all of the good racing games in the past few years have been on consoles.

Mezodon

Can i get a hell yeah?

HELL YEAH

Zinv

Omfg, great news! Way to go Criterion!

@TheApprentice: How will they "lose" by making it available on another platform?

Plus, all this "PC gamers are PIRATES" is bullshit, it's not like people can't mod their xbox and play "backups".

And copy protection is bullshit, it'll never stop pirates... Sins of a Solar Empire has awesome sales with no "copy protection", you only need a cd-key for online play - which is an awesome way to encourage people to play the original.

exeprime

Just picked up the driving force gt wheel w/ gran turismo 5, which I love by the way, and just found out the wheel works great on pc as well. Can't wait for this to come out now!

Friscodude

@TheApprentice: Really? In the Caribbean where you live 99% of people buy a pc capable of running modern games and then BUY pirated games but dont have the sense to pirate themselves? Strange indeed.
I know exactly what your trying to do with the statement you made. Your so full of it i can smell it from here!
The pc community are going to get a better version of one of your precious ps3 games and that bothers you so much that you would say anything.
I know your kind, i`ve met them before.
Is there another reason why you would give a damn about it?
Maybe your just looking out for EAs interests out of good will and want to warn them of the dangers of releasing it?
/sarcasm off

UFO

If it was on steam, Day 1 buy; and I have it for 360 already.

Tragedy, thy name is EA Link.

Clockw0rk

The devs sure get mad when people call this game Need For Speed: Burnout, but this is just one more arrow in that quiver, so to speak.

swarmster

AWESOME

Atheist Jew

Whoa! Unexpected, but welcomed! PC Games > all.

GiantEnemyCrab

Hope the servers can stay up for years. But EA might just cut off life support like they always do.

JaLooNz

there's something really wrong with a game when the races are much worse than any conceivable user generated race.

ralphiecharlie