PS2 - Burnout 5 details finally announced!

PS2 News by Lyndon M STAFF 589 days ago

Yes you read the Title correctly. We can finally tell you that Burnout 5 is Officially in production and tell you some details (as released by EA and Criterion Games).

Frist of all, you wanna know the actual name of the game. Am I right?
Well it´s been officially announced as Burnout Dominator.

Now for some details as to what the game will involve.

First of all it will only be released on the Playstation 2 (PS2) and Playstation Portable (PSP) consoles. So no, next-gen Burnout yet. And no multi-platform Burnout either (apart from the previously stated PSP version I mean).
On a slightly side note, anyone wondering if the PS2 and PSP games will be able to interact with eachother will be slightly disappointed; there will be no interaction between the two games at all.

The PSP version will be playable in Ad-Hoc mode. You´ll be able to play Record Mode, which basically means you try to set a record on any unlocked single race, and then share the record with your friends, via Wi-Fi, allowing them to try to beat you. You will also be able to upload your records to a website. So called ¨cool additions¨ will also be available for the game via download.

The PS2 version has some cool modes as well.
First of all, there´s the art of mastering Burnouts. If, during a race or challenge, you use up all your boost numerous times, you´ll eventually perform a Burnout. It´s this feature that will allow you to get massive high scores when doing the near-miss and drift challenges.
Also, there´s a brand new maniac mode. This put´s all the skills you´ve learned together to create ¨the most dangerous run imaginable¨.

Finally, we can tell you that this may not be the final Burnout game on the current-gen consoles. When asked in an interview, with the website GameSpot, if this would be the last game on the current-gen consoles, Nick Channon, Senior Producer at Criterion Games had this to say:
¨You´ll have to wait and see¨.

So whether this is the last current-gen Burnout or not, I can confirm that this is one game I will most definitely be getting. EA´s Need For Speed games are good, but their Burnout games are the real racing games to get.

There´s no definite date for when Burnout Dominator will be out, but it will be some time next year (2007).

Jay (Site Squad)

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