After 11 years, Burnout Paradise servers will close this August
After 11 years, the servers for one of the arcade racing genre’s most iconic titles are set to close. In a tweet last night (embedded further down this article), developer Criterion announced that the servers for the original version Burnout Paradise would close later this summer.
Criterion’s tweet reads that “after over 11.5 years of service, the servers for the original 2008 game will be closing on August 1, 2019.” Servers across Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions will all be shut down, meaning you won’t be able to play online, but offline play will, of course, still be available.
It’s not a particularly surprising move from Criterion, particularly given the existence of an updated version of the game. Burnout Paradise Remastered released in August last year, more than ten years after the publication of the original game. The developer makes it clear that servers for the remaster will not be affected by the closure of the older servers, and I imagine it’s keen to encourage original players to make their way over to the newer version.
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