In an awesome Gaming Deal of the Day, Amazon has Burnout Paradise for the low, low price of $26 with free shipping. If you haven’t yet read my glowing review, the game is easily worth $26. If you have any interest in driving games, Burnout Paradise is a must-have. Buy it now!

Link: Burnout Paradise - $26 on Amazon

Burnout Paradise is Criterion Games’ first attempt at a true next-generation version of their popular Burnout series. As many already know, some major changes have been made to a formula that has worked well for several years. Was giving this franchise a complete overhaul a wise decision?

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Joystiq and GameDaily are teaming up to give away a couple copies of Burnout Paradise along with the Prima Guide. Entering is as easy as posting a comment on their respective threads. Hit the links for their rules and how to enter.

Link: Joyswag: Burnout Paradise & Prima Game Guide
Link: Enter for your chance to win a copy of Burnout Paradise

Completely forgot to post this yesterday. Burnout Paradise hit retail shelves yesterday in the U.S. for the standard price of $60. Here’s the synopsis from Xbox.com.

Crashing is awesome! That’s the concept behind Burnout™ Paradise, the latest installment in the classic car-crashing Burnout series. A completely open world allows players to take their dangerous driving experience to a whole new level. Travel through and explore Paradise City to find special events and destructive opportunities. Get ready to break the rules, because you’re in Burnout Paradise!

If you’re not sure about this one, check out the demo on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Link: Burnout Paradise

Last night, Tha R1gga and I decided to fire up the Burnout Paradise demo and see what multiplayer was like. I played single player about two weeks ago, but only for maybe 20 minutes or so. That wasn’t really sufficient to give any kind of opinion. Last night, however, we spent over an hour playing the demo. Find out what my impressions are after the jump.

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Criterion Games has announced that they’re going to add some features to the Burnout Paradise demo on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. According to their site, they will increase the number of allowed players in a game from four to eight. In addition, they’ll be adding 13 new Freeburn Challenges. The changes will be taking place on their servers between now and January 14th. Sounds like I’ll have to fire it up again.

Link: Demo Supporting Up To 8 Players Online [Via Joystiq]