This week’s US PlayStation Store update is home to the massive (no really, it’s almost 2GB), Heavy Rain demo, but that’s not the only jewel in the crown.

There are a bunch of great special price offers this week on games like Patapon 2, Trine and Burnout Paradise Complete Edition, tons of add-on content and new tracks for Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band, new intriguing videos and themes, as well as new PSP demos and minis.

Have a browse through the rest of the new content available now on the US PlayStation Store:

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Criterion Games has announced that it won’t be making any more add-on packs for Burnout Paradise.

This news comes via the developer’s Twitter feed: “Please stop asking us for Burnout Paradise DLC. There will be no more! Sorry everyone! But we did WAY more than everyone else.”

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Criterion have just announced that the next set of downloadable content (DLC) for their ever-evolving arcade racer, Burnout Paradise, has gone up and is now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

The DLC, entitled Big Surf Island, adds (you guessed it) an entire new island to the world of Burnout Paradise, new challenges and events, as well as a bunch of new cars to test out. Big Surf Island is yours for 1000 MS Points on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Big Surf Island is also set to release on the PlayStation Network a little later today for the (varying) price of $12.99 / £9.99 / €12.99.

You can watch an excellent trailer for Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island over here.

Criterion, developers of the excellent Burnout series of arcade racing games, announced late last week that the next set of downloadable content (DLC) for their ever-evolving Burnout Paradise will be out and available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Store on June 11th.

Entitled Big Surf Island, the DLC adds an entire new island to race around on and explore, as well as a host of new vehicles, challenges and events.

Watch some enormous, hair-raising jumps from the DLC in the Big Surf Island announcement trailer below:

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Criterion have recently released a teaser trailer for a new addition to Burnout Paradise, apparently heading your way “very soon” if Criterion’s website is to be believed.

Entitled Cops and Robbers, the downloadable content (DLC) will add… cops and robbers car chases in and around Paradise City… that’s about all there is to know at this point.

Watch the teaser trailer for Burnout Paradise: Cops and Robbers below:

Microsoft announced today that they would be releasing a new limited edition Xbox 360 bundle in South African stores on April 1st.

The bundle includes an Xbox 360 60GB Pro unit with two games, namely Trivial Pursuit and Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, all available for the estimated retail price of R3 799.00. Product Marketing Manager -Entertainment and Devices, Microsoft South Africa, John Press said:

“This bundle offers families a great opportunity to bring the exciting multimedia entertainment capabilities of the Xbox 360 into their homes. At fantastic value for families looking to save money by staying in, this offers high quality home entertainment right out of the box.”

Read El33tonline’s coverage of Burnout Paradise and Trivial Pursuit to get an idea of the kind of value you’ll get with this great bundle.

Criterion, developers of the Burnout series of racing games, have released a new piece of downloadable content (DLC), now available to Burnout Paradise owners, entitled the Party Pack.

The Party Pack includes features which enhance the social aspect of Burnout Paradise, encouraging 8-player ‘pass-the-pad’ style gameplay. You can get a glimpse of the Criterion team having a few rounds with the Party Pack content at their website.

The Burnout Paradise Party Pack is now available to buy on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Store, while the recently released Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Box includes the Party Pack, as well as other previously released DLC, as standard.

Criterion have also revealed that an upcoming DLC pack, Cops and Robbers, is on the way and, while no details have been released, you can hazard a guess as to the content. Screenshots from the Cop and Robbers DLC follows below:

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Last year we read about one of the legendary vehicles that would make up the quadruple pack of cars in the Legendary Cars Pack, coming to Burnout Paradise a little later this year.

The next three cars in the pack have now been revealed on the US PlayStation Blog, and they’re all pretty legendary. First up is a re-imagining of the Hunter Manhattan, called the Manhattan Spirit. Look a little familiar?

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Available in 2009, Criterion has announced future downloadable content for Burnout Paradise that will feature some extraordinary vehicles, for some extraordinary racing options.

About a week ago, the first of the vehicle updates was announced, which includes a specially modified car, The Jansen 88 Special. Looks awesome already, but what’s so special about this car? It hovers. Apparently hitting L3 on your PS3 controller will retract the wheels from under the car to turn it into a hovercar. Crazy! As part of that pack, you’ll be able to pick up the Cavalry Bootlegger, Manhattan Spirit and the GT Nighthawk!

The other vehicle pack to become available next year is the Toy Cars Pack featuring, what else, toy cars! Screenshots of the hovercar and toy cars follows below:

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Criterion, the developer of the Burnout series, have announced a new, special edition of their game, Burnout Paradise, entitled The Ultimate Box.

This new edition includes all of the free downloadable content players have had access to throughout the year following the game’s release, encompassing the Cagney and Bikes update, new features such as the race restart ability and the PlayStation 3-exclusive Burnout Paradise Network, as well as a new game mode, Burnout Paradise Party. What is this new mode? Glad you asked:

“Burnout Paradise Party brings the social fun of Burnout Paradise into an offline environment where up to eight friends can pass the pad to play competitively. There are dozens of quick-fire, turn-based challenges where players compete in different stunt, speed and skill events.”

If you already own Burnout Paradise, the Party mode will be available to buy separately as downloadable content. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is apparently due out in February next year. You can check out Criterion’s entry on the US PlayStation Blog for more info, as well as pictures of the staff taking turns to play the Party mode.

Burnout Paradise has been out for a number of months now, but Criterion’s commitment to the title, through their ‘Year of Paradise’ campaign, has ensured that players have a steady stream of new content, such as the latest patch, available now.

The new ‘Bikes Pack’ adds new content and game functionality, such as - you guessed it - bikes! New to Paradise with this update are vehicles of the two-wheeled persuasion, motorcycles, two of which are yours for the choosing, with a male or female rider. There are also significant game changes, with a day/night cycle that impacts traffic density and available events as well as dynamic weather, changing the complexion of Paradise City completely. Extra content also includes 38 new against-the-clock race events during the day (Burning Ride) and during the night (Midnight Ride) as well as 70 more Freeburn Challenges, exclusive to the bikes.

The new patch is now available on Xbox Live and at the PlayStation Store for the low low price of free.

Burnout Paradise is the latest in the series of car-smashing, slow-mo wreckage racing games. This much you know. Did you know, however, that you’ll be able to buy and download the full version of Burnout Paradise through the PlayStation Network later this year?

If you missed it the first time, you’ll be able to get Burnout Paradise for $29.99, including all of the updates Criterion have thus far released for the game, as well as support for PlayStation Trophies (Achievement-like rewards), all through PSN. This is a great sign of things to come as far as digital distribution goes, and only enforces Criterion’s ‘Year of Paradise’ campaign - their mission to support the game completely with new, free content.

If you can’t wait, however, Paradise is still available on PS3 and Xbox 360 as a disc-based game, but that format is *so* 2008.

Criterion Games has stamped a 10th of July date on its Burnout Paradise Cagney Update. The free update will be released for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

The update will introduce three new Freeburn game modes including an eight player team event called Road Rage, Stunt Run (vs), and Marked Man. There will also be 70 new timed Freeburn Challenges along with leaderboards as well as a Hunter Olympus and secret Criterion Car, new liveries, custom soundtracks for the PS3 version and various bug fixes.

Head over to Criterion Games’ website for a full list of the features that Cagney will include or check out our review of Burnout Paradise.

Criterion Games has unveiled three new modes for Burnout Paradise. The new game modes will be released as part of the Cagney update.

Online Stunt Run allows 8 players to simultaneously compete for the highest score within 2 minutes. The mode features an on-screen display as well as multipliers and eliminated players can still exact revenge.

Online Road Rage is an 8 player online team event. Players will either be on the team of runners (teams can only see one checkpoint ahead but must get to the checkpoint then the finish) or the team that has to take them down (teams can see the checkpoint and finish, choosing to ambush, take a shortcut or follow the pack).

Online Marked Man sees a marked man being randomly chosen every 90 seconds. Earn points for surviving if you are marked or taking down the marked man. The player who is the Marked Man can’t see attacking players on the map, has a slower car and does not get boost. Each session consists of roughly 10 – 12 minutes of game play depending on how many players are involved.

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Bogart is the next download for Burnout Paradise and Criterion Games has confirmed that it will be available on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on the 24th of April.

The download will fix the top ten problems that players reported as well as enhancing the game experience and fixing various high priority issues.

Head over to Criterion Games’ website for a list of exactly what the download will do.