IGN has a new interview up with Criterion Games, the makers of Burnout Paradise. In case you didn’t know, the PS3 was the lead platform for Criterion as they developed the game, and IGN has some related questions. For example:

IGN: What aspect about PlayStation3 development and hardware is the most promising going into the future?

Sullivan: We like the whole package the system offers. We really like the DualShock3, which we use in Burnout to get the player closer to the feel of driving and the PSEye, which we use for capturing Mugshots and Smugshots online and sending them to your friends. The PlayStation 3 is a very powerful machine that we have just begun to unlock and we were super excited when we got the game to run at 60 frames per second on it.

The really interesting thing to us is that we’ve only seen a few games that are using all of these elements together. There is still a lot of space for many new ideas and exciting experiences in the future as it’s still a relatively new machine and we’ve only just begun pushing it.

Check out the whole interview below.

Criterion Games Interview

I haven’t been able to check this for myself yet but according to C&VG.com, the Burnout Paradise demo has been updated to include up to 8 players online with new Freeburn challenges:

EA has boosted the online servers for its Burnout Paradise demo, doubling the number of players in a race from four to eight.

This comes as part of temporary enhancements made to the demo’s online gameplay, which will last from today until the 14 January.

In addition to the increased number of online players, EA has also added 13 new Freeburn challenges. That’s “3 challenges in 5, 6 and 7 player sessions, and 4 new challenges for those playing in 8 player sessions”, as EA explains.

That’s pretty awesome!

I haven’t played it for a while but I’m sure I’ll be having some fun online with this over the weekend.