Last September, I called Burnout 3: Takedown one of the best titles of the year thanks to its gameplay and its redefinition of the racing genre. I still happen to hold to that feeling. In fact, if I'm having a bad day or am in-between articles, I'll still fire up this title and get a race to two in.

The Burnout-series is without a doubt one of the most popular arcade racers of the moment. Especially with the previous title, Burnout: Takedown, Criterion hit the nail on the head.

Where can I start with Burnout Revenge.. Well it is probably the best Burnout game I've played to date, the graphics arn't tip top but for the time (2005) it was a very good step up for racing games, I think it's the most fun and enjoyable Burnout game on the 360 and I think it always will be.

Electronic Arts and Criterion Games finally release their frantic dashin' and crashin' racer to the Xbox 360. Is the sixty-dollar game that came out just a few months ago worth it for the new enhancements Find out more in our full review.

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Not much different going on other than Live modes

Burnout Revenge is the fourth installment of the ever popular Burnout series from Criterion Games, and the second published by EA. It is clearly heavily influenced by the success of Burnout 3: Takedown, where many online races degenerated into huge crash fests.

Attention Burnout fans, Revenge has arrived intact on the XBox 360 with a host graphical changes and some minor tweaks. Fans of the series should be so pleased with this Xbox 360 version that their pants, along with their socks, might just get blown off. Tristan can tell you why.

ups: great graphics; retouched sound; cosmetic improvements

downs: basically the same game as the Xbox version

Fun and stunning gameplay mechanics of Burnout with the graphical prowess of the Xbox 360 - need I say more I guess I should, else my editor will strip me of my reviewing privileges and condemn me to doing only lowly database work for her sites.

You know a game is good when it makes all the other games in its genre seem rather boring in comparison. Burnout 3 did just that. By the time I peeled the Xbox controller from my sweaty palms and moved onto other racing games, I noticed they all seemed to move too slowly and felt rather mundane.

When in doubt, turn to Yogi Berra. It's a lesson we all can learn, as a little of Yogi's wisdom can go a long way. I've been sitting, looking at this blank computer monitor for some time now, trying to think of what to say about the Xbox 360 version of

Burnout Revenge lets gamers rip through rush hour traffic and lay waste to scores of rubbernecking roadhogs in an over-the-top scene of vehicular mayhem. In addition to tricked out new race, crash and road rage modes, Burnout Revenge takes the series' blistering speed and spectacular destruction to...