Electronic Arts' Need for Speed racing franchise has been on a downward spiral in the past few years, and even EA admits it. They're now taking steps to recapture the franchise's glory days, and among their gambits is tapping Burnout devs Criterion Games for a new Need for Speed title set for release in 2010.

Criterion Games has some bad news for Xbox 360 gamers. The Big Surf Island DLC for Burnout Paradise has been pulled from the Marketplace due to "unforeseen technical problems".

The Burnout Team is doing Speed. Need for Speed, that is. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello clarified that the NFS and Burnout franchise will NOT be merging into one, although the Burnout Team, frontlined by Alex Ward of Criterion Games, will be taking care of the next NFS iteration.

If there's one game who holds an exemplary standing when it comes to DLC, it's Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360) of EA and Criterion Games. With content upon successful content, we're just grateful that the team behind this unique racing title just keeps on giving. Like today, for example. We have here the trailer for the upcoming DLC, Big Surf Island.

With the release of the Cops and Robbers DLC for Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360), next on the queue for Criterion Games is Big Surf Island, the next paradise in which you'll be burning the rubber on your rides. This pack introduces nine new vehicles, a new summer getaway, and some serious hang time when you jump your ride off a ramp. Sound good yet? Wait til you get a load of the trailer.

Cops and Robbers, Criterion Games' latest premium pack for the heavily and frequently updated Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360), has now officially been priced. And guess what? Early estimates got the price exactly right.

With an intro reminiscent of the opening sequence of a Naked Gun movie comes the Cops and Robbers Gameplay vid. This one's brought to us by the guys at Crash TV, featuring the upcoming DLC for Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360). If you're still pacing back and forth trying to decide whether to get it or not, then this vid might help you out.

Criterion Games' upcoming premium DLC pack for Burnout Paradise has gotten a fixed release date. And when they said the other day that it was going live soon, they meant it. Cops and Robbers will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on April 30.

Calling all cars! Calling all cars! Criterion Games is still currently on the move, trying to get their latest Cops and Robbers mode available for Burnout Paradise on the PS3 and Xbox 360. We hear that it's going to happen pretty soon too, care of an email. And alongside that announcement, we also got whiff of a teaser trailer for the DLC.

Following the Legendary Cars pack for Burnout Paradise, Criterion Games is now about to roll out the micro monsters. As promised, the Toy Cars DLC pack is going live this Thursday, for both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.