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Microsoft have announced that the Xbox Live service for the Original Xbox and all Original Xbox games will cease on the 15th of April 2010.

This shocking news was revealed by Major Nelson HERE and an FAQ on the Xbox forums can be found HERE

This is the reason given:

"This change will allow us to continue the evolution of Xbox LIVE, delivering features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the global Xbox LIVE community of more than 20 million members. The best is yet to come, and we look forward to sharing more details in the near future."

We will endeavour to play as much Burnout 3: Takedown on Xbox Live as we can before the 15th of April 2010. I hope you will join us. Check back for details of a big farewell party over Xbox Live in April!

Criterion Games have posted a new story on their website today, telling us about what might have been...

They sure had big plans for Paradise, even talking about giving us the moon!

Here is an excerpt of the article, showing what was discussed as possible DLC;

It seems like all the news stories I write lately are bad ones... sorry PC users but it seems that there are no plans to release Big Surf Island for PC. This story broke over at a German games site www.Gameswelt.de just over a week ago. Click HERE for the full story in German, google translate didn't do a brilliant job, but the gist of it is "No DLC for PC" sorry folks!

We have just noticed that Burnout 3: Takedown is no longer available to download for new customers as an Xbox Original from the Xbox Marketplace.

If you have already downloaded the game, but then deleted it click HERE for instructions on how to get your download back.

We sincerely hope this is not an indication that EA are planning to sunset the servers. I went online recently so the servers at the moment are still up and running. I believe the best way to keep the servers running is to show that the game is being played regularly.

If you want Burnout 3: Takedown to still be an online game please play it online NOW. Add the gamertag "BurnoutAholics" to your friends list to be able to message and invite other BurnoutAholics. Post on this site or over at the Xbox forums HERE to set up times for online games.

Long Live Burnout 3: Takedown!!

The new Xbox 360 update will hit on the 11th of August 2009. One of the main new features is "Games on Demand" a brand new way to access and play games on Xbox 360. The games, delivered electronically, can be purchased with credit card or microsoft points and you will be able to buy microsoft points on Xbox.com with paypal too.

Burnout Paradise will be one of the first games to be available on demand, downloadable directly to your Xbox 360 HDD from the 11th of August.

Thought I would repost this from CG's page as it gives some good guidelines for how to be a good host on Burnout Paradise, you can also see our own hosting guides:

The Art of Hosting in Burnout Paradise

The Art of Hosting in Burnout Paradise - Part 2

What is a Good Room?

Think you know the rules of Freeburn? Test out your knowledge with The Referee's quick and simple quiz (answers below).

Nero Angelo has written another guide on how to keep up with the fastest racers in Burnout Revenge. It is a in depth guide that requires that you are already familiar with boost and drift jumping.

This guide is called: "The theory of Speed: Revenge" and you can read it here.

For the first time since May 2008 Criterion Games has released new information, screens and video of Big Surf Island.

We have been in touch with Weil3r that originally wrote some brilliant guides for Burnout 3: Takedown that was published at burnoutelite.com. Since that site is no longer active we asked Weil3r if we could re-publish them here on BurnoutAholics.com.

We got his permission and the guides have now been made available. You can access them directly from the links below:

If you want to keep track of what other BurnoutAholics are doing on XBOX live just add me as a friend. You will then get access to my friendslist. You have to be a member of www.burnoutaholics.com to be accepted.

I only have a silver membership, so I wont be able to play on Xbox Live with you. I am here to extend your friendslist by up to 99 BurnoutAholics for you to play with. By adding me as a friend you can view my friends list to see what games other BurnoutAholics are playing, you can send messages and game invites. This will help you to stay connected to BurnoutAholics.com even when you aren't at your computer.