Fake Burnout Game, Also Called Burnout, Launches On Nintendo Switch

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There hasn't been a new Burnout game in 15 years aside from an aerial-view mobile title and a remaster of that same 15-year-old game. It's dry out there. But there is a new Burnout on the Nintendo Switch... sort of. It's got nothing to do with EA's series and is clearly just cashing in on the name, using it to top search results.

As reported by VGC, this 'new' Burnout was developed by GameToTop Corp who are known for cashing in on popular series by using their names or, at least, similar ones. You may know such hits as Rocket Car: Ultimate Ball League Machines, Bus Simulator 2023 (nothing to do with Astragon's), and Farming Tractor Simulator 2023.

Earlier in July, a Last of Us clone called The Last Hope popped up on the Switch eShop. Unsurprisingly, it was taken down only a month later.

Bizarrely, if you search 'Burnout' on the eShop website now, the top result is the knockoff, not Burnout Paradise Remastered. This is no doubt why it chose the name, just as it chose all the right search terms for Rocket League and Farming Simulator.

It's only £1.99 right now, but going by games like The Last Hope, even that is a risky buy. Luckily, YouTuber SwitchStars put together a review showing us what the game looks like beyond screenshots so we don't have to fork out for ourselves. Spoilers: it doesn't look good.

There are daily log-in rewards, a store with "extortionately priced cars", and an upgrade menu for power, torque, and speed. In the modes, it's even more explicit how much of a knock on the actual Burnout series this game is - two of the four are called Paradise and Legends after actual Burnout games.

When you get around to playing 'Burnout', it's framed in a top-down aerial view. Not at all like the actual series, unless