Burnout Paradise

[Tobias Röhner]

Burnout Paradise PC Version announced

US, May 9, 2008 - Criterion Games, a studio of Electronic Arts, (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the award-winning driving game Burnout Paradise is being rebuilt specifically for the PC. Burnout Paradise will be the first Burnout title ever made for the PC, customized with expanded multiplayer, enhanced online features, and community driven content.

Originally released for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, Burnout Paradise has won over 55 awards worldwide. Burnout Paradise delivers an open-world environment built for intense speed, excitement and exploration and sets a new standard in the seamless transition from single-player offline to social online gameplay.

Burnout Paradise for the PC will combine all the open world racing, intense speed and action of the original game with new gameplay for the PC version.

Gamers can tune into a live webcast at Criterion Games at 8:00 AM PST on Friday, May 9 for more details on this announcement. For more information about Burnout Paradise, please visit Criterion Games or the EA press website at info.ea.com.

Burnout Paradise for the PC has not been rated by the ESRB or PEGI.

Sounds like good news to me :jumping: One of the only Arcade Racers, I really would like to play.

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[Bram Hengeveld]

If the crash models are as good as on the consoles this can be a hit then!

[Bradley Wint]

Well it’s just a about a day again before the Criterion Games team releases the third Burnout Paradise Update called “Codename: Cagney” or “Cagney”. This update includes a wide range of updates for the game including 3 new Freeburn Game Modes, 70 new Freeburn Challenges, new vehicles and liveries, a variated ranking system, custom sounds and the usual bug fixes. For a detailed list of updated, check out the Criterion post here. The update is set of be available for download (for free) at 8:00AM GMT or 4:00AM EST (for us night owls). You can also check out some of the past news and previews of the Cagney update here.

[Bradley Wint]

BURNOUT PARADISE CAGNEY UPDATE AVAILABLE


Well the 3rd update in the Burnout: Paradise series is here. The Cagney update has already been unveiled for PS3 fans in Japan (9th July) and is now available to the rest of us in Europe, Asia and the United States. The update features totally revamped modes and add-ons including “3 new online game modes, special calendar events, new cars, 70 multi-part, timed Freeburn Challenges and a wealth of improvements to the existing game”.

It should be noted that the Ranked Racing Leaderboard will be reset. Some of the reasons for the reset board include:

• Removal of custom drives and more focus on action of the 40 Paradise Drives
• Racing traffic in on-only mode
• If you disconnect, You will be rated as finishing last
• Hosts will be unable to kick players

Some other notes to take note of:

“If you’re ranked racing in Burnout Paradise without the Cagney update, you won’t be able to earn points towards the old or new Leaderboards just yet.
We’ve taken a snapshot of the Leaderboards, and imposed penalties on players who we’ve deemed to have used exploits. The penalties are outlined here:

• Any players using second accounts for race fixing (deliberately losing to other players to boost their points) will have their points reset to 0!
• Any player who has gained points from race fixing (winning against another player who has deliberately lost) will have their points halved!
• Any player with more than 15% disconnect rate will lose the disconnect % of their total points!

The decision to penalise a player will only be made if we are 100% sure they’ve been using these exploits. We’ve created a Hall of Fame for our top racers and will post this on the site soon. There’s also a reward for the top 10 players on the board.”

More details coming soon.