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First Paradise PC Videos

Posted On 9 May 2008 10:55am By CooperComments (0)
Burnout Paradise for PC

Below are three videos showing off Burnout Paradise on the PC.

8 Player Test

This video shows the Burnout Team playing an 8 player game of Paradise.


Paradise on a Laptop



3840 x 1200 Footage

Paradise running on a PC at 3840 x 1200. (Direct links)
1920x600 (201 MB) || 960x300 (50.7 MB)

First Paradise PC Screens

Posted On 9 May 2008 08:17am By CooperComments (0)
Criterion have uploaded 3 screenshots from the PC version of Burnout Paradise. Check them out below.
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Burnout Paradise Coming To PC

Posted On 9 May 2008 05:05am By CooperComments (0)
Criterion Games have just announced that Burnout Paradise will be released on the PC. In a very short update on the official site, Criterion writes:

Burnout Paradise is coming to the PC.

For more information, check out the Live Podcast here on www.criteriongames.com at 1600 UK time and check the site for world-exclusive first in-game screenshots.

No further details have been announced yet but by the end of today they will have. Criterion plan to give the full announcement and further details on release dates and changes to Paradise on their Live Podcast starting at 16:00 UK time. I'll be watching and I'll do a write up of all which will be announced and post it here for those who are unable to watch the podcast.

Link
Criterion Games

New Car - Hunter Olympus

Posted On 23 April 2008 02:36pm By CooperComments (0)
Hunter Olympus

Just a Quick update. This beast is headed for the Cagney update of Burnout Paradise at the end of June. The Hunter Olympus is the only car in any Burnout game not to feature boost. Looks heavy enough to withstand anything though!


70 New Freeburn Challenges

Posted On 23 April 2008 02:21pm By CooperComments (0)
In Criterion's epic super mega Paradise update announcement, they talked about new freeburn challenges. It's not just the addition of new challenges but also the way they're completed. There will be two new types of challenges with different ways to complete them.

Multi part challenges

We've started to string together multiple challenges – this adds depth and allows you to play a heap of challenges in sequence.

Here's how it can work – 8 players hook up at the Observatory on White Mountain and head for the Rock Hole on South Mountain Drive taking in a long sequence of challenges. Jump over Dead Man’s Edge, hit the windmill jump, race through the tubes in the building site and nail the jump sequence leading to the rock hole.

That's the sequence we play-tested today. Because so many of us were crowding through the jumps they became completely chaotic and hilarious. Stacking it in first place then repeatedly watching your rivals slam into your crash debris as you try to restart caused some immense comedy moments. The carnage contributes to creating a constantly changing Freeburn Challenge environment – it's great fun.

Timed Challenges

Each of our new Challenges has a time limit that really encourages cooperation. If the team doesn’t finish in time, everybody fails.

It's co-operative, but there's a competitive edge too. We call out the player that performed best, so while everyone works together to get the best team time, they’re still competing against each other to be the first to finish.

Each challenge will have it’s own Leaderboard where you can compete to be top. You can check out terrible quality YouTube video of three of the new challenges at the links below.

All 70 new new challenges will be available in the Cagney update due at the end of June.

Links
Criterion Games Announcement
Video 1 - Partners In Time
Video 2 - Rail Cars
Video 3 - Leaps of Faith

Motorbikes and Planes

Posted On 23 April 2008 01:51pm By CooperComments (0)
Motorbikes in Burnout Paradise

Nope. This isn't a late April fools joke. Criterion have actually decided to include motorbikes in Burnout Paradise.

In the latest Crash FM video podcast (Crash TV) the development team announced that with the Davis update you can speed around the streets of Paradise City on a motorcycle. Alex Ward states that "This is mototcycles in paradise, not burnout on a bike."

Here's a quick run down off all that was revealed in on the episode.
  • Dubbed by Criterion as "Motorcycles 1.0".
  • The motorbikes can perform wheelies.
  • There is no boost for the bikes.
  • When first trying the bike there will be no traffic.
  • On launch there will not be racing against cars but this may be added in a future update.
  • Bikes can be crashed.
  • When they crash the rider disappears.
  • Change to a bike by visiting any of the junk yeards
Expect to see the ability to use bikes as part of paid downloadable content. No price have been announced yet. In addition to just being able to ride the bikes, Criterion also mentioned that there will be special game modes, challenges and locations for the bikes.

This addition to Burnout Paradise will be available in August as part of the Davis paid update

For your viewing pleasure here's a heavily watermarked screenshot and a webcam quality video showing off the bikes.

Screenshot

Sorry about the watermark

Video



Criterion have mentioned some high quality videos will soon be available.

But that's not all! If bikes weren't enough for you then how about planes? Think I'm kidding? Watch the whole of the video embedded above.

The video shows a plane flying across Paradise City, smashing into billboards and diving between buildings. According to Criterion the inclusion of planes in any future update is far from certain. Admittedly it is pretty cool to see the city from the sky but would including it as DLC be going a step too far in the ? More Burnout and less Paradise city.

And finally if you're still not satisfied by these two new modes of transport, how do boats sound?

Joking! No boats have been announced for Burnout... Yet...

Links:
Criterion Games Announcement
Full Crash TV episode @ Criterion

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