Harry Neary (Akeldama) // Monday, June 9th, 2008 //
if correct its sooner then the previous noted release of august o8
Criterion lists a bunch of fixes, features and content for the next update to Burnout Paradise.
If only all developers took DLC as seriously as Criterion. The developer has just announced details of the Cagney update to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Burnout Paradise.
Both updates will be released on July 10th and will feature new modes, content and fixes.
The next update codenamed Davis will feature motorbikes and Eastwood will add new islands to the game.
Below is the official list of changes featured in the Cagney update.
Three New Freeburn Game Modes
Road Rage - 8-player team event. One team must race through a series of Paradise City checkpoints. The other team must stop them.
Cue incredible chases and battling through the city, tons of voice communication as players co-ordinate their efforts.
Stunt Run (vs) - Pull stunts to score points - hit barriers, billboards and ramps; ace barrel rolls, flat spins and massive airtime to score big. Everybody competes to simultaneously - hit your rivals to kill their scores and gain multipliers.
Marked Man - A player is selected at random and everyone gangs up to take them down. The Marked Man scores for reaching the end point intact and taking anyone down along the way.
70 New Freeburn Challenges
70 new timed multi-part Freeburn Challenges
Leaderboards for these challenges that log your best time (as well as those people who did it with you)
Vehicles
Hunter Olympus
A secret Criterion Car!
New liveries
Rossolini Tempesta Dream
Two fan-created liveries – the Oval Steel Racer and Inferno Hippie Van
A secret Criterion livery!
Other high-priority fixes and updates
Numerous ranked race changes
Custom soundtracks on PS3
If you're in a 3 or more player challenge and a player drops out, the remaining players can still complete it (subject to it being a challenge that can handle this!)
"Previously" section on the search games list now displays Challenges, Today's Best and Freeburn game modes, making it loads easier to decide which game you want to join
You can now view Leaderboards and Options in an online game
You can now mute other online players in the show players screen
You can now mute yourself if you have a PS3 Eye/Eye toy
We've increased time-out for online races, and if all players complete the races within the timer, then you go straight to results
The Airfield has been changed to help with the drivability of the area and make it a little easier to complete the hoop challenges
Online cars now show damage - roll up to the start in a half-destroyed Hunter Cavalry and everyone else will see it!
Added an stronger display message if you rule all of Todays Best
The Easy Drive menu & Challenges page now loops from top to bottom
Fixed the navigation system so that it takes into account the next check point in a race
Fixed traffic not reappearing in Freeburn after a no-traffic race
Fixed online races using Lawrence Road – it's been reporting finish distances with a little inaccuracy
Revised 30+ car resets following crashes
All new sound effects added for Easy Drive
Driving backwards in Road Rage now ends the event as it does in Marked Man
Option to invert camera axis for the look around camera on right stick
Online player information made accurate on the instance a player goes through a checkpoint in races
If you set VOIP mix to zero it is now saved correctly
1080i support for "almost HD" sets
Improved the Standard Definition rendering on PS3
New highlight to show the player in Today's Best
Easy Drive fades out if it's unused for 20 seconds
Boost chaining no longer possible by drifting in open areas
Now, we’re expecting our third FREE update codenamed: “Cagney” that’s coming on 10th July
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/06/ ... ng-to-ps3/
That’s a great place to be in. Next step – get the “okay” in the USA and we’ll be sure to be hitting our deadline of 10th July for this awesome FREE pack of game-changing content.
