Here's what you get with the FREE Cagney Software Update
Today, we're able to finally unveil the release date for the Cagney software update!
This is our 3rd and most ambitious software update yet! It will be available for free at 09:00am UK time on Thursday 10th July '08.
If you've missed the stories we've run so far, you can hit the Cagney tab at the top of this page and see all our Cagney blog entries in one place or check out the following summary of features:
3 New Freeburn Game Modes:
• Road Rage
Up to 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 reach the biggest total. 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
• Two secret Criterion liveries!
Ranked Race Changes
• Too much to report in this blog entry but click here for the full breakdown!
Custom Soundtracks
• Custom Soundtrack support on PS3
Other high-priority fixes and updates
• 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 a 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 - PS3 only
• 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
By TheTeam@Criterion - Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:18:18 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Today, we're able to finally unveil the release date for the Cagney software update!
This is our 3rd and most ambitious software update yet! It will be available for free at 09:00am UK time on Thursday 10th July '08.
If you've missed the stories we've run so far, you can hit the Cagney tab at the top of this page and see all our Cagney blog entries in one place or check out the following summary of features:
3 New Freeburn Game Modes:
• Road Rage
Up to 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 reach the biggest total. 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
• Two secret Criterion liveries!
Ranked Race Changes
• Too much to report in this blog entry but click here for the full breakdown!
Custom Soundtracks
• Custom Soundtrack support on PS3
Other high-priority fixes and updates
• 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 a 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 - PS3 only
• 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
By TheTeam@Criterion - Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:18:18 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Cagney Pack Released
Our long-awaited software update - codenamed Cagney - is now live on both PS3 and Xbox 360.
The "Cagney" update is a FREE automatic update delivered to all online-enabled Burnout Paradise players and forms the first major part of our reinvention of Burnout Paradise through downloadable packs.
It brings 3 awesome online game modes, two great cars, a live news page and calendar, 70 all-new timed multi-part challenges, a complete overhaul of our Online Racing System and a stack of other major improvements.
The full feature list for this massive game update is here.
We hope you enjoy the new gameplay we're introducing with our Cagney update. The next update will be the Burnout Paradise Bikes Pack next month.
We'll bring you news of the features and the response to Cagney here on the site and in our Crash TV video podcast.
Burnout Paradise. Always changing.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:21:33 GMT
Topic: Burnout Team News
Our long-awaited software update - codenamed Cagney - is now live on both PS3 and Xbox 360.
The "Cagney" update is a FREE automatic update delivered to all online-enabled Burnout Paradise players and forms the first major part of our reinvention of Burnout Paradise through downloadable packs.
It brings 3 awesome online game modes, two great cars, a live news page and calendar, 70 all-new timed multi-part challenges, a complete overhaul of our Online Racing System and a stack of other major improvements.
The full feature list for this massive game update is here.
We hope you enjoy the new gameplay we're introducing with our Cagney update. The next update will be the Burnout Paradise Bikes Pack next month.
We'll bring you news of the features and the response to Cagney here on the site and in our Crash TV video podcast.
Burnout Paradise. Always changing.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:21:33 GMT
Topic: Burnout Team News
Hunter Olympus is Live in Paradise City
Playstation 3-owners: rejoice!
The Hunter Olympus is now yours!
To access this 4x4 MONSTER, head for any online game and switch cars in one of the Junkyards.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:40:58 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Playstation 3-owners: rejoice!
The Hunter Olympus is now yours!
To access this 4x4 MONSTER, head for any online game and switch cars in one of the Junkyards.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:40:58 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Burnout Paradise's New Software Update (codenamed Cagney)
Here's a quick post on the Xbox 360 version of our forthcoming software update.
We're still not able to provide a concrete date on this awesome FREE update. We're in the final stages of testing the revised version and will announce a concrete date as soon as we have one.
We're currently aiming for 4th August. That's the EARLIEST we can expect it to be available.
Many apologies to those keenly awaiting this pack. As always, we're trying to get this to you as quickly as possible.
We hope you can hold on a little longer for our brand new online game modes (Marked Man, Stunt Run and Road Rage), the Live Page and Calendar, our new cars, liveries, 70 Challenges and a mountain of smaller improvements.
More news here soon.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:58:44 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Here's a quick post on the Xbox 360 version of our forthcoming software update.
We're still not able to provide a concrete date on this awesome FREE update. We're in the final stages of testing the revised version and will announce a concrete date as soon as we have one.
We're currently aiming for 4th August. That's the EARLIEST we can expect it to be available.
Many apologies to those keenly awaiting this pack. As always, we're trying to get this to you as quickly as possible.
We hope you can hold on a little longer for our brand new online game modes (Marked Man, Stunt Run and Road Rage), the Live Page and Calendar, our new cars, liveries, 70 Challenges and a mountain of smaller improvements.
More news here soon.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:58:44 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Make way for Burnout Paradise's newest vehicles!
Our recent software update - Codenamed Cagney - was released for Playstation 3 last week.
Nakamura Rai-jin Turbo RWD
We've spent this week test driving an all-new Burnout car with our team and selected drivers. This car is the Nakamura Rai-jin Turbo RWD.
Big thanks to everyone for getting involved! We're now ready to unleash the Rai-jin on the rest of the world - it's now finally available to everyone in Paradise City.
It may be the fastest car in Burnout Paradise, but it's not for the faint-hearted. it's a thoroughbred race machine - a true test of your driving skills!
To access this online-only car, join or host any online game and head for the nearest Junkyard. It's located at the far right of your vehicle collection. Don't forget, when you leave the online session, you leave the car.
Hunter Olympus
And if that's not enough, next weekend will be your opportunity to finally get your hands on the Hunter Olympus, pictured here.
That's right, we're now ready to break out the big guns on Saturday 26th July at 10:00 Criterion Time! That's:
9:00am GMT
1:00am Pacific Time (US)
4:00am Eastern Time (US)
10:00am BST (British Summer Time)
11:00am for the rest of Europe
The Hunter Olympus is the biggest and heaviest vehicle in Paradise City - perfect for our brand new online game modes - Road Rage and Marked Man. If you haven't had a chance to check these modes out yet, access them from the Easydrive menu in-game.
Again, it's an online-only vehicle, so you'll need to host or join an online game to use it and you'll lose it, when you quit the session.
Enjoy!
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:05:09 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Our recent software update - Codenamed Cagney - was released for Playstation 3 last week.
Nakamura Rai-jin Turbo RWD
We've spent this week test driving an all-new Burnout car with our team and selected drivers. This car is the Nakamura Rai-jin Turbo RWD.
Big thanks to everyone for getting involved! We're now ready to unleash the Rai-jin on the rest of the world - it's now finally available to everyone in Paradise City.
It may be the fastest car in Burnout Paradise, but it's not for the faint-hearted. it's a thoroughbred race machine - a true test of your driving skills!
To access this online-only car, join or host any online game and head for the nearest Junkyard. It's located at the far right of your vehicle collection. Don't forget, when you leave the online session, you leave the car.
Hunter Olympus
And if that's not enough, next weekend will be your opportunity to finally get your hands on the Hunter Olympus, pictured here.
That's right, we're now ready to break out the big guns on Saturday 26th July at 10:00 Criterion Time! That's:
9:00am GMT
1:00am Pacific Time (US)
4:00am Eastern Time (US)
10:00am BST (British Summer Time)
11:00am for the rest of Europe
The Hunter Olympus is the biggest and heaviest vehicle in Paradise City - perfect for our brand new online game modes - Road Rage and Marked Man. If you haven't had a chance to check these modes out yet, access them from the Easydrive menu in-game.
Again, it's an online-only vehicle, so you'll need to host or join an online game to use it and you'll lose it, when you quit the session.
Enjoy!
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:05:09 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
CRASH TV makes the front of iTunes!
While the Codename: Cagney update rocks Paradise CIty on PlayStation, Xbox 360 owners wait excitedly for it to arrive on their consoles and our mailbag is spilling over with great mails from our fans who have been playing the Cagney update...we thought we'd share this great news with you.
We're proud to say that here in the UK, our CRASH TV video podcast has made it to the front page of the iTunes podcast section.
We'd like to say a huge 'thanks' to everyone who has subscribed and we're hoping that listeners of our previous audio podcast CRASH FM will join us this week as we move over to video only.
If anyone hasn't yet subscribed - click the link. The current podcast tells you all about how to get the Cagney update and expect, plus we meet Neil from the animation team who gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the what it takes to create the motorcycle rider for the forthcoming Davis update.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:32:29 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
While the Codename: Cagney update rocks Paradise CIty on PlayStation, Xbox 360 owners wait excitedly for it to arrive on their consoles and our mailbag is spilling over with great mails from our fans who have been playing the Cagney update...we thought we'd share this great news with you.
We're proud to say that here in the UK, our CRASH TV video podcast has made it to the front page of the iTunes podcast section.
We'd like to say a huge 'thanks' to everyone who has subscribed and we're hoping that listeners of our previous audio podcast CRASH FM will join us this week as we move over to video only.
If anyone hasn't yet subscribed - click the link. The current podcast tells you all about how to get the Cagney update and expect, plus we meet Neil from the animation team who gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the what it takes to create the motorcycle rider for the forthcoming Davis update.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:32:29 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Clarity on Cars
If you picked up this week's Cagney software update on Playstation 3 and were looking forward to the new Olympus 4x4, and the new Tiger GT and Tempesta Dream paint-jobs, you'll have to wait just a little longer!
We're launching these vehicles as part of our major weekend "Graduation" events - called "Mount Olympus", "Eye of the Tiger" and "Tempestuous". We'll reveal more here on the site, in the Crash TV podcast and of course on the Live News Page in Burnout Paradise.
In the meantime, we hope the fan-created Inferno Hippie Wagon and Hunter Oval Steel Racer, Live News Page and Calendar of broadcast events, 70 new multi-part Freeburn Challenges (complete with timer and leaderboard), new online game modes (Marked Man, Stunt Run and Road Rage), completely overhauled Ranked Racing, custom soundtracks and a stack of modifications are enough FREE new content to keep you going!
By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:00 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
If you picked up this week's Cagney software update on Playstation 3 and were looking forward to the new Olympus 4x4, and the new Tiger GT and Tempesta Dream paint-jobs, you'll have to wait just a little longer!
We're launching these vehicles as part of our major weekend "Graduation" events - called "Mount Olympus", "Eye of the Tiger" and "Tempestuous". We'll reveal more here on the site, in the Crash TV podcast and of course on the Live News Page in Burnout Paradise.
In the meantime, we hope the fan-created Inferno Hippie Wagon and Hunter Oval Steel Racer, Live News Page and Calendar of broadcast events, 70 new multi-part Freeburn Challenges (complete with timer and leaderboard), new online game modes (Marked Man, Stunt Run and Road Rage), completely overhauled Ranked Racing, custom soundtracks and a stack of modifications are enough FREE new content to keep you going!
By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:00 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Burnout Paradise Codename: Cagney hits the US PlayStation blog
We're so excited about the Codename: Cagney update making it to PlayStation we're telling the world about it!
Hit the link to head over to our piece on the US PlayStation Blog where we talk about Codename: Cagney and give a few more details on what's going on with the new Game Calendar that comes with the Codename: Cagney update.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:51:20 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
We're so excited about the Codename: Cagney update making it to PlayStation we're telling the world about it!
Hit the link to head over to our piece on the US PlayStation Blog where we talk about Codename: Cagney and give a few more details on what's going on with the new Game Calendar that comes with the Codename: Cagney update.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:51:20 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Drift Kings - our first live broadcast gameplay event is now live
Our first broadcast gameplay event is now live in Paradise City for PS3 players.
Until now you've been able to choose any car you want for race events, but we want to know what happens when we set up racing in cars grouped by style and performance.
This will change the way you race! Every Thursday, we'll run a new Face Off event in the Live Page Calendar.
Today, we're getting things started with Drift Kings! That means we're focusing all the action on our Japanese high-performance cars – the Nakamura Ikusa and the Kitano Hydros.
You'll be choosing from Ikusa GT, Ikusa Samurai, Hydros Custom or Hydros Techno only! We'll push your driving skills to the limit and see which of these cars is best.
Nakamura vs Kitano
Stunt Boost vs Speed Boost
Strength vs Agility
Who will win?
The event runs until 9:00am GMT (10:00am British Summer Time, 04:00am Eastern Time and 01:00am Pacific Time). Hit the site tomorrow to check out the leaderboards for the event and see how the cars were rated.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:05:02 GMT
Topic: Burnout Team News
Our first broadcast gameplay event is now live in Paradise City for PS3 players.
Until now you've been able to choose any car you want for race events, but we want to know what happens when we set up racing in cars grouped by style and performance.
This will change the way you race! Every Thursday, we'll run a new Face Off event in the Live Page Calendar.
Today, we're getting things started with Drift Kings! That means we're focusing all the action on our Japanese high-performance cars – the Nakamura Ikusa and the Kitano Hydros.
You'll be choosing from Ikusa GT, Ikusa Samurai, Hydros Custom or Hydros Techno only! We'll push your driving skills to the limit and see which of these cars is best.
Nakamura vs Kitano
Stunt Boost vs Speed Boost
Strength vs Agility
Who will win?
The event runs until 9:00am GMT (10:00am British Summer Time, 04:00am Eastern Time and 01:00am Pacific Time). Hit the site tomorrow to check out the leaderboards for the event and see how the cars were rated.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:05:02 GMT
Topic: Burnout Team News
Our latest Burnout Paradise software update codenamed Cagney is now live
Criterion Games announces that its latest and most ambitious downloadable update for Burnout Paradise software is now live on Playstation 3.
To access the update, simply switch on your Playstation 3 with the Burnout Paradise disk in it and accept the update to 1.30 instruction.
For a complete list of the new FREE content available with this download, hit this link.
This is the first major new content of our "Year of Paradise" - the first big step towards our transformation of the Burnout franchise through 12 months of Game Changing downloadable content.
The next major update, codenamed Davis, will be available around the end of August and will bring a Burnout first - motorcycles! Plus day / night gameplay, weather and much, much more. We'll bring you details here on criteriongames.com and of course on our new live news page in Burnout Paradise.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:14:29 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
Criterion Games announces that its latest and most ambitious downloadable update for Burnout Paradise software is now live on Playstation 3.
To access the update, simply switch on your Playstation 3 with the Burnout Paradise disk in it and accept the update to 1.30 instruction.
For a complete list of the new FREE content available with this download, hit this link.
This is the first major new content of our "Year of Paradise" - the first big step towards our transformation of the Burnout franchise through 12 months of Game Changing downloadable content.
The next major update, codenamed Davis, will be available around the end of August and will bring a Burnout first - motorcycles! Plus day / night gameplay, weather and much, much more. We'll bring you details here on criteriongames.com and of course on our new live news page in Burnout Paradise.
By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:14:29 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News
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