If you’re not familiar with it, Black was a game for the PS2 and original Xbox that was developed by Criterion Games. It was applauded for its approach to the FPS genre adding in little things like motion blur when reloading to make for the most realistic experience possible. One of the masterminds behind the game, Stuart Black, has moved on to be the creative director behind Bodycount.
These two game tie together because Stuart Black says that after playing Black on the Playstation Network, he realized that there was a need for a game that felt the same, and only he would be able to do that.
So, it seems that Bodycount will be like Black? Let’s hope so, I loved that game.
Criterion promised big air and boy did they deliver — What you see above is the debut trailer for Burnout Paradise‘s Big Surf Island DLC pack. There are two things that Criterion really focuses on in this trailer; the ridiculous amounts of ridiculously large jumps featured on Big Surf Island, and the Carson Dust Storm, a baja-esque car set to debut with the new pack.
Big Surf Island is looking to breath a new summer oriented life into Burnout Paradise on June 11th when it will drop for the PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 versions of the game.
The above video has recently hit the internet showcasing new vehicles to be included in Burnout Paradise’s Cops and Robbers DLC pack.
The Criterion dev does a good job giving you a full break of all 15 cop cars to be included in the pack. Just imagine seeing a pickup truck cop car in real life.
Unfortunately, there’s still no word on when the Cops and Robbers pack will be made available for download, we’ll keep you posted.
The guys over at Criterion Games sure are serious about Burnout Paradise, releasing a teaser trailer for yet another DLC pack slated for release.
This one’s called Cops and Robbers and, after viewing the trailer, one is led to believe that it will add a bunch of different patrol cars for players to use and outrun in a game mode similar to ones featured in previous Burnout games.
Other than the above teaser, there isn’t much information regarding the Cops and Robbers DLC pack, not even a release date or price range.
Wow Criterion is really on a roll with these Burnout Paradise DLC packs. First the Legendary Cars pack, then the Toy Cars pack, now the Boost Specials Collection pack.
Featured in the Boost Specials Collection pack are two cars; the Hawker Mech and Carson Extreme Hotrod.
Priced at 400 Microsoft Points, or 5 bucks, for both cars or 240 Microsoft Points ($3) seperately, the Boost Specials Collection will be available this Thursday on both the PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace.
Criterion Games’ Island Pete has recently announced via his Twitter that the Legendary Cars and Toy Cars DLC packs will finally be hitting the PC thanks to Steam’s digital distribution service.
Having already been released for the console versions of the game, PC owners have been pretty much left in the dark until now.
While there is no official release date for the DLC on the PC, it’s at least good to know that it’s coming.
Thank Joystiq for this one: they noticed a new trailer for the forthcoming PC release of Burnout Paradise that reveals that the open-world racer will eventually gain a cop pursuit mode as downloadable content.
The trailer shows in-game footage of a cop car, as well as an in-game listing for a downloadable add-on pack that is signified by a police badge. Past entries in the series have had pursuit modes where players took control of a police vehicle and apprehend speeding suspects before reaching the race’s end.
Since its release, Burnout Paradise has received quite a bit of downloadable content that introduces new vehicles, among other things. It is not known if this add-on will be premium or not.
EA sent out word that Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will be shpping to retailers across North America on February 5.
Now a PC exclusive, the new edition of the game features all downloadable content released so far on the PS3 and Xbox 360 so far and even more content. It can be noted that console versions of the game will get the Party mode as premium DLC, though Europe will get the Ultimate Box on all three systems.
The Party mode is an offline multiplayer mode where up to eight players can compete in challenges, one at a time, by passing the controller.
Along with the Party mode, the PC version also supports higher resolution graphics, more graphical pizazz and multiple monitors.
EA sent out word that Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will be shpping to retailers across North America on February 5.