The technology was just announced at E3 09 and already Microsoft is ready to put the technology to work on live TV on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Both Project Natal and the tech’s creative director Kudo Tsunoda made an appearance to show off the same two games that were featured during E3; a game where you have to smack balls at a wall brick breaker style and a modified version of Burnout Paradise.

Now, I don’t know about you guys but either Jimmy Fallon isn’t too good at video games or the technology is a bit glitchy. Both are completely plausible since the technology is still in at an extremely early stage.

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. ]]> http://www.digitalbattle.com/2009/05/22/criterion-releases-new-burnout-paradise-dlc-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.digitalbattle.com/2009/05/15/burnout-paradises-big-surf-island-details-revealed/ http://www.digitalbattle.com/2009/05/15/burnout-paradises-big-surf-island-details-revealed/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 21:16:16 +0000 Jeff Baker http://www.digitalbattle.com/?p=22956

Jeeze, the guys over at Criterion are really making haste to get every DLC pack they could think of for Burnout Paradise into consumer’s hands; this time it’s Big Surf Island.

There is no telling if the pack will introduce new cars like the previous packs but we do know that it will include 15 new events and 10 new online freeburn challenges. Criterion also hints that those looking to fully complete the game will want to find all 45 billboards scattered around the new island. Perhaps a new achievement?

According to Joystiq, Criterion says that Big Surf Island will feature a lot of “big air” when it hits. They also say that a full preview of the DLC pack is set to be revealed on May 28th.

After seemingly forever, Criterion has finally released a solid price point for Burnout Paradise’s upcoming Cops and Robbers DLC pack – The pack Xbox Live and the Playstation Network this Thursday for 800 Microsoft Points or $9.99, respectively.

Featured in the pack is an all new multiplayer gametype which has two teams fighting to obtain and return a stack of gold to their respective bases, you may remember as the mode we saw Criterion devs playing a few days ago. Also included in Cops and Robbers are 33 different police cars for you to use.

Read (Joystiq)

The hype surrounding Burnout Paradise’s upcoming Cops & Robbers pack is building with Criterion recently being caught on film playing one of the new game modes.

Showcased in the above episode of Crash TV is just that, Criterion devs duking it out as cops and robbers to find and capture a pile of gold and then rushing it back to their hideout.

I don’t know about you guys but this game mode looks like it could provide me with hours of fun. Sure we know that it’s coming April 30th, but can we get an official price, please?

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.

The update features the content needed to unlock the Legendary, Toy and Boost special vehicles – already released as paid DLC on consoles. They can be purchased from the in-game Burnout Store. The patch has to be applied if players wish to go online and have fun.

We learned that Burnout Paradise would be hitting the Steam service earlier this month but it was made official via Steam’s website that the game is now on the service.

Entitled Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, this $39.99 version included Burnout Paradise in its entirety including all of the free updates issued for the game as well as the Cagney and Bike content, and the Party Pack. 

All of the other paid for packs, like Legendary Cars, and Toy Cars, will not be included. Bummer.

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.

Read (Joystiq)

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.

Criterion Games has already released the ‘Legendary Cars’ pack for Burnout Paradise and now they are moving onto the ‘Toy Cars’ pack.

Apparently the pack was released by accident some time ago but it’s now getting an official release date of this Thursday.

Theres no word on pricing but when it was accidentally released via the Xbox Live Marketplace, the pack stood at 1,000 Microsoft points.

Read (Joystiq)

Criterion has recently uploaded videos to YouTube that showcase each car from the upcoming Legendary Cars pack, for Burnout Paradise, in all of their individual glory.

These videos give you a really look at just how true to the originals these remakes stay. My favorite? The Jansen 88 Special based on the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine from Back to the Future. It even floats and leaves flaming skid marks.

Check out the others after the break.

Criterion Games has recently announced via their official blog the pricing of the soon to be released Legendary Cars pack for Burnout Paradise.

The cars can be bought seperatly or together as a bundle. Prices are as follows:

Jansen 88 Special 

$3.99 / €3.99 / £3.19 / 320 MS

Hunter Manhattan Spirit

$1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59 / 160 MS

Hunter Cavalry Bootlegger

$1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59 / 160 MS

Carson GT Nighthawk

$1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59 / 160 MS

Legendary Cars Bundle

$7.99 / €7.99 / £6.29 / 600 MS

All of the above will hit both Xbox Live and PSN this Thursday, the 19th.

Today Criterion Games has announced via Twitter that the Legendary Cars pack, for Burnout Paradise, will be released this Thursday, Februrary 19th.

Available in the forthcoming Legendary Cars pack is the Back to the Future inspired Jensen 88, seen above, along with a car based on the Ghost Busters’ mobile, KITT, and the General Lee from he Dukes of Hazzard. Sounds cool? Only a few more days to wait for this blast from the past.

Oh and if you PC gamers were wondering, this announcement is for the console version of Burnout Paradise only, sorry.

Dubbed the “Cops and Robbers Pack”, the premium DLC will bring the “thrills and spills of cops and robbers car chases in Paradise City.” The pack is due out following the Party Pack, Legendary Cars, Toy Cars and Boost Specials Updates.

The cops and robbers mode was available in earlier Burnout games. Introduction of this mode in Paradise city is awesome, to say the very least!

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.

Criterion’s support for Burnout Paradise amazes me at times. The game has been out for over a year now and they are still pushing out new content for the game, and not just any content, but fun stuff! And they’re actually improving the game, too!

The developer has detailed the numerous tweaks and changes that will come with the next update for the game that is due out next month. Among the many changes is the oft-requested addition of a restart option, allowing players to try again without having to drive back to the events starting point. Other changes include improved vehicle handling and difficulty rebalancing.

Hit the studio’s website for full patch notes.

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.

Some of the new cars include the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard and KITT from Knight Rider, along with the previously announced DeLorean from Back to the Future.

The pack is slated to go online some time after the Party pack next month.