Crash FM 31

The latest Crash FM podcast #31 is currently uploading and should be available to iTunes subscribers in the next few hours.

If you can't wait that long, here's the video we recorded as it went out live this afternoon.



By ThomasB@Criterion - Fri, 09 May 2008 18:23:20 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

Xbox 360 Burnout Paradise Bogart Update

Great news! The Xbox 360 Bogart update will be released on Monday at 02:00am Pacific Daylight Time on Monday.

By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 09 May 2008 18:18:16 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

Burnout Paradise Ultra Widescreen PC Footage

As you can see from the colossal portrait screen shots we've already released, we're experimenting with the flexibility the PC gives us to present different screen configurations for Burnout Paradise on the PC.



Hit our Media & Downloads section for a movie of Burnout Paradise running in what we're calling "Ultra-Widescreen", an epic, double wide-screen view that we're playing with here at Criterion Games. Resolution is an incredible 3840 x 1200.

This is a must-have for anyone who thinks one monitor just isn't enough!

By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:29 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

PC Paradise 8-player test in progress

Here's a movie of some of the PC team testing 8-player PC Paradise over our test server.

To view in high definition, hit the "HD is Off" tab on the video and click through to Vimeo's site.

Burnout Paradise - PC - 8 Player from burnoutteamrocks on Vimeo.

By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 09 May 2008 17:20:04 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

Criterion Games unveils first Burnout Paradise running on PC – first footage!

Here's Burnout Paradise running on a laptop. We showed it during this week's Crash FM podcast.

This is hosted for the first time on Vimeo, an awesome You Tube style site, which kindly hosts and streams high resolution videos.

Just click on the video and select "HD is Off", then link through to Vimeo's site to see this live.

Burnout Paradise -Laptop from burnoutteamrocks on Vimeo.

By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 09 May 2008 17:15:36 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

PC Paradise 1st images

You saw it here first.

These are the first ever shots of a Burnout game running on the PC.

But to understand how awesome these shots are, you really need to see them in their native resolution!

What you can see, if you click through to our Flickr site , select "All Sizes" and then "Original" is 1920 x 2400 images taken straight from the game!

The PC allows us to experiment with a variety of multi-screen configurations, so we thought we'd try out a double-screen huge portrait image of the game.









Here you can see Tarquin playing an epic Paradise session.



This is Paradise City as you've never seen it!

Like everything else on this site, we're haven't treated these images in any way – they're just output direct from the PC in real time. so naturally that's 60Hz progressive.

We don't want to waste time making our work-in-progress look finished, so there's never any touch-up, up-res or faked game imagery. You get to see what we're building as we build it!

And in the case of PC Paradise, the game just spits out unbelievably fine shots, even at this early stage of development.

By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 09 May 2008 15:58:41 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

Burnout Paradise Announced for the PC

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.



By TheTeam@Criterion - Fri, 09 May 2008 12:22:21 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

Guess the Car Competition Results

Congratulations to our 3 winners in yesterday's Guess the Car competition!

Wallace (Gamertag "oO Wallace Oo"), James (PSN ID "BAD_COMPANY82") and Mario (PSN ID "Hission") will all receive awesome Burnout t-shirts.

And if you were wondering, here are the answers! Click the image view in high resolution on our Flickr site.





By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 08 May 2008 17:35:19 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

Real Burnout!

Big thanks to Demandred32H for sending in this superb Burnout-esque crash shot.



"I am an avid Burnout Paradise player, and also a crew chief on a superlate model dirt track race car. Two weeks ago we had an on track incident and this photo just screams Takedown, don't you agree?

"That's my car on the bottom. My driver Brad didn't suffer any injuries. We got the car fixed and back racing 1 week later."

Awesome.

By TheTeam@Criterion - Thu, 08 May 2008 16:29:26 GMT
Topic: Burnout Paradise News

                     

Kicking it in Freeburn

I'm 101% but still far short of completing all 350 Freeburn Challenges, so last night I hopped into a few random Freeburns to see if I could tick a few more off the list.

I ended up Freeburning in sessions being hosted by BAROUD , DJOllie and Zoiprincess1 – a big shout out to all of them.

They were all running great sessions, a few simple Challenges to start with and gradually moving everyone around Paradise City by smartly choosing Challenges that were in nearby spots of the map. They kept the Challenges coming thick and fast, and despite random players joining the session and dropping out again, they were quick to bring up a new Challenge to keep the party going.

After a few hours, a new player dropped into our 8-player session driving a Hunter Citizen. (I won’t name the player, as they were acting like a jerk and from their behaviour, would probably delight in the notoriety.) As the rest of us set about smashing billboards around the city it became increasingly obvious that this new player wasn’t joining in. It wasn’t like he didn’t know what to do – after several minutes everyone in the game headed over to his position on the map to help out and see what was going on – did they need help? No – the player was deliberately avoiding joining in the challenge and was aggressively taking everyone down in the game. After 20 minutes the challenge was unfinished and an improvised game, reminiscent of “Marked Man” began as everyone in the game did their best to head off the rogue player and drive them off the road or into a billboard.

Ultimately, I quit the game – I was in it for the challenges and really didn’t have any more time to waste.

Which brings me to the other point of this post – if you’re running a Freeburn - how do you kick badly behaved players?

It’s a slightly ‘hidden’ feature but if used carefully can help keep a Freeburn rolling if it gets crashed by someone who genuinely wants to spoil the party.

Bring up the Easy Drive menu.
Scroll down to Show Players
On the players list, select the name of the offending player
Then select KICK PLAYER



To borrow a phrase - with great power comes great responsibility.

Freeburning is about cooperation - if someone’s genuinely struggling, help them, give them encouragement. If they’re really struggling - cancel the Challenge and choose something easier. But, if they’re there to spoil everyone’s fun, you know what to do...



By SimonP@Criterion - Thu, 08 May 2008 12:38:01 GMT
Topic: Burnout Team News