Burnout Paradise : ça va Cagney !

Avant même que la mise à jour de Burnout Paradise surnommée Bogart ne soit disponible en téléchargement sur les PlayStation Network et Xbox Live - elle arrivera le 24 avril prochain -, Criterion Games a confirmé sur son site officiel plancher déjà sur un tout nouveau patch baptisé Cagney. Trois nouveaux modes de jeu en ligne feront leur apparition : Stunt Run, Road Rage et Marked Man. Suffisamment évocateur, le mode Stunt Run consistera à réaliser le plus grand nombre de cascades possible avant la fin du chrono. Road Rage verra deux équipes s'affronter sur le bitume, l'une essayant par tous les moyens d'empêcher l'autre d'atteindre la ligne d'arrivée. Enfin, le mode Marked Man testera les talents de pilote du joueur, puisqu'il devra survivre aux attaques portées par les concurrents. Le prix et la date de mise en téléchargement du patch Cagney n'ont pas été précisés.

Patch Cagney Burnout Paradise

Online Stunt Run :

• This is 8-player simultaneous online Stunt Run ? everyone competes for the highest score within the 2 minute time limit and you can play anywhere in Paradise City.
• An on-screen display shows all player scores, so you can easily see how you're doing.
• Earn multipliers for taking each other out but you lose your combo score, if you're taken down.
• Eliminated players are greyed out of the scoring area but can exact brutal revenge by chasing after players that have managed to keep their combos alive beyond the time-out.
• For the first time, you can drive alongside someone as they complete a billion score in Stunt Run - you can absolutely use this mode to try and show off to your friends.

Online Road Rage :

• This is an 8-player online team event.
• At the start, everyone chooses their team (red or blue).
• One team of "runners" has to drive to a checkpoint then the finish ? they can only see one checkpoint ahead.
• The other team has to take them down. These guys can see the checkpoint and finish and choose whether to wait and ambush in key locations, shortcut to the action if they get left behind or just follow the pack and cause chaos.

Online Marked Man:

• We randomly choose a "Marked Man".
• There's an intense few moments, while all players wait for the selection to be made ? you want to stay close to other players, so you can hit the Marked Man, as soon as he's selected but far enough away that that you can run like hell if it's you that's the Marked Man.
• The target is selected and a 90 second timer starts ? you get 1 point if you survive and 1 point if you take down the Marked Man. After 90 seconds a new Marked Man is selected at random.
• If you're the Marked Man, you can't see the attacking players on the map, your car is a little slower and you don't get boost.
• The session usually consists of around 10-12 minutes of intense gameplay depending on the number of players involved.