Planes? In MY Burnout?

@Nex Antonius:

Haha, so did I. 20 bucks from gamefly.

jello44

I can imagine the possibilities.

Oh shit.

No.

Stop imagining 9/11.

STOP IT.

Polterg3ist

Awesome, I cannot describe how awesome this is!

Hopefully it might be some good action, imagine battles, races and stunts! Anyway, let Criterion dream...

Who knows, it might be a reality...

ultimate920

i can see it now, cruising under the highway in my helicopter at 325 mph, i attempt to pause to figure out which freaking way i need to turn and i crash into a pillar sending my flaming wreckage onto the bikes below.

SAGA

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:
Couldnt agree more. We dont need a million guitar hero's. Before the rise of downloadable content sure but now there's no excuse for it.

SolidOni

WHAT? My mind just exploded.

d3ath_fly

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic: Actually Polyphony seem to be going for that with Gran Turismo 5 this gen.

I heard different new elements will be introduced later (like damage modeling). Knowing this, I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually offered news car (maybe synchronized with the actual introduction of new models during big Auto Shows. Maybe even new tracks and enhanced physics. Who knows!

Didn't they talk about GT for kids too?

Kaneda

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:
Yeah I remember 4 MGS games last gen. [sarcasm]

Although suppose there were like 5 burnout games >_<

fadecy

You take Crash mode out, but want to add planes?!?!??!

This isn't a flight sim!!!!

Enigma_20XX

@eugaet: Uh this over Ace Combat? This isn't the first time planes have been in videogames dude. Also in burnout fashion wouldn't the plane just smoke the building with the building taking no damage what-so-ever....?

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

@eugaet:
Yeah fighter jets in a coastal city. That's exactly like 9/11

fadecy

While I wonder and have NO idea how that could POSSIBLY work, I definitely look forward to it. Will we be receiving these updates as well on the PC?

LordMagnusMastah

They are definately making this game better and better... Although it makes me ask are they actually working on other stuff?

Planes will be crazy cool, its quite nice to see everytime I play the game theres an update.

flukielukie

Aw...I sorta feel something has been lost. What happened to the sleek, efficient racing that was in Burnout 2: Point of Impact?! It was all about driving as fast as possible and rewarded dangerous driving, but didn't have that Doritos Extreme flavour that post Takedown titles now have.

I sorta mourn the implementation of the Doritos Extreme.

Talk about feeling like an old codger.

pylon_trooper

Ok I'm sorry but where is this info comming from? Its nowhere on their website.

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

Lol, and thus, Criterion shall move onto Sonic games at one point =P

Ultrasinc

SRSLY?

I'm a bit confused by this...

EndersGame

I wish my copy of burnout 3 still worked. Not my fault. I just played it everyday for like 3 years until the disk stopped working.

Amazon_Chris

@DukeOfPwn: Haha! As if it was your decision! I think Criterion knows more than you what their game is about, or what they want it to be about.

Now try training your brain: "Burnout is a racing game that allows players to pilot different vehicles"

Kaneda

what the hell?

that said, i'm all about it. i have no idea how this is going to work. hope it ends up cool.....

jfx316

@justhesh: Burnout 3 was the best one easily...

Wayneski

I'm so glad I recently bought Burnout Paradise. This is...simply priceless.

Nex Antonius

I.... love..... Burnout.

LegendK1ll3r

@justhesh: Please don't tell me your serious, Takedown was probably the finest of all burnouts. And it was still developed by criterion.

My friends any I have been looking for a game to play together and we're utterly sick of CoD4 and FPSs for the time being. As you can pick this up for such a good price the DLC could be a deal maker.

NecronomiconUK

See, this is what I'd like to see more of from other developers. You make a solid core game...then expand the hell out of it with periodic updates. To the point where you don't necessarily need more than one of "Game X" each generation.

Hell, console games take so damn long to develop these days that it seems like a good route to go...each generation gets its one (or at most two) Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Burnout, Final Fantasy, Tekken, Metal Gear, etc.

I mean seriously, do we really need three to four sequels of every franchise each generation? With rare exception, I'd say "no".

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

That would be kick ass if you could fly them. Start a road rage, go into the air...OH CRAP! THERE'S ENEMY PLANES TOO!!

Amazon_Chris

@justhesh: EA didn't make Burnout, Criterion did. Also, if EA was skull-fucking the hypothetical Burnout corpse, they'd be charging us for the updates.

Americo

Dude. Awesome. This is AWESOME.

Maldron

wtf? more like wtc

osteofight

Very happy with Criterion's support of this game, the updates just keep coming and coming.

KennyLanzJr

I was tempted to get Paradise for the PS3 so I could get myself some trophies while waiting for other games to get them patched in.

I originally decided not to though since I have it for 360 and have basically completed it. This is kinda swinging my view though since the online of Burnout was great fun, but I don't really want to pay for a Gold account just for one game.

hamandcheeseUK

@KM91: Stuff we've never thought about. Stuff we've never dreamed about. Stuff that would totally make me get off my ass and go buy Burnout Paradise.

Americo

Man, I hope this is a trend. A whole game about wrecking vehicles of all sorts.

Guild_Navigator

Luke, everything the link says is they're EXPERIMENTING with planes. They could be experimenting with riding bears and rollerskates and it wouldn't mean shit. So unless you have another source, making this sound like an official announcement is a load of bullshit.

maxax

EA raped Burnout when they made Burnout 3.

Now they're just skull-fucking its corpse.

justhesh

Racing Jets above the city weaving between buildings?

YES PLEASE.

Winterbringer

LOLWUT

Pbombas

How the hell do you realistically, well as realistic as the burnout franchise is, have a car race a plane? I'm not saying that I'm not really interested in seeing it, but that just sounds weird.

Hauler

I will cave in and get Paradise ONLY if you can have "Highway to the Danger Zone" blasting while you buzz the tower...
Oh, they added custom soundtracks? Now all I need is a tower to buzz...

DukeOfPwn

So Spaceships next?
Make it happen!

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

@warxsnake: Yeah, beating rush hour traffic just isn't the same without them....

Red Peter

Wtf? Awesome if it's true. I lost interest in this game after about 3 weeks unfortunately, maybe this'll fix me up.

Blind_Evil

Awesome F-14 Top Gun pic!

Shiryu

Oh jeez. I have nothing against the idea, sounds like it could be cool...but I'm bracing for the inevitable 9/11 connection certain people are going to try to make. I'm sure some blowhard is going to mention this as the new game the terrorists are training on.

eugaet

AfterburnerOut? Sure, why not.

ninjaraiden

I think I need to finally pick this up. Criterion really knows how to do right by their fans. More companies should do free post-release content like they do.

TheLastGunslinger

@PepsiPerfect: Burnout game*

PepsiPerfect

I have never played a Burnout.

Now, I have no choice.

PepsiPerfect

@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino:
Crashed the Shark!

otimus

beautiful pic of that F14. miss those.. :)

warxsnake

Epic idea. I know the hardcore burnout fans might not approve but the idea of a plane going against a car is very interesting.

SolidOni

OK....did I just read that?Planes...in burnout?

Id consider this jumping the shark...but in the most awesome badass way possible.

Tom Clancy's Samuraidino

Hmmm... if this happens I might just get the game. I'm a long time fan of Burnout, but after playing the demo I went back to my bargain bin Flatout: Ultimate Carnage and forgot all about it.

Red Peter

Uhhhh OK.....how is this going to work? What is your plane going to just be on the ground but going really fast? Maybe it will be an air specific burnout; also don't they have to put the airport that they had in burnout paradise pre-beta? I'm really scared and interested in how this will turn out.

Smash88

What are they thinking?

KM91

they should add explosions too.

JetPogi

oh by the way, are there any snakes on these planes?

shichi

I think Criterion is forgetting that this is a CAR GAME. First the motorcycles, now this?

DukeOfPwn

Oh my...
fuck.

I wish I could stand the single player in this game, but all the new online modes along with motorcycles, night driving, custom music, and fucking AIRPLANES?

*slowly reaches for game shelf...*

jiSh

haha sounds awesome. the crash scenes in burnout are already eye candy. add in a plane or two and you've got my full attention

shichi

??? Are they on speed?

neo177117

plane......hmmm...wtf ???

ajay_solidsnake

I dont know about this, sounds pretty scary

Allcars

That does it. I've got to get this game.

archibaldleech

And the countdown to the next round of 'terrorism simulator' stories begins...

pixelkitty

@DukeOfPwn: You mean like...it's a RACING game? You know, because RACING games can feature vehicles that consist of two wheels, three wheels, four wheels, and maybe even six if they wanted -- or even none. We've seen 'em in Midnight Club and even Project Gotham, so why not Burnout?

RavenGT

@maxax: Exactly.
Seriously guys, this could even be sarcasm. Running a small hint as fact is BS.

Erwin

I thought I knew what was going on, but I looked at my calendar and it isn't April 1st.

crapsh00t

I can only hope that when the planes crash, hundreds of burning snakes fly out of the wreckage. And Samuel L. Jackson flying out, in mid karate kick.

ShaggE

Dude, Luke, how can you make an article like this over a sentance like this: "(we're even experimenting with planes!)"

At least mention that it's not 100% certain.

Cchrist

I hope when Criterion said they would add planes to Burnout, they meant the Diddy Kong Racing type and not a full blown Boeing 747 or a Cessna.

Criterion, you guys rock. Thank you for keeping Burnout Paradise a fresh product each time. I speak for your PS3 user base when we were delighted that you would be adding trophies to Paradise. Bikes, awesome. Now planes...seriously guys, we love your updates to Burnout Paradise but don't you guys think that's a little too much jelly filling into one donut?

r3m1x

Wow ... gonna have to give this a look when they add it.

Though if they charge for it ... then nah!

EnigmaNemesis

I'm all for additional content for the game, but I have to say that until I see it working well, I am of the mind that this is an idea I don't need. Planes? Whatever happened to Burnout being about racing?

wild homes needs help finding the TLC tip!

@Americo: I was refering to EA's bringing the title back from the proverbial dead when they acquired publishing rights, and subsequently the changing of the game into something else entirely.

@NecronomiconUK: I am serious. After 3, it stopped being a racing franchise about taking chances and turned into a crash derby circuit. 1 and 2 are the only games that remain true to the series and its point.

justhesh

@Wayneski: No. No, it wasn't.

justhesh

@Amazon_Chris: Bears on unicycles!

B

That sounds so awesome.

AndroidKing

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:

/agree

EnigmaNemesis

Does anyone else think that the flying a plane into buildings thing is gonna get some bad repurcussions in the media?

Trailnutz

Dear EA,

just make an arcedy flight game ala After Burner. this is not sounding like fun at all.

zanzibarlegend

@maxax: Riding Bears would kick ass. Unicycles too.

Amazon_Chris

@neo177117:

Pun intended?

lol, I may have to buy this now. I rented it and it was awesome. This closes the deal.

baconfrenzy

@justhesh: It's so true, isn't it. I sense you're a fellow who appreciated the stateliness of Burnout and Burnout 2: Point of Impact...where it was all about racing, rather than smashing opponents off the track. Good for some, not for others.

@Cchrist: It doesn't matter what he writes, it's money in his pocket.

pylon_trooper

I can see it now...."DamnN you got MESSED up on that CLOUD son!!!#$"

JesseLacey

Man I had ZERO interest in this game when it came out. Now, with the motorbikes & the planes & the new areas, I think I'm gonna pick it up. Best use of DLC hands-down in my opinion.

CarlitosColon

Not sure about this. But I got faith in Criterion.

hagridore

This game is awesome.

reddevil3

@KeroseneClimax: Whoops, that was directed at neo177117.

KeroseneClimax

i honestly dunno how to react to this lol

um hooray?

ShnitzelsBelgianROFLs

@ajay_solidsnake: Yup. They felt the need for speed. Just right after taking a left on the highway to the danger zone.

KeroseneClimax

Are they crazy....

Wait don't give them their drugs... I think I want this.

kinglink

um, what?

VixDiesel

@Polterg3ist: i thought that, too. we're bad people....

jfx316

Wait, what? Planes? In Burnout? Do they have any idea how bad it would look when a game that encourages crashing introduces planes? Assuming they are player-controlled, you'll be seeing people going kamikaze on cars, buildings, bridges, etc. Yeah, that's a great idea. Hope that this is just some added atmosphere and not Criterion being insane.

Xenigma

*facepalm*
What next? Dogfights? Aliens? A dancing portion?
????

fuchikoma

"what are you driving?" "oh, the f-22! Already got 45 takedowns on this guy!" "how's that? Crash into em?" "nah, I just use a hellfire missile."

xoforoct

Rofl what the HELL.
I honestly had to check the date then, to make sure it wasn't April 1st. We sure this isn't some leftover newspiece from April fools? lol, the idea is definitely interesting if nothing else.

Y2Jason

@Mr_Fuzzypaws:

?

LORDofDANCE

You people are fucking idiots.

Mr_Fuzzypaws

If planes are added, I'll but it as soon as its announced.

tdreher

They should have titled it "Burnout: Everything...Eventually"

OoBaSNoRk

If this happens then I just might start playing Burnout Paradise again.

Pepsiman34

lemme be clear about some of ya who are up in arms about people getting sensitive about 9/11.

im from nyc, i lost friends in that tower. but cmon i dont see the connection. i think this is corny just because, not for any moral views. planes racing against cars? thats not even a competition. but lets see how they do pull it off. i have the right to be skeptical until i see for myself.

zanzibarlegend

April fools! Oh wait, never mind. I'm interested in how well this would work, and would be very impressed if it turns out well.

el_rezzo

I don't even understand how that could possibly work but it's still awesome.

XbhaskarX

Make pretty, sexy machines go real fast and them crash them? Sounds like a video game to me. I'm in.

Turtlestack

Facking oresome.

InsidiousTuna

I feel like Burnout Paradise will feel like a brand new game pretty soon. I'm glad I got it, these updates they're offering are sick.

mfwahwah

@LORDofDANCE:

Go read the site.

Mr_Fuzzypaws

I just wish they would add redo and COLOR

Denver80203

I don't know man, planes? I have nothing against planes, but planes? This sounds like something better suited for its own game.

Replica23

If they could just re-introduce crash junctions and allow us to figure out the best to ram our planes into the middle of busy intersections...

...it would be as if a little piece of Heaven has been brought down to Earth for us to cherish.

Twisk

mutha-flyin' planes! Now I have a reason to pick this up along with a PS3.

firstworldman

@jello44: Same place. Only I had 10% off and a 5 dollar off coupon. I almost bought DMC4. I'm very glad I didn't go the direction.

Nex Antonius

@OoBaSNoRk: Yeah, soon it will be Burnout: Grand Theft Auto.

lenandude

Wow. I think they are crazy. This is like GTA but missing a lot of the features. It'll be crazy seeing what kind of damage you can do to the plane, though.

lenandude

@Mr_Fuzzypaws:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY YOU PEOPLE?!!!!11

/sarcasm

jello44

@justhesh: YES!!! Thank You!!! Fucking Burnout hasn't been good since 2! 3 was okay but you knew that it wouldn't ever be the same. This planes crap is just unbelievably bad.

At this point I would hope to get at least an HD port of Burnout 1 and 2 with online play. Not DL mind you , but a full fledged disc. I just want my old Burnout back.

Netnavi

Now I HAVE to get this game. Seriously, can't get crazier than this.

artofwar420

Well, hey, at least this'll make some of those annoyingly-placed billboards easier to smash through.

PMAvers

Never before has one of my tip-offs to Kotaku felt so bonerific. There is absolutely no way they can mess this up.

On the other hand, I can see myself calling it the Water Ski, Ramp and Shark Pool update. How do you top this?

Mainman

This is sexy. I would love to fly through the underpass, break a few Burnout signs, then proceed rack up millions going apeshit in traffic.

PsycheE

Racing cars against motorcycles was unheard of before Midnight Club came along. Call me crazy, but this might work. Also, I WANT TO RIDE A BEAR ON A UNICYCLE. HE SHOULD HAVE A HAT, TOO.

Pablos102030

Airplanes? Whoamazing! They just need to patch in the traffic mechanics from Burnout Revenge and I'll be set.

Altersparck

@Netnavi: Me too. I guess the best we do is Burnout Dominator. That's as close to the old school Burnouts (read: 1 & 2) as we're gonna get, it seems.

pylon_trooper

@maxax: Whoa bears and rollerskates!? I'm getting this for sure!

Aflack: Likes slushies

Bad luke! Bad Bad Luke!

They say they are expirimenting with Airplanes... Rephrase your headline unless you want to turn Kotaku to a Murdoch-empire-esque headline grabbing games site.

Tetsuwan

Of course, the plane won't have a speedometer (and probably no altimeter) so you're screwed.

lordargent

This could either make the game even better or just crash the whole franchise down the ground.

dakimstar

I want the ability to ride an atomic bomb ala Slim Pickens, THEN go into crash mode!

supercrap

@Tetsuwan:
Agreed. I love Kotaku, my main news site - but Ive recently become infatuated with Burnout Paradide - so when I saw this news story I knew it wasn't 100% confirmed.

However, there is a test screenshot of a plane in this month's Edge magazine in the UK..

RagingAvatar

absolutely must buy this now. I've got to support this kind of love from developers...

elronathon

How the hell is that going to work? :S

Rybo5000

You know what, I've actually have felt bad for not buying this game and supporting Criterion. I think I'm going to do it this month, foregoing my budgeted Ninja Gaiden II buy. They really want me to play this game.

Pornosaur

@justhesh: Ehh? Quite a lot of people think B3 was the best in the series.

And yeah, planes were actually coming for a long time. Rumor was around since the motorbike announce.

Eranmane

Does nobody here listem to the burnout podcast? They have been talking about the planes for months! It looks like the planes will not be racing, but will act as flying cameras for people who want to observe people racing and challenging. They will probably be able to crash into cars though, and may have some challenges of their own. Burnout paradise is awesome, and anyone who likes burnout and didn't get it is missing out on something special. The single player is just practice for the multiplayer, use it to earn new cars and learn the city, then just hop online!

MrLister

@pylon_trooper: I share your sorrow. Burnout Two was easily my favorite of the franchise. I HATE traffic checking. So lame.

symeon6

Diddy Kong Racing...?

By the way, this sounds familiar: First cars, then bikes, now planes... Then, the next Mario Kart will include planes!!!!

Chopper_Mike

@Chopper_Mike:

No it wont, it will be the same shit it has been, just like the Wii version was.

EnigmaNemesis

MrLister: Burnout paradise is awesome, and anyone who likes burnout and didn't get it is missing out on something special.

I like the burnout series (started with takedown), but don't care for paradise that much.

It seems like in their effort to create an open world racer, they left out a lot of the features that made the previous burnouts fun for me.

/at least now we're finally getting online road rage. That should have been a feature in the game at launch.

/still waiting for a real crash mode

/and a speedometer

lordargent

Regarding my earlier comment:

Hey, I'm not saying I believe that. I'm just saying there's one or more idiots out there who will.

Like I said, I think it sounds cool and would play it. Burnout on it's own is pretty cool anyway, but add jets? Damn.

eugaet

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Burnout Paradise is NOT a racing game. It is a driving game that happens to include racing. Much in the same way GTA has races, but Paradise is actually fun.

Mr_Fuzzypaws

OMFNG... This is game is awesome even before the updates.

Since the played the demo, and picked up the game shortly after it debuted, I've never grown tired of it.

Now Planes....good god...I feel like that Rick Ashley song now...

Nubius

Can't wait to see this!!! :D

Ali

only way you'll crash planes into the ground is if you're stupid. crashing in the air makes no sense either. now if there were a max height limit. like say the damn plane isn't allowed to fly higher than a trucks for some odd reason, then that'd be interesting to dodge traffic. i still don't see this working well.

islandknight

They showed us some footage of planes months ago. Someone on the development team made it for fun and they decided to show the community just to see what they thought of it.

They still haven't decided if they're putting it into the game yet.

Cube1701

This has some serious potential for awesome.

Tannrar

Whoa, whoa, whoa, everybody.

There has been *no* announcement about planes coming to Paradise. Not a single one. I'm one of Criterion's elite fans and I'm in daily contact with members of the team, including those responsible for the announcements.

The only thing that has happened with regards to planes is that the team has a prototype of a plane that was done by a member of the team for his own personal pleasure. Aside from some footage of it in one of the video podcasts and allowing some of the visiting fans to try it out, nothing further was announced about it.

The podcast also repeatedly stressed that it was a prototype and had a VERY good chance of not making it into the game.

Someone at Kotaku must have been itching to post and dug up this old nugget. Nothing to get excited about.

zerojay

Great idea, but I won't buy it unless they add trains and submarines.

Andur1l

Here come the "THIS IS A SEPT 11 SIMULATOR" people. Can't you already see them coming?

mistake

it sounds like a blast.

KineticIIV

San Francisco Rush for the Dreamcast had freaking retractable wings(other versions lacked the wings), but you could only use them if you were already airborn. It was still insane fun though, especially with the stunt mode, trying to use the wings to float your way into tokens in the sky. If paradise let you retract wings and take off into the sky from the highway, it'd be insanity. Even if they only have one end-game bonus car that can retract wings, it will be intense. Would be so great to see separate race times for races completed entirely on the ground versus ones that took the aerial shortcut. So long as you can fly over the ocean a bit, it'd be pretty nice to be able to fly low enough so as to ski on the water, then hit a water ramp and launch back onto land.

Played GTA4 whenever it came out, but after Paradise, the cars and graphics in GTA4 just seemed a bit weak. Of course you can't run over people and steal their cars in Paradise, among all the other things you can't do in Paradise, but great things would happen if the driving element of GTA were to improve to Paradise's level.

CMay

This sounds just crazy enough to bring Burnout back from the dead.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.