Trophies coming to Burnout Paradise 'soon'

by Jem Alexander { Jul 1st 2008 at 2:00PM }

A second Burnout Paradise post has appeared on the PlayStation Blog. Mostly this post, by Criterion's Simon Phipps, discusses the upcoming Timed Challenges. These are just one facet of the upcoming free Cagney update and consist of seventy new Freeburn Challenges to take part in online. For more information on those, be sure to check out the latest PlayStation Blog post.

While this is all very exciting, the most interesting piece of news in the post is the official word that Criterion are planning to incorporate trophies into the game "soon." They won't be included in the Cagney update, but they will be coming separately. We're not sure whether that means they'll be a part of the next update (the one beginning with D) or whether they'll be patched in on their own, but we're looking forward to seeing them arrive. Hopefully we'll hear more developers confirm their trophy plans over the next few weeks.

[UPDATE] Thanks to Phipps' response to the PlayStation Blog comments we now know that Burnout Paradise's trophies will work retroactively. This is thanks to the unique way that the game saves data via the PlayStation Network linked to your account. Don't expect this to be a common occurrence.

Tags: burnout-paradise, cagney, trophies

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

True_Darknight @ Jul 1st 2008 2:03PM

this is why these guys rule!!!!!

Sad they have to have EA slapped all over their game.. cause they def don't have the EA attitude!

devilmaker @ Sep 6th 2008 6:27PM

Yeah, but, maybe EA is getting something out of this too. You might not notice it, but there are loads of real life ads. Maybe everytime they update the game with dlc the advertisers pay them to keep their ads in the game.

Leigh Bartram @ Jul 1st 2008 2:07PM

Oh man this is so cool finally something to shut up the 360 fanboys!!!

Matthew M @ Jul 1st 2008 2:18PM

"We're not sure whether that means they'll be a part of the next update (the one beginning with D)"

Just FYI guys the patch after Cagney is Davis (introduces night-time and motorbikes), and the one after that is Eastwood (new island and DLC).

[www.criteriongames.com]

justinb @ Jul 1st 2008 2:18PM

F*** Ya! I love these guys know what they are doing.

Tim Parsons @ Jul 1st 2008 2:43PM

Awesome ,. I've actually had this Game since March and have yet to even get around to playing it, I loved the Demo and know I'll love the game I've just been playing other games and waiting as the updates come down, so Once I get Overlord:raising Hell tmw and have that finished up, I'll be getting into this game off and on over the summer and catching up on rentals i didnt wanna buy

klexam @ Jul 1st 2008 2:56PM

I too own this and have been playing other games. Looking forward to the updates. I will be playing this again in the next month or so.

K1LL1NG @ Jul 1st 2008 3:27PM

Isn't this the way that Warhawk's saves work too?

KUV1977 @ Jul 1st 2008 3:46PM

Warhawk stuff is similar...

Uncharted Trophies have been 'announced' too.
http://uk.ps3.gamespy.com/articles/885/885361p1.html

Rated-G @ Jul 1st 2008 4:08PM

Does anyone know if the Super Stardust HD patch will allow the trophies to work retroactively? I figured there's a small chance that since the high scores are connected to our PSN ID that it COULD work, but I'm not sure... It'll just be disappointing if I have to re-do all the things I had ALREADY accomplished to get the system to recognize it...