Last week Gigaom noted unconfirmed sightings of an "Obama for President" billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today they are able to report that it is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator's campaign team.
Game Politics.com have only gotten one report of this, which seems a bit odd, but an Xbox Live gamer who goes by Dragunov765 has posted photos of what appear to be in-game ads for Barack Obama.
In a time when the video game industry as a whole is enjoying record profits month-over-month, you would be hard pressed to find a gaming exec directly asserting an anti-GameStop movement was taking place. Indirectly, however, the evidence is coalescing right in front of our eyes.
Console Monster writes: "Today's Xbox Live Marketplace update is heavily dominated by new Rock Band tracks (which will also be compatible with Rock Band 2). Don't forget about the Halo 3 title update which is now live and can be obtained by putting in your Halo 3 game disc when connected to Xbox Live. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Tuesday 23rd September 2008:
If you've downloaded the latest Bikes update for Burnout Paradise, codename Davis, to discover that your awards are missing, fear not. It turns out the game is still aware of your awards, but there is a bug with displaying the correct amount.
Console Monster writes: "After yesterday's rather weak content, today includes two new demos to the Marketplace as well as new content for Burnout: Paradise and a free Rock Band track. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Thursday 18th September 2008:
If you though the Cagney patch was groundbreaking, well Criterion promises that this second addition will be the best add-on for Burnout Paradise to date. One of the biggest additions to the game is the inclusion of motorcycles. Continue reading for a summary of the details.
From CriterionGames.com:
Jeremy Chubb, the Producer at Criterion Games posts on PlayStation blog:
Operation Burnout has discovered the map of the Burnout Paradise island on the screen of a computer in the background of a Crash TV podcast. The map isn't big or detailed, in fact it's pretty blurry and small, but you can still get an overview of the size of the place.
Criterion gives an update on what to expect when the new bike pack is released. Apparently the update extends the game another 9-10 hours. 70 new challenges are included and also a fresh new map of the city. And to top it off it is another FREE update.
Between the monthly NPD sales data and Electronic Arts' signing of two high-profile developers to new distribution agreements, yesterday was chock-full of gaming news. While those bits grabbed the most headlines, another of yesterday's EA announcements could prove to affect the industry even more.
According to Jeremy Chubb from Criterion, the upcoming software update, "Davis" (now known as "Bikes Pack"), will be completely free of charge, along with a whole host of other things.
Users at the Criterion Forums have finally confirmed the release of the Burnout Paradise: Cagney Update for the Xbox 360.
The addition of motorcycles to Burnout Paradise -- first announced back in April as part of the upcoming "Davis" update -- was an exciting prospect for fans of the smash-em-up racing series. But those who get a particularly sick kick out of seeing road-rashed riders are in for a disappointment: According to MTV Multiplayer, whose Stephen Totilo recently got some hands-on time with the update, human bodies won't be receiving that same level of patented Burnout damage during wrecks as car bodies do.
Criterion Games have announced a date for the Xbox 360 release of their long-awaited software update - codenamed Cagney.
Kotaku: Criterion is now "aiming," as it says, for an early August release for its long-awaited "Cagney" update to Burnout Paradise on Xbox 360. The developer had originally announced a July 10th release date, but now says August 4th is the "EARLIEST" (caps Criterion's) that it can be expected to be available.
After some controversy over the selective distribution of a new car, the Nakamura Rai-jin Turbo RWD, with the Cagney update, Criterion have decided to open it up and allow everyone to own the car.
Criteriongames reports: