Burnout Paradise to receive retroactive PlayStation Trophies

by Randy Nelson { Jul 1st 2008 at 3:55PM }

With nine days to go until Criterion's crazy-fast racer gets an infusion of new content via the "Codename: Cagney" update, designer Simon Phipps has confirmed on the PlayStation Blog that the game will also receive support for PlayStation Trophies "soon." He says that Trophy support won't be part of "Cagney," which will introduce 70 timed Freeburn challenges for the game's online component.

In a surprise turn, Phipps also revealed that Criterion was "thinking ahead" and the Trophies will, in fact, be retroactive, meaning that players will receive them for feats already performed in the game. This is, according to Phipps, possible because of the way Burnout Paradise save data is linked to players' PSN accounts, which also means it won't be happening in other PS3 games en masse.

Tags: BreakingNews, burnout, burnout-paradise, criterion, patch, PSN, trophies

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Pew @ Jul 1st 2008 4:06PM

I already read this on www.destructoid.com :(

Bad!

Boy With Balls on Chin @ Jul 1st 2008 4:11PM

You sir, are an idiot.

In other news, I think I may buy this game now with all of the updates and the lower price tag.

Jack FANTASTIC @ Jul 1st 2008 4:12PM

Destructoid... don't remind me of the pain and suffering I went through on that site...
drama

NATO_Duke @ Jul 1st 2008 4:20PM

That site has the same story on the same day and you have a problem with Joystiq talking about it too? Would you rather they made up news so others wouldn't cover it too? How about they just break into studios at night to get the news first.

Get over it. Every AP article is in all the papers every day too. You just wanted to moan about something.

Titanium_Orchid @ Jul 1st 2008 5:01PM

I would be willing to break into studios for news.

Titanium_Orchid @ Jul 1st 2008 4:11PM

Nice. I hope Sony gave Kojima a heads up so MGS4 will be retroactive as well.

I heard that the 2.4 update will be released tomorrow (Wednsday). Is this true?

uh-oh polio @ Jul 1st 2008 4:51PM

Yes its very true.

M @ Jul 1st 2008 4:12PM

i wonder if Ninja Gaiden will have trophy support too, the saved files were also locked. I think they were also locked for uncharted not too sure though...it better be retroactive for warhawk though it wouldn't make sense if it weren't

BlackSheep @ Jul 1st 2008 4:13PM

Destructoid's write-up was far superior, I agree with that Pew fellow.

NATO_Duke @ Jul 1st 2008 4:17PM

Pretty damn cool. I'm sure a lot of people will feel more hopeful about getting trophies for past events now. Maybe MG will have it..maybe?

Either way, Criterion has really been on top of making users of this game happy.

Demi A. @ Jul 1st 2008 4:18PM

Yep. Pew is right. Destructoid's right up is great. Also, they have a new episode of Hey Ashly, Whatcha Playing? up. Its hilarious.

Ordeith @ Jul 1st 2008 4:23PM

right, write.... it's all the same thing, write?

Jack FANTASTIC @ Jul 1st 2008 5:12PM

Hey electo

Gynecologist Cobra @ Jul 1st 2008 4:23PM

Okay, usually, I would dismiss idiots like Pew, but I just saw Destructoid for the first time. They're fucking awesome! How come I've never heard of them before? They're never linked on Joystiq...

Tom @ Jul 1st 2008 4:45PM

Criterion gets +10 awesome points for the trophies and +5 awesome points for the forward thinking, plus another +10 for the retroactive-ness. FANTASTIC job, guys!

ApolloIV @ Jul 1st 2008 4:55PM

I like how all the Destructoid fanboys come to Joystiq after one of our writers dissed and embarrassed one of yours :)

west43rd @ Jul 1st 2008 4:57PM

This has totally made my day! I've put my time in other games, but no game on the PS3 as much as BP. So it's good all that work won't got to waste. Way to go Criterion!

Jack FANTASTIC @ Jul 1st 2008 5:11PM

Destructoid.... soooo many memory's

Skippy @ Jul 1st 2008 5:23PM

What about Warhawk? All your game stats are strictly tied to your PSN account so it's not like you could get a copy of someone else's game save to get freebie trophies.