Electronic Arts hat heute Burnout 5 angekündigt. Das Spiel befindet sich bei Criterion Games für PS3 und Xbox 360 in Entwicklung und wird 2007 erscheinen. Schauplatz ist die Stadt Paradise City, welche die Spieler frei erkunden können. Man soll jedoch nicht erst nach den Rennen suchen müssen, sondern wird das typische Burnout feeling jederzeit in der gesamten Stadt verspüren.
"Burnout 5 ist ein kompletter Neuanfang der Serie und wird von Grund auf neu für die PS3 und die Xbox 360 entwickelt. Um ein wahres Next-Gen Gameplay zu erschaffen, muss man ein wahres Next-Gen Spiel entwickeln, von Kopf bis Fuß", so Alex Ward, Director of Game Design bei Criterion Games.
Hier die offizielle Pressemitteilung:
[quote]Guildford, UK August 29, 2006 Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burners paradise. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Burnout 5 is in development for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game system from Microsoft®.
Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Gone is the need to jump in and out of menus and aimlessly search for fun like many open world games; in Burnout 5, every inch of the world is built to deliver heart-stopping Burnout-style gameplay. Every intersection is a potential crash junction and every alleyway is an opportunity to rack up moving violations.
Of course, rules are made to be broken, and when gamers enter Paradise City, theyre assigned a Drivers License that quickly begins to amass a record of players most aggressive, reckless and destructive exploits behind the wheel. But its not the law thats eyeing players progress
when gamers push things too hard theyll be squaring off against the citys most infamous burners, and these legends arent interested in who crosses the finish line first.
Burnout 5 is a complete reinvention of the series, built from the ground up for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, said Alex Ward, director of game design at Criterion Games. To create truly next-generation gameplay, we needed to create a truly next-generation game, from top to bottom.
Burnout 5 also delivers the next level of speed and destruction, with brand new next-generation technology allowing gamers to literally rip their cars in half, in the most explosive pile-ups in the series history.
Burnout 5 will ship in 2007 under the EA brand and was developed by Criterion Games in Guildford, UK. For more information about the Burnout franchise, please visit www.electronicarts.co.uk or our press Web site at www.electronicarts.co.uk/press. For more information about Criterion Games, please visit http://www.criteriongames.com[/quote]