Bogart, baby

I feel bad for Bogart. I mean, he was a famous actor and everything, and probably got laid a lot, but it’s gotta suck to have your namesake equated with the inappropriate consumption of communal marijuana. What did he do to deserve that?

Criterion is doing their part to help the guy out. The forthcoming patch for Burnout Paradise is called Bogart. Here’s the full list of changes, and it’s a biggie. I’m particularly happy to see the dropped-controller exploit and low-speed takedowns addressed. It should roll out on both Live and PSN on April 24th.

Keep in mind this is not the same as the announced DLC, which should add another island and some more cars to the mix. Rumour mill says it will be free. Nice if true. There’s a little preview video here of the work-in-progress.

A hail of bullet-points after the jump.

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