The Studio Behind WipEout Is Gone, But The Game May Still Be Alive And …
When Sony Liverpool (once Psygnosis) was shut down earlier this year, it looked like the end for the WipEout series.
This Video Shows Why the Studio That Made Wipeout Was So Awesome
Between todays's news that the Sony Liverpool studio—originally known as Psygnosis—is closing and yesterday's reports of Nintendo Power shutting down, this feels like The Week Video Game Nostalgia Died.
WipEout 2048: The Kotaku Review
Racing games on handheld systems can be a tough sell—with a smaller screen and lower hardware horsepower, it can be difficult to convey the sense of speed that makes great racing games great. The new PlayStation Vita handheld seems designed to address the racing genre head-on—its processing power is closer to a…
The Sexy Wipeout 2048 Into Drives Us Through the Past, Present, and…
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How do we get from today's F-1 racers to the gravity-defying hover cars of Wipeout 2048 in a mere 36 years? Sony Liverpool details this mechanical evolution in the intro video for the upcoming PlayStation Vita launch title.
Is This Quantum Levitation Powered Real World WipeOut Track Too Good…
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Reeking of amateurish CG and released by the seemingly nonexistent Japan Institute of Science and Technology, this video depicting a pair of miniature hover cars ripped straight out of Sony's WipeOut series sure gets me hungry for some futuristic racing.
This Man is Keeping the Spirit of WipeOut's Original Look Alive
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Xander Davis is a game industry artist and graphic design fan, who after seeing the recent feature we ran on WipeOut and The Designers Republic dropped us a line.
Why a 1995 PlayStation Game Still Looks Like It Came From The Future
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You know why the PlayStation took off in the mid-90s? Because it was cool. And nothing on the PlayStation was cooler than WipeOut.
WipeOut 2048 Only Needs One Vita Thumbstick, Thanks Very Much
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Line up each version of Wipeout against a wall and, in all honesty, the only major difference is the platform it's appearing on. So what differentiates WipeOut 2048 on the PlayStation Vita?
Here, Look at WipeOut 2048 for Five Minutes!
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Frantic, futuristic racing. That's right, WipeOut 2048 is one of the launch titles coming to the PlayStation Vita.
Wipeout 2048 Delivers Voice Control, PS3 Competition to the NGP
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Futuristic anti-grav racer Wipeout is a great fit for portables. It was a launch title for the original Playstation Portable and it looks like the latest iteration will be a launch title for the NGP.
Wipeout 2048 offers smooth controls and liquid fast graphics as you zip around the game's multi-tiered tracks against…
One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2010 Promises?
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E3 is a den of promises. Promises sell products. And according to the cynics of the world, promises are meant to be broken.
Sony Cancels "Small Number" Of PlayStation Games
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has cancelled "a small number of projects" formerly in development across its British studios. The same studios that make games like WipeOut.
NGP's Killzone, Uncharted, Resistance and More in Action
The unveiling of Sony's Playstation Portable replacement, the NGP, came with one slick, game-packed video showing off a dozen or so games on the device.
WiiWare Gets Its Wipeout On With FAST
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There can never be too much high-velocity antigrav racing, so we welcome the addition of FAST Racing League, coming to WiiWare courtesy of Shin'en Multimedia.
Wipeout: The Game Set To Disappoint Fans Of Futuristic Racing This…
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There's a new Wipeout game coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS this summer, but don't get too excited - it's not what you think.
Sony To Eliminate Half of WipEout Developer?
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has confirmed to Kotaku that "a number of projects" at Sony's Liverpool studio have halted. However, rumors are swirling that the restructuring goes further than that.
WipeOut HD Coming To Blu-Ray
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (officially) announced yesterday that both WipeOut HD and WipEout HD: Fury are to be bundled together on a Blu-Ray disc and sold at retail.
Sony Scraps WipeOut HD Loading Ad
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The people have spoken. Spoken angrily. And Sony have listened, removing the worst of the in-game advertising from WipeOut HD only 24 hours after it was first officially announced.
WipEout Stylists The Designers Republic Shuts Down
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The UK design studio largely responsible for the identifiable visual style of Psygnosis' WipEout series, The Designers Republic has shut its doors after more than two decades in business. Why? Money problems.
Sony To Bring In-House Racing Studios Together
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Sony have two in-house racing developers. Evolution Studios, who do MotorStorm, and SCEE Liverpool, who do WipeOut. Seems a bit silly having two teams doing the one genre, doesn't it? Does to Sony.