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Studio Liverpool on Wipeout 2048 page: " WE. ARE. ALIVE. " [Well, not really]
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DoDonGouki
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Acquiescence
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Never had a Nintendo 64, nor did any of my friends.
Not that all the other Wipeouts haven't been amazing. A PS4 Wipeout would sell that console to me on Day One.
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
It's Metropia
That particular section of of the track in the screenshot can be seen in this video at 0:18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiNQIQ8ht8
imagine sony actually marketing the game and it selling well! all of my friends are always wowed when i show them wipeout. no one seems to know what it is.
you would think it would be a big franchise with the trippy visuals and trendy electronic music.
Seventy_X_Seven
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Ok, just a thought to throw out there for discussion. WipEout facebook and twitter pages show "WE. ARE. ALIVE." But we are getting conflicting reports that Sony Liverpool is still shutdown and has not been brought back. Well what if Sony Liverpool is indeed still shutdown but production on a new WipEout is taking place with a new/different studio at Sony?
Wipeout 4 handed to evolution maybe?
Thanks for that. In the file name I saw the word "Metro" but still couldn't believe it was Metropia, which has a more gold-ish tint in my mind.
(And Metropia, according to WO Pulse, is set in Kyoto, a city I used to live in. I should be more Metropia-aware.)
Neuromancer
Member
It would still be a pretty dick move to announce it in this way. But, I wouldn't necessarily put it past Sony...
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I hope this rumor is true. WipEout on the PS4 would be great. I loved the graphics of HD and Fury.
Tell me, which publisher would finance a game like Wipeout that does not sell well?
Tell me, which publisher would finance a game like Wipeout that does not sell well?
Not really. It's the wipeout page saying "we are alive". Which suggests that Wipeout is alive - with probably many devs from Liverpool helping out.
SniperHunter
Banned
might have been hacked
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
In the WipEout HD screen shot mode you can edit stuff like tint so maybe that's why you didn't recognize it at first. Didn't strike with me at first either but I just noticed the huge vertical drop, urban environment, and that it was clearly from WipEout HD. Pretty darn cool though that it's based on where you're from!
And yes, I can see the next WipEout being handled by Evolution as a reasonably possibility, especially if it's a wheel-based WipEout.
And yes, I can see the next WipEout being handled by Evolution as a reasonably possibility, especially if it's a wheel-based WipEout.
Neuromancer
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Was it that the Wipeout games were abject failures, or that they just weren't as successful as Sony needed them to be?
Giving a project from one publisher to another is not new - look at Brutal Legend, Sleeping Dogs, Bayonetta 2. Not that I am suggesting that's happening here.
Opus Angelorum
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Well Psygnosis did.
Seventy_X_Seven
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WipEout can sell a lot if Sony actually marketed it well. I know several people who picked it up as part of the "Welcome Home" gift and loved it. If they would of followed up and released WipEout 2048 on PS3 as well they would be able to see just how many new fans they got from that, instead they release it exclusive to a device almost nobody has and get disappointed when it doesn't sell.
I also think a better tutorial would of helped, I recommended WipEout to several people and many come back with complaints that point to confusion with the concept of air brakes. And let's face it, the game throws you on the tight narrow courses from the get-go and that can be frustrating to a newcomer even on Venom. If there were some easy broad tracks to start people off on so they could still make turns full speed without the air brakes and then gradually bring them into the reality of what WipEout is all about it could of gone better. Something to keep the new guys playing for more than 5 minutes before quitting in frustration.
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
I keep hearing this but I find it hard to believe that WipEout Fury HD didn't sell well in terms of numbers at least, problem is Sony sacrificed it to get people into their eco system by way of making it a lower priced digital only title, it would of no doubt made a lot more money if it was an international retail release with an advertising push, and then available on the PSN at a later date with a reduced price, this all Sony's fault, I bought a PS3 purely for WipEout and was prepared to pay full retail day one.
The 2048-add-on versions of HD and Fury are worse -- there's no explanation of what buttons do what, and since the Vita only has one shoulder button on each side, you know there are going to be differences. I had no idea how to handle some of the exotic event types (Detonator, Zone Battle) because there are actions that you just don't know how to do.
Seventy_X_Seven
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btw, is that image from facebook new? I don't ever recall seeing that before today.
You do realize they are probably being quiet because there is a shit ton to work out? Closing a studio, relocating the staff, and re-opening it requires a considerable amount of work. I'd wait 24 hours before any confirmation.
In 2 accounts and retwetted by the PR of the studio? Nah...
Neuromancer
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This is true. I have a friend who likes the Vita game better because of the wider tracks and because he can use just one button for the airbraking. I'm all for making the series more accessible, especially if that's what it takes for it to live on.
If Wipeout 2048 came out on PSN by some miracle I'd buy two copies.
I did a Google Image search, no match.
SniperHunter
Banned
why not? How many Sony sites have been hacked in the last year alone? I am calling it now.
The cat is out of the bag. *no pun intended meowwwww hehehehe sorry* Acknowledge that something is going on with a PR speak short communication to stop this madness.
And why do people want Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool to make a new F-Zero, when Sega is still there?
Edit: Oh, I see Amusement Vision died this year
Amusement Vision is still there, it's the main development studio house of Sega now, especially considering Nagoshi is one of the top heads of Sega.
Neuromancer
Member
YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME
Always believe.
Dark Octave
Banned
I wish Wipeout was that exciting.I was checking facebook when I saw this from Wipeout 2048 official page:
!?!?!?! Someone knows something?
Looks more like Burnout.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Yeah there's a definite possibility that the Wipeout IP may live on, but Sony Liverpool won't unfortunately.
Yes... It's curious.
Seventy_X_Seven
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WipEout is definitely still alive. The update on facebook didn't shoot down any possibility (in fact, it told us to wait for news on the future of WipEout).
In my opinion this is just big brother Sony telling these people to quiet down and not reveal anything too early. Keep on believing!
In my opinion this is just big brother Sony telling these people to quiet down and not reveal anything too early. Keep on believing!
There is?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
There is and was always a possibility. Not sure why anyone would have thought the closure of SL necessarily meant the end of Wipeout.
If it is to live on, hopefully it gets a proper treatment from a good team. Evolution seems like an obvious candidate to take it on.
But the possibility that it might live on isn't really news.
The possibility that SL was reopening would have been awesome news. Alas