Knowing the source, I am more inclined to believe this.
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Studio Liverpool on Wipeout 2048 page: " WE. ARE. ALIVE. " [Well, not really]
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Knowing the source, I am more inclined to believe this.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Please tell me this isn't true.Awesome
Right now I'm like the Nintendo 64 kid
I knew not to get excited about this. It's still salt in the wound, though, if only for the fact that it makes me think of all the great games they'll never make.
LiquidSolid
Member
The fuck. The image and statement imply that the studio is alive so if that's true then fuck that person.
captscience
Member
I'm completely in favor of the next Wipeout being PS4 exclusive, but I wonder if Sony would be interested in allowing a third party to publish a multi-platform game, al la Wipeout N64.
I imagine that if they were so interested in the continued selling power of the Wipeout brand, they never would closed the studio in the first place,
Don'tBeWeird
Member
Every time I see the Wipeout 2048 gif in this thread, I wonder if the 2025 segment was so long and detailed because they just pulled in assets from the PS4 launch title they're working on...
She is "WE ARE"? Seems unlikely.
That Tweet should not have been posted, Studio Liverpool is closed, there is no new Wipeout game. Ami Nakajima was not released [I wonder why
She is "WE ARE"? Seems unlikely.
Sidewinder
Member
If true, that person will not stay ALIVE for long...
Why would they/she do this if true?
The fuck is up with posting that shit on their offical Wipeout 2048 twitter and their facebook page? Also, emphasis on the "WE".
Well, we should still see new Wipeout games right ?
Even if another studio is in charge.
phosphor112
Banned
SolidSnakex
Member
That really doesn't make sense. Why would she use "we" to say that she's still alive? And why we should even use the 2048 account to post that when she regularly updates her own twitter account?
Ha, I was going to joke that maybe it came from their 'target render' for the PS4 game
This is a cruel thought now
How badass would that be!? Anyway, I can't wait to hear some news. Those guys/gals are too good to be knocked out.
I never understood the story behind Wipeout 64 btw. At the time Psygnosis was already owned by Sony, but they still developed (and published?) a game for the N64. What happened there?
Neuromancer
Member
WHAT THE FUCK
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
You must be thinking about a different video. The 'NINTENDO SIXTY-FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRR'-video was of a kid and his sister who went apeshit when getting a N64 for Christmas.
Here you go; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU
They were owned by Sony when they made Saturn games.
KennyLinder
Member
Look guys. I used to work for Sony, I still know people that do (including people at Liverpool), I was told that things were moving with them getting set up somehow (whether its with SCEE or independent), and from this update today I can only assume it's gone through. I've asked the people I know for an update.
I am not bullshitting, I want this team alive as much as anyone else
I am not bullshitting, I want this team alive as much as anyone else
Delusibeta
Banned
Same source also says KennyLinder is talking out of his arse. Who to believe, nobody knows.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
I've been sent this (I'm an admin at GRcade where the story of Sony Liverpool closing originally broke):
That Tweet should not have been posted, Studio Liverpool is closed, there is no new Wipeout game. Ami Nakajima was not released [I wonder why
Don't do this to me... Goddamnit.
Not like this...
ROFL what the?wipeout on n64 confirmed
tamaster92
Member
Look guys. I used to work for Sony, I still know people that do (including people at Liverpool), I was told that things were moving with them getting set up somehow (whether its with SCEE or independent), and from this update today I can only assume it's gone through. I've asked the people I know for an update.
I am not bullshitting, I want this team alive as much as anyone else
I hope against hope you are right bro.
phosphor112
Banned
Look guys. I used to work for Sony, I still know people that do (including people at Liverpool), I was told that things were moving with them getting set up somehow (whether its with SCEE or independent), and from this update today I can only assume it's gone through. I've asked the people I know for an update.
I am not bullshitting, I want this team alive as much as anyone else
My emotions are being toyed with. =[
Lazy Jones
Member
Wipeout hasn´t impressed me since the original Playstation, hopefully the PS4 version will change that.
Ha, I was going to joke that maybe it came from their 'target render' for the PS4 game
This is a cruel thought now
It's also a great way to prep the fanbase for a wheeled entry to the franchise. It's the type of thing that'd seem very obvious in retrospect, I think.
I'm still skeptical about the bad news, it's pretty odd for a single person to refer to herself as a plurality, in all caps, to state the obvious that she is still alive on an account meant for a studio whose existence is in question.
Look guys. I used to work for Sony, I still know people that do (including people at Liverpool), I was told that things were moving with them getting set up somehow (whether its with SCEE or independent), and from this update today I can only assume it's gone through. I've asked the people I know for an update.
I am not bullshitting, I want this team alive as much as anyone else
What's strange is that no one seems to have picked on that post on twitter/facebook to get some kind of a confirmation. But there was no debunk also... Damn! And thanks for your posts, I hope you keep posting as candidly as you can.
Sony kind of operated them like they did Sony Online Entertainment. They could play in their own sandbox as long as they supported Sony hardware. They were official merged with SCE once they became Sony Liverpool and that's when those other shenanigans were put to a stop.
"we" as in the wipeout 2048 twitter and facebook marketing pages which are still alive and being updated with news on things like psn sales and press awards as she's kept her job.
there's still holes though: why keep a person to just do that job which is minimal and who is quite so dumb as to not realize how this would be interpreted.
Sidewinder
Member
It's also a great way to prep the fanbase for a wheeled entry to the franchise. It's the type of thing that'd seem very obvious in retrospect, I think.
I'm still skeptical about the bad news, it's pretty odd for a single person to refer to herself as a plurality, in all caps, to state the obvious that she is still alive on an account meant for a studio whose existence is in question.
Yes and post a WipEout pic along with it, just doesn't make sense.
I'd love to know the back-story there too. IIRC it wasn't the only game Psygnosis planned for N64...think they were planning a version of O.D.T. too.
I guess the setup between Sony and devs it owned at the time was kind of different.
Hmm. Interesting.
You're comparing a third party game with a first-party property. Sony would never let Wip3out go without a...
oh wait, nevermind.
Spyro and Crash were never first party, they were always the property of Vivendi Universal/Activision-Blizzard.
Itchy//Tasty
Member
Did you play HD? It was the best game in the series, and my personal favourite racing game to date.
Nihilistic Monk
Member
This is a P.R. gaffe par excellence if this was just staff messing about on twitter/facebook and not a hype announcement.
Look guys. I used to work for Sony, I still know people that do (including people at Liverpool), I was told that things were moving with them getting set up somehow (whether its with SCEE or independent), and from this update today I can only assume it's gone through. I've asked the people I know for an update.
I am not bullshitting, I want this team alive as much as anyone else
I'm going with this.
First because I refuse to believe someone is that stupid to tweet and put it in the official fb page just because.
Second because I need to believe.
Cue major fucking resentment. Wipeout team or broke.
Lazy Jones
Member
Yeah it was pretty good, didn´t blow me away like the first two games though.
Sickboy007
Member
Look guys. I used to work for Sony, I still know people that do (including people at Liverpool), I was told that things were moving with them getting set up somehow (whether its with SCEE or independent), and from this update today I can only assume it's gone through. I've asked the people I know for an update.
I am not bullshitting, I want this team alive as much as anyone else
B E L I E V E
:lol
djSyndrome
Member
Interesting, I was always under the assumption they were properties that Sony had sold out. Good to know.
A couple sites have picked up on it including NowGamer they contacted Sony but no updates as of now
maverick40
Junior Member
Fuck yes!!!
Opus Angelorum
Member
Wipeout U, Nintendo exclusive.
Believe
