@Fonzy: That was the first thing I downloaded from the PC store, and coincidentially the first game I ever played on my first PlayStation. Either that or Allied General.

Good times.

Frank

I've been meaning to buy a PSP, if not for the emulation. Oh and I've quite a few games to get for it. I just need money..

agustin2489

I miss Rollcage. I might buy a PSP for that.

Sabre_Justice: Look, I have a long name too! Yay! I'm such a trend whore!

@Kaneda: Yeah, I'm definitely still anxious for it... I don't think that will change.
 
And thanks about UTIII. I gotta say though... the difference between 150 and whatever i'm at right now (twenty something last i looked) is extremely minimal. 150 is still upper 1%... actually upper .2%. The margin for error on "rank" is also pretty wide: it really comes down more to ping/latency, map, modes, and some luck once you break top 500 or so. I'm sure you'll pass me soon enough... either that or I'll screw my ranking up myself. :D

dv8godd

Thanks for the Psygnosis info. They made some great racers.. Destruction Derby anyone?

Fonzy

@dv8godd: No kidding. Last time I heard something about a release date it said "January". That would have been for Europe I suppose. Anyway, it's now mid February and even Europe didn't get it yet. The guys in charge are probably at the pub way more often than they should.

The latest screens of the game make me want to keep waiting though. All hope is not lost.

PS: Congrats on your UT3 ranking, by the way. Mine seems stuck at around 150th. It'll have to stay that way until I have more free time this spring. I hope I can catch you then! Probably not though!

Kaneda

Because of the two (five, really) Wipeout games available for it, I really need to just stop stalling and get a damn PSP already.

Draconis

I'd love to pick this up but I'm afraid I blew my game money for the time being on Devil May Cry 4 and Professor Layton.

Nightshift Nurse: Nursier and Shiftier

@Kaneda: Waiting sucks. And it's getting painful in this case. I'm not even sure they have announced a date "range" yet.

dv8godd

@LostToys: But penises are always the first to be drawn. Always.

Erwin

I've got the biggest boner for this game. Its honestly the best Wipeout so far and really pushes the PSP BUT theyre charging for the dlc now, which is a fucking liberty if you ask me, esp seeing as it was free with Pure.
Theyre totally taking advantage of all the loyal Wipeout fans out there and they should be ashamed.
The sluts.

Basscadet

My friend used to work for Psygnosis.

Witzbold

Soon as they post it, I'll buy it!

-EDGE-

I'm with the rest of you guys I want my Wipeout HD damit!! That's why I bought the dam ps3 o and for Socom which keeps getting frigging delayed or something damit all!!

JohnnyHash

@Erwin:

He could have chosen boobies.

LostToys

@Masterpain22:

you have to pay for extra content… and its quite steep. £3·49 for 1 vehicle and 2 tracks. Not really worth it, the fact you only get a normal OR reverse of a track seems to suggest that other packs will sell the same tracks to enable the opposite direction. Hopefully something close to the omega pack will be released later on; that was worth paying for.

Accordion

@Bando: Like you had any choice.

Erwin

@Zookey, @sUKi: Wikipedia differs with other historical accounts on this... it seems to be, at once, detailed on certain areas and completely oblivious to others. :/ It makes no mention of the Eidos acquisition for some reason, and fails to mention the US division getting rolled into 989. I think the original main office in Liverpool is what is today considered Liverpool Studio... but the other European offices were supposed to have been sold to Eidos and the US section got rolled into Sony America (989).
 
Either way... I wouldn't consider them simply operating as-was under the new name. Of the original team, I think only Garvan Corbett is still around at SCEE. He's the only name I've seen on a Wipeout since the end of Psygnosis, anyway. If anything, it's more likely that Sony simply phased out the Psygnosis brand and replaced it with Liverpool Studio to fit their own naming conventions within SCEE, SCEA, etc after shifting bodies all around.
 
Eugene Evans is at SCEA, Colin Rushby was at Acclaim (RIP) for a while, Jonathan Ellis went to Activision, other originals I'm not sure of. I know Hetherington, who was made into some kind of director at SCEE, is now chairman of Real Time Worlds (Crackdown), which he formed with guys from Rockstar and Nintendo. The rest of the core original team haven't had their names on anything I remember in a long time.

dv8godd

@mdgalaxy: Come to think of it, where IS wipeout HD? Been waiting a long time for it, yet it is still IMO.

mrantimatter

@dv8godd: Right. I've been waiting for that Wipeout HD on the PSN since they first talked about it about 300 years ago.

I still play Pure on PSP sometimes, hoping it will make the wait easier.

Kaneda

Any word if there will be free downloadable content like there was for Wipeout Pure? Or how many tracks are already available in the game compared to the last game?

There is a review posted already on 1up, and I'm sold. But I must say that with God of War coming up soon I actually have to figure out which great game to pick up now for my psp and the one I'll have to wait until later.

Masterpain22

Wipeout Pure is awesome and I definitely want to pick this up, but I'll probably wait for a bit. I would really prefer to get it on the PSN store as that's how I got pure and it was really nice not having to cart around the UMD for it

LX

Where in god's name is Wipeout HD for the PS3?!
You're killing me, Sony!

mdgalaxy

I won't be getting this - I simply have too much else to play. However, I still highly recommend it. They did a FANTASTIC job with the first one, and ENDLESS SUPPORT for that game. They kept releasing new tracks and new models without fail.

You won't be disappointed, I'm sure they'll do the same thing with this one!

Spoony Bard

picking this up! will help with the wipeout HD wait

adolfo-gomez

@Zookey:

YES! Now I can draw dicks all over my craft.

Bando

@Accordion: And I can't erase viral marketing off my mind. Help us! :)

Snappywave

i thought psn updated on Thursday

mossberg

You forgot something dude!

go to www.wipeout-game.com and sign in with your PSN ID (Pulse is the first PSP game to use the PSN) and you can make your own paint jobs for the racing craft that will be downloaded to your PSP via the PSN when you play the game! I already made one paint job (looks like crap, but oh well!) so I have one to download tomorrow.

Also--I don't think it will release in the PS Store right away--I think initially it is a brick-and-mortar release only---arrives at stores tomorrow according to my local GameStop

BTW Fonzy---Psygnosis was bought by Sony back in the day--same people but they call themselves SCEE Liverpool Studio now :-)

Zookey

if you have a PSP buy this…now!

Accordion

@Fonzy: The European branch was bought by Eidos in 98 and the US branch got rolled into Sony's 989 Studios. The name stopped appearing soon after.

dv8godd

@Fonzy:

Wiki says they changed their name to Sony Studio Liverpool.

sUKi

Give me an online PS3 Wipeout, please. The first PSP one was really good, and I'm sure this is too... but seriously: PS3 version already, even if it's just a quick re-hash with some updated graphics and online play.

dv8godd

Is Psygnosis still around?

Fonzy

I really want this game but I can't afford anything else right now.

Sollus