PlayStation

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 current-gen console than any handheld before it, and its sizeable OLED screen seems custom-made for driving games.


January 21, 2012
PlayStation

Wipeout 2048: Near-Future Of High Speed Racing

How do we get from today’s F1 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.


January 4, 2012
In Real Life

Is This Quantum Levitation Powered Real World WipeOut Track Too Good To Be True?

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.


December 29, 2011
Retro

This Man Is Keeping The Spirit Of WipeOut’s

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.


December 22, 2011
In Real Life

Why A 1995 PlayStation Game Still Looks Like It Came From The Future

You know why the PlayStation took off in the mid-90s? Because it was cool. And nothing on the PlayStation was cooler than WipeOut.


September 16, 2011
PlayStation

WipeOut 2048 Only Needs One Vita Thumbstick, Thanks Very Much

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?


PlayStation

Here, Look At WipeOut 2048 For Five Minutes!

Frantic, futuristic racing. That’s right, WipeOut 2048 is one of the launch titles coming to the PlayStation Vita.


June 3, 2011
PlayStation

Wipeout 2048 Delivers Voice Control, PS3 Competition To The NGP

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.


March 10, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Cancels "Small Number" Of Games

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.


January 28, 2011
PlayStation

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.