The closure of Studio Liverpool seemingly placed the final nail in WipEout's coffin – but co-creator Nick Burcombe has said that he'd make a sequel if Sony gave him the rights to the brand. Of course, you may want to temper your expectations here – Burcombe's current team, PlayRise Digital, created Table Top Racing: World Tour, which didn't fare particularly well in our recent review.
That said, irrespective of any spotty patches in the veteran's career, we'd much rather the series was put back into the hands of one of its creators than get dusty alongside Colony Wars in the PlayStation franchise retirement home.
"If there's demand there, we'd love to meet it," he told MCV when asked about the possibility of creating a spiritual successor. "But as it stands right now, without the WipEout brand on it – which I doubt Sony is about to relinquish anytime soon – it's kind of out of the question without Sony's blessing." Time to get on the blower, Michael Denny?
[source mcvuk.com]
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That would be nice, can't see Sony playing ball though. Sitting on a dead ip for a few decades seems the popular thing to do for all publishers rather than give permission for it to be used in anyway.
@get2sammyb - hes actually mentioned this in response to Mead in the comments one time.
Yes please, I'd even be happy with a PS4 port of WipEout HD to be honest.
Didn't they already try to kickstart a spiritual successor? That's much more likely than Sony giving them the IP and it failed...
I always really liked Wipeout (and F-Zero, which hasn't had an entry in forever) but were they very successful financially?
I've never played much Wipeout, but I'd really love it if it came back. I played HD's demo (depending on how much birthday money I get I'll probably get the whole thing), and it was all I needed to feel like I missed a good game.
No way in hell it'll happen but would be great.
@AyanamiReign There is one called R8 coming to PS4 I believe, there's also this studio called Firesprite which made parts of The Playroom and Run Sackboy Run prior to a bigger project which we don't know about but the studio is made up of ex Sony Liverpool members.
ill get it i liked those games since psx
He better! When you've got no F-Zero you need this!
I really don't understand the retirement of this IP. For me Wipeout has always been a kind of playable embodiment of the PlayStation brand concept and with HD & Fury being a hit with critics and gamers alike...WHY?
I am more for Firesprite if a new had to be done though!
Why is Sony being so lackadaisical about making exclusives for PS4? Bring back franchises, invest in making new games, it will help sell more consoles. Even the Vita had a Wipeout game, and the PS4 doesnt.
As a WipEout fan literally from day 1 I hope that when the series finally resurfaces it will be as far removed from 2048 as possible and reboots in the same fashion as Pure.
I remember when wipeout came on the demo disk you got with your new Playstation. Ah good times!
I doubt Sony will allow it unless they make it PS exclusive. Wouldn't make much sense for them otherwise.
Check out Ballistic NG being made by a guy on the Wipeout zone.com website. He's made incredible progress in one year and its made in the style of Wipeout 3.
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