Sony closes Wipeout studio

The Wipeout games were the reason they sold the Playstations. I even taken the time to download and play the first Wipeout game on the PSN because it's great! It does come as a shocker!

Conony Wars the first ps1 game i ever played...it was so awesome because i had just upgraded from my Sega Megadrive 2 which one week earlier, I thought Sonic and Knuckles was the best grapics ever... then came Wipeout and it was the best game in the world......yrs later, im now playing Wipeout on the Vita....its a dame shame. Any news on the Wipeout games being carried on? I REALLY hope so.

Shadow of the Beast was probably the game that had the biggest impact on me when I first saw it on the Amiga. I don't really care for Wipeout, but it breaks my heart to see these guys go...

@Whole-Lotta yeah cause thats funny LOOSER !

30 years! That's simply amazing.... and sad that it won't continue in it's current state anymore. Here's hoping those affected find employment soon. Being out of work just plain sucks.

Thank you Psygnosis / Liverpool for giving this gamer so many memorable moments with games/series such as Assault Rigs, Colony Wars, Destruction Derby, Roll Cage, and Wipeout. Hope the employees find a new home where their ideas can flourish.

RIP

What a shame... after 30 years of service, good luck to the employess and hope they keep both the Wipeout IP alive and invest on the game they were developing...

Ohh what a shame/.

How sad. Hope the Wipeout franchise will be kept alive by others. 8-\

i hope they kept the ip's going at least. One thing im concerned about is that its because they are having financial trouble

RIP: Destruction Derby, Rollcage, Wipeout

28 years of great service to the industry.

Thanks Psygnosis / Studio Liverpool you will forever be remembered!

Terrible news. I enjoyed every Wipeout title I've ever been able to get my hands on. I never enjoy hearing that any studio has bit the dust, but Liverpool is one I hoped to never see go. Best of luck to all the staff after almost 30 great years.

Hope this is going to be a wise business decision in the long-run.

Thanks Eddie

This is a new way to let Sony down and microsoft rise up .

Such a shame. Sad that the parent companies woes are filtered down to individual studios. Every week it seems another studio shuts down while the parent company and execs continue to reap off the benefits.Once you Become an independent developer. STAY an independent developer. I hope everything works out for those employees.

I am definitely a Sony fan, but I can honestly say this closing doesn't affect me in any way whatsoever. Wipeout was a tired and wore out game and F1....what can I say it's F1.

And the drain is circled.

Looks like they have been "Wipedout".

wow.

oh well... sony is bleeding money...this is no surprise.

Shame, another British game studio closes its doors. Not many left in the UK now.

Sad to see them close their doors. I did enjoy WipeOut 64.

PS4 system info : 9-15Ghz 2-4G for GPU not less than 4GIGS of RAM these are maybe getting to be right info , just they are working to make the system these things in the lowest price , To deliver or delever it in good price for the customer or clients.so they are save some money guys xD

For a studio that is that old, it is a shame that it had to be closed down.

Psygnosis was a great company..destruction derby 1 and 2 on the ps was top. I hope wipeout will transfer to another country or studio

Noooo I liked Wipeout very much why they did they do this Sony shame on you greedy pricks!

Well, I was never fond of Wipeout, but it is always sad to hear the shutting down of an old company.

I was doing a quick research over them, they were sooo much better when they were just Psygnosis, when joined Sony it was just wipeout and a F1 franchise. It really is sad news, to close a studio with 30 years of history, must be like the death of an old friend to them, and probably not all the devs in there will be relocated, and people loosing jobs is never a good thing.

But even though it's kinda heartbreaking, on a capitalistic view Sony did today what any other company would have done years ago, these franchises which they were working with really didn't appeal to many, in fact it was kinda miserable, the last Wipeout sold around 160 thousand units only, meanwhile other studios were working with things like God of War and The Last of us, that are like atomic bombs for the market.

It's a shame, Studio Liverpool is always being my favourite studio of all time. Sony, SHAME ON YOU.

RIP Psygnosis.

May have a round of Shadow of the Beast later on to remember them by.