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Whatever could it be?

WipEout developer Sony Liverpool's after a senior designer to work on a "high profile, futuristic racing franchise". Whatever could that be?

Check out the index blurb for the job advert here, before it's pulled.

The post suggests Sony Liverpool's working on something WipEout related. Could it be more DLC for the excellent WipEout HD: Fury? Or perhaps a new game entirely? Or maybe, just maybe, something for the PSP2?

We're having a little dig, now.

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MiniAmin #1 2 years ago

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Please be a new Wipeout! This generation has been utterly bereft of decent futuristic racers.
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Mark1412 #2 2 years ago

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More Wipeout HD content please, Fury was fantastic.
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Kazzahdrane #3 2 years ago

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Wipeout HP.

I'm calling it.

Harry Potter on flying future-broomsticks.
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INTELIGENCIA #4 2 years ago

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A ripoff of F-Zero? Oh wait, they already made that... \sarcasm
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INTELIGENCIA #5 2 years ago

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A ripoff of F-Zero? Oh wait, they already made that... \sarcasm
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henro_ben #6 2 years ago

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Obviously they're taking advantage of Tim Langdell's current financial problems and are getting Racers TM from Edge Games cheap!

Look, it says coming soon on Playstation 3 and everything, it must be true!
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layleeloo #7 2 years ago

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I can't see a new wipeout would offer anything more than different tracks, and you can do that by DLC for the existing game. Therefore I hope it's the latter
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Zombie-Hamster #8 2 years ago

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+1 Kazzahdrane although I'd prefer it to be flying futuristic bottles of brown sauce!
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zoweewowee #9 2 years ago

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New Wipeout with move control ??

I'm feeling like undusting 2097 and NeGcon right now !
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JJrabbit #10 2 years ago

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@green_nifta: lol, it's quite impressive you managed to mess up in that post.
Headline for this article: "Sony hiring for a 'futuristic racer'" - The quoted words imply a possibility that it could be a new WipeOut (or a similar game).
Your headline: "Are Sega working on Shenmue 3?" [based on Sega hiring programmers] - Seeing as there's no mention of what type of game is being developed, it could be anything.

If you're going to try and make a witty remark, at least make it work. School boy error.
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Beano #11 2 years ago

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My money is on a PSP2 title
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RobTheBuilder #12 2 years ago

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Sounds very PSP2 to me. I wonder if it asks for 3D dev experience...
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Rack #13 2 years ago

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Fingers crossed this isn't Rollcage.
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Machetazo #14 2 years ago

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HD Wipeout. More of that would be very welcome.
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m0thr4 #15 2 years ago

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@henro_ben

Goddamn you for making me look at the Edge Games website again, only to find fresh travesties of truth therein!

Including, but not limited to... Assertion that Future Publishing use the Edge name under license... claim that 10% of all profits are donated to charities for sick children... Edge Wii controller, apparently also produced under license.
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Feanor #16 2 years ago

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Zone Zeus and Beat Zico are too hard.
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Zebula77 #17 2 years ago

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More WipEout please! Still one of the best PS3 games out there. Sheer class and quality from second one.
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Retroid #18 2 years ago

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Seeing as they made the mind-bogglingly fuckwitted decision to effectively close down Wipeout HD developers Studio Liverpool I wouldn't get my hopes up.
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andijames #19 2 years ago

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Zone zeus is a ballache but i beat zico finally after god knows how many attempts. My proudest trophy

Can seriously say anyone who plats WipeOut HD would get free drinks all night at any geek meet!
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Rufus #20 2 years ago

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@andijames

+1. It truly is a brutal task to get the platinum on that game.

More DLC would be amazing. While they're at it, bring Wipeout 2097 to PSN please!!!
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Nozzinja #21 2 years ago

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@Rack are you nuts?!
A next gen Rollcage would be awesome! imagine what they can do now with the current tech!
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DrStrangelove #22 2 years ago

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I think that's just a typing error. What they meant is a "future racer" and they were talking about Gran Turismo.
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Shakey_Jake33 #23 2 years ago

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Please be Rollcage! A new WipEout would be great, but I've been longing for a new Rollcage for ages.
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tobsen #24 2 years ago

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Must be Gran Futurismo then.
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Zebula77 #25 2 years ago

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Rollcage would be effing fantastic. That was a truly wonderful sci-fi racer. Very confusing when it got really fast and all of a sudden you were facing the wrong way, but still - great game.
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RobTheBuilder #26 2 years ago

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@Rack Lmao. I used to like Rollcage! On a high spec (for the time) PC it was great fun...
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Ryboy #27 2 years ago

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Oh god I do hope it's Xtreme G. I loved that game!
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CrumpledPaper #28 2 years ago

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Seeing as they made the mind-bogglingly fuckwitted decision to effectively close down Wipeout HD developers Studio Liverpool I wouldn't get my hopes up.

They didn't close down the studio. They let go of a fair number of people but the studio remained open. And clearly they're hiring for projects now, including for Wipeout work, so why not get your hopes up?
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Retroid #29 2 years ago

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@CrumpledPaper

That's why I said 'effectively'! Wasn't it gutted and more-or-less turned into a QA & testing outfit?

I'd be very pleased if they were reversing that decision.

/LOVED Wipeout HD
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Miths #30 2 years ago

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I was also under the impression that the studio had been shut down. I'm certainly happy to hear that isn't the case, WipEout HD (and Fury) was fantastic so I really hope there will be either a brand new game in the series or a healthy dose of additional DLC.

I think I would prefer the former, even if they don't change much in terms of the game engine and gameplay. WipEout Pulse and Pure accounted for most of the limited time I spent on the PSP I bought a couple of years ago (it was a bad purchase overall, handhelds just aren't my thing, but the WipEout games almost made it worth it), so it would be nice to see a PS3 WipEout that doesn't just recycle and beautify old tracks.
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Ryboy #31 2 years ago

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Neg this, cunts.
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CrumpledPaper #32 2 years ago

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@Retroid

Liverpool was always doing quite a lot of QA and testing work, as well as external dev relations etc. I'm not sure it was ever clear which parts the redundancies were hitting hardest. There were a lot of people working in Liverpool, and the headcount reduction might have fallen heavier on some parts of the studio than in others. But they never completely gutted the development teams.

Right now, they're hiring for this 'futuristic racing game' and also for an action project. And hiring localisation/testing people too.
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Sunyavadin #33 2 years ago

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Still pissed over Wipeout, ever since they stopped doing them on PC.
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Retroid #34 2 years ago

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@CrumpledPaper

I am now officially giddy with excitement.

/Giddy
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Felwyn #35 2 years ago

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It's Ridge Racer!

Riiiiiidge Racerrrr!
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pac666 #36 2 years ago

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Or Wipeout for the PS4 as a launch title. 2-4 years of development time? Now that would be something.
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TwitchyMcTwitch #37 2 years ago

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Man Furismo Jive: Future?
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Lord_Gremlin #38 2 years ago

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Maybe new Wipeout with actually good AI, instead of blatantly cheating AI?
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Rack #39 2 years ago

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I'm surprised to see the love for Rollcage, all I remember is driving 3 perfect laps then on the final stretch hitting a tiny piece of rubble in the middle of the road at 500 mph, flipping upside down and driving backwards for a second before turning around and ending in last place. If Wipeout was snatched away from me for that...
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