8/22/2012
Husnain
Sony has sadly decided to close their Liverpool studio, more details inside..........
Sony have decided to shut down their Liverpool studio, the studio recently worked on WipEout 2048. Their Official Facebook page revealed a heartfelt farewell:
"As some of you may have heard Sony have chosen to close Studio Liverpool as of today,"Sony's statements is as follows:
"This page will no longer be maintained by the WipEout Team."We have loved making every game, every minute and every one of you.
Keep the faith, keep loving WipEout.
"Thank you for everything, Pilots. It's been an amazing journey and we'll miss you. X"
"As part of SCE Worldwide Studios, we do regular reviews to ensure that the resources we have can create and produce high quality, innovative and commercially viable projects in an increasingly competitive marketplace. As part of this process, we have reviewed and assessed all current and planned projects for the short and medium term and have decided to make some changes to our European Studios."It has been decided that Liverpool Studio should be closed.
Liverpool Studio has been an important part of SCE Worldwide Studios since the outset of PlayStation, and have contributed greatly to PlayStation over the years. Everyone connected with Liverpool Studio, past and present, can be very proud of their achievements."However, it was felt that by focusing our investment plans on other Studios that are currently working on exciting new projects, we would be in a stronger position to offer the best possible content for our consumers.
"Our Liverpool Facility will continue to operate, housing a number of other vital WWSE and SCEE Departments."This should not take anything away from the great work WWS are doing and the incredible games and services that we have made, and continue to make, both for this coming year and further in the future."
We at PS Vita Hub are disheartened by the closure of the studio, and remember that this does not mark the end of the WipEout series, the series may be handled by another developer as it seems stupid to waste such a fantastic and iconic series.
Let us know if you are dissapointed with the closure in the comments below!
Source:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-sony-closes-wipeout-developer-sony-liverpool-report
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32 comments:
Booooo. I have all the WipEouts on both PS3 and Vita. This saddens me. Mario Kart just doesn't cut the mustard.
I just puked everywhere...
Wipeout is the best thint to happen to sony, watch microsoft pick up the franchise and shit all over you...
Im taking my psvita and ps3 bafk to the shop right now...
Ill just say its faulty and bought another from another shop, thell have to refund me...
Corporate fuckers, your worse than hitler for this...
Im goijg to find a picture of the ceo of playstation right now, and pgotoshop the nazzi logo and the mustache on him, and circulate... Fuckers...
Lately it really does seem that sony are going down hill
Maybe an xbox staff member has infiltrated sony corp and it destroying it from the inside
To me wipeout is as big as zelda, mario or everybodys golf
Sony's doing it to them selves, the company is ran by idiots.
Little Deviants, Unit 13, and Wipeout... sheesh, all these studios shut down
Nihilistic should have been closed instead
Everytime I read these statements by big companies using that business language it makes me sick. All I want to do right know is find the CEOs mistress and and pay her to stomp his balls.. I want to slap his ilegitimate kids and take a dump on any near extinct animal hes having for dinner.... You can always tell that they dont give a single fuck about people or their products by the way they phrase their statements.
This is a damn shame, but studios are closing all over the place. Sony lost a couple of hundred million dollars last year, so yeah...these things happen. It's business. If you can't deal with that, then I'd suggest you wake up and smell the smog.
You speak the truth!
They are kicking their right leg with the left one. What were they thinking when the decided to port Hot Shots Gold World Invitational to the PS3? Right here we have another huge mistake they are making. The audience might think "It's just a matter of time until we'll have Gravity Rush or Soul Sacrifice on PS3s after they release on the Vita, because they'd port them anyway.''
You're a idiot! Stop overreacting.
Sad news whenever a studio closes. That is one less origin place for games to come from. And as a gamer that likes different genres this hurts bad!
Thats real deal like Holyfield what Alex said above!
hmm.. first Bibgig then Zipper and now Liverpool? and every studio made a Vita game... Please close Nihilistic Sony pleaseeee for the sake of GAMES close NIHILISTIC!!!!!!!!
I agree completely. No one is going to be compelled to buy a Vita if you port the consoles exclusive games to the PS3
I agree .
wipeout is still owned by sony dip shit
they can make another studio make a wipout game
DID YOU JUST COMPARE SONY TO HITLER? do you know who Hitler is? Do you know how warenty works? Uneducated people like you shouldn't post about shit they don't know about. STFU
nihilistic is technically third-party so that wont happen (unfortunately)
makes sense tbh, even though wipeout is a great series and 2048 for Vita is undoubtedly one of the best games on the handheld, it doesn't sell as well as some may think, and with Vita sales also suffering, 2048 sales would have been minimal.
fucking sony
Wipeout is one of greatest gaming memories back in my high school age. I exactly remembered when I showed wipeout pure to my mates and they were stunned by the graphics capability of psp that time. Thanks liverpool studio!
This will come as great news to some, Black Ops Declassified ZOMBIES, has kinda been confirmed, on the official website it shows tweets from a certain 'iconxmedia' now i dont know exactly who this guy is but he seems to be the main man on the official site, just 2 hours ago he tweeted. 'To answer all questions, YES, Black Ops Declassified does have zombies. It wouldnt be Black Ops without it.' you heard it here first :)
well fist socom and now wipeout sony is on the right track for killing things that do them good.
Nihilistic isn't owned by Sony............. or is it? As far as I know Nihilistic is an independent developer.
I don't understand why Liverpool was closed. My first game on PS Vita was indeed Wipeout 2048 and reason I bought the Vita itself - I wanted futuristic fast-paced arcade game with great graphics and sound effect.
I love recent DLC, bought it immediately as it hit PSN... still playin' it, it's kinda hard but enjoying it all the time.
Sad story indeed. Thanks Liverpool for hooking me, console-hater, on PS Vita and your great game...
i know that japanese are having a bad time. but what i did not know is that they have totally lost their senses!
Yeah you're right, they don't own Nihilistic, but they should buy it just so that can fire everyone who works there for being a complete disgrace to video games...
Your retarded as hell. What about Assassin's Creed? LBP? Killzone? And that's just for the vita. For ps3, there's COD Series, and countless other games. You really are stupid if your going to sell your ps vita and ps3. I agree with frenchboy and HUH. just stop commenting on this sight.
I enjoyed playing Wipeout more than Resistance, well said!!
Nihilistic is a Bitch.
WipEOut2048 has been my most loved vita game. Incredibly addictive and the only game I have ever been psyched to get a platinum. Still not there, but its all in the journey. It's so satisfying gradually getting incrementally better on each track.
I had a few issues with getting online working properly. The Liverpool team via their Facebook group were incredibly helpful and gave such amazing customer service. They clearly loved their product and wanted it to be as good as it could. Many thanks for all your hard work.
I am truly gutted for all who have lost jobs.
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