Posted Aug 27, 2007 at 01:57AM by Ryan A. Listed in: PlayStation 3 Tags: Sony, PS1, PS2, Liverpool, Tony Buckley
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Game Director Buckley talks about WipEout HD - Image 1 Game Director Buckley talks about WipEout HD - Image 2 


Sony Liverpool Game Director Tony Buckley was recently interviewed regarding WipEout HD and how intricate its relationship is with the Playstation Portable versions of WipEout. For those who don't know yet, WipEout HD is going to be a downloadable title based from the tracks found on the PSP version.

According to the game director, the new title will have eight tracks - six of which were take from WipEout Pure and the remaining two were lifted from Pulse. Buckley added that using the PSP codes was most logical because of certain technical considerations. He explained:


Basically, this helped us get a WipEout on PS3 much faster. The PSP track data made the most sense for several of reasons. Plus, the PS2 game's code wouldn't have been very ideal, and as for the PS1 games, unfortunately most of that code is now lost.


This means that the tracks from the PS3 and PSP builds are basically the same but WipEout HD is, well, in HD. Aside from adding effects and details, Tony Buckley shared that they are currently working on revamping the particle system. The director also mentioned that pricing is still not being discussed as of now.

Despite that, Tony Buckley said that future downloads are being considered as of now. But if the downloadable tracks become too many in the future, they might consider a full Blu-ray release:


We'd like to do more tracks as future downloads, certainly. It's not planned right now, but if we released eight more tracks in the future and packaged them all together, at that point you're looking at enough to perhaps justify a Blu-ray release. Of course we're planning things, but right now the focus is on HD.




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   by Stealth! (Unregistered) - 2007-08-27
 » Very old game past it sell by date

This game is old and stale now..

   by Mister Common Sense - 2007-08-27
 » this is dumb

They're basically saying they're repackaging a PSP launch game and making it a PS3 game?

I don't think making the resolution 1080p is going to make it look or play any better.

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   by Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-27
 » LMAO

Noob, Wipeout Pure and Pulse are bad ass games. If they were going to get an uplift, it's be the best engine to take since the PS2 and PS1 versions are outdated. If it's a winning formula, why bother making a new build? The engine itself has a lot of potential, something you don't have as a gamer. ROFL.

   by Fiberwire (Unregistered) - 2007-08-27
 » Mister Common Douche is a Retard

"I don't think making the resolution 1080p is going to make it look or play any better."

do you suffer from severe mental retardation? increasing the resolution to 1080p won't make it look any better? you must be a water-head retard...

and as for playing better, it plays just fine. you think anything that doesnt play like Gears isn't good. You sicken me....


   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-08-28
 » retard?

I don't even think they made the textures higher resolution. It looks like everything is recycled. I don't know why anyone would buy this game when I had it on my PSP since the PSP launch in march 2005.


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