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• The remastered Wipeout: Omega Collection speeds to the top of the UK charts in a first for the franchise

  Sony scores a UK no.1 with the debut of Wipeout: Omega Collection.

• Wipeout Omega Collection is the best 4K 60fps game on PS4 Pro - report

  The Wipeout Omega Collection delivers near perfect utilisation of PS4 Pro’s power, according to a new report.

• We're streaming Wipeout Omega Collection on PS4 - will we wipeout? Watch and see for yourself

  It’s that time again: we’re streaming another awesome game and you should join in on the fun.

• We're super jealous of anyone with this Wipeout Omega Collection Limited Edition Tigron K-VSR

  Sony sent out a super-limited Wipeout Omega Collection media kit to various folks, and we’re a bit green with envy.

• Watch 4K gameplay of Wipeout Omega Collection

  The Wipeout Omega Collection will support 4K resolutions on PS4 Pro, and we’ve got 4K footage to prove it.

• Wipeout remasters coming to PS4 in the Omega Collection

  Another classic is getting a remaster.

• Sony: "Never say never" to a new Wipeout game

  Plus Syphon Filter studio working on an “awesome, cool game” according to Sony’s Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida.

• WipeOut spiritual successor Formula Fusion takes to Steam Greenlight

  Former WipeOut developers have banded together to launch a new studio and continue creating futuristic, anti-gravity racers.

• MotorStorm creator and Evolution Studios founder forms Starship Group

  Martin Kenwright is funding next-gen games and entertainment development studio Starship Group, with developers who have worked on Motorstorm, Project Gotham Racing and the Wipeout franchises.

• Activision evaluating future of Call of Duty: Strike Team development studio

  Activision is in the process of conducting an employee consultation process with the staff at Leeds-based studio The Blast Furnace, which was behind the development of mobile title Call of Duty: Strike Team.

• Sony trademarks "Psygnosis", see the filing here

  Sony has trademarked “Psygnosis”, as in the former Liverpool-based studio that created the WipEout series. We’ve no idea what it means, but you can check out the filing here.

• Memory lane: the breadth of Psygnosis's back catalogue

  Does Sony have any idea the treasure it’s sitting on since it acquired – and shut down – Psygnosis? The familiar owl logo graced many a PSOne-era favourite; let’s highlight a few particularly shining gems.

• Sawfly Studios still loves racing games, its focus lies "elsewhere right now"

  Sawfly Studios, comprised of Sony Studio Liverpool vets, has said that while it still loves racing games, its focus lies “elsewhere right now.”

• Ex-WipEout dev casts doubt over future instalments, discusses new project

  WipEout may not make a comeback following Sony Studio Liverpool’s unexpected closure last year. That’s the prediction of ex-WipEout developer Nick Burcombe, whose new studio Playrise releases it’s first game on iOS Table Top Racing later this month. The developer has given VG247 insight into his time with the WipEout franchise and his new game […]

• Wipeout: "Online play will continue to be supported" while future remains in balance

  Despite the closure of Sony Liverpool, a message on the Wipeout Facebook page has suggested the franchise could live on.

• Studio Liverpool was working on WipeEout PS4 before it closed - Report

  WipEout was in development for PS4 before Studio Liverpool was closed today, a source has told Eurogamer.

• Studio Liverpool closed, WipEout dev's projects canned

  WipEout developer Studio Liverpool has been closed and all of its projects cancelled, Sony has confirmed. Sony has also issued a statement explaining the outfit’s closure, and has cancelled all of the studio’s projects including – according to fresh rumours – a next-gen WipEout game for PS4.

• WipEout dev points to connectivity as next-gen touchstone

  The WipEout team at Studio Liverpool expects the next generation of games to come bristling with connections to other devices and the rest of the Internet.

• WipEout, Syphon Filter join EU Xperia Play catalogue

  Two new titles have been added to the European library of Xperia Play-compatible PSOne Classics.