Release date (merged)

[BaldyCurly]

yeah me too!

Also, I am reading (yes on the internet, so it must be true, honest) that we are getting a new firmware update for our shiney black boxes, maybe next month. This update will include (maybe!?) In Game XMB access, invites and the like. This is a big deal to many gamers if true, even more so if you have ever played on Xbox Live.

Who's know, maybe once this is released it will pave the way for a better online experience with the PS3 in preperation for WipeoutHD online games.

[ColdRem'S]

I'm sorry I've brought these dates on this thread, they really seem wrong now that I think about it. Just keep in mind I'm not the one that invented them.
I just was so happy when I read "from an official source"...
Forgive me guys.

[Ota]

When it has a release date, I'll let you know[...]

I just went from sporadic, some times a week, to daily check.

[Axel]

I'm sorry I've brought these dates on this thread, they really seem wrong now that I think about it. Just keep in mind I'm not the one that invented them.
I just was so happy when I read "from an official source"...
Forgive me guys.

Ah we forgive you dude. Come here...

*Axel gives ColdRem'S a hug

[ColdRem'S]

LoL!
Thank you Axel.

[Sugar_from_OTW]

Fatal inertia EX is to be released for the ps3 next week. It's more polished than the 360 version, significantly cheaper, and downloadable. The reviews for it compare favourably to the 360 version.

It would make sense, I think, to delay your bigger, better futuristic racer (wipeout). You can sell fatal interia as a game you can play while you wait for wipEout. Also, you'll get a lot more buisness selling wipEout during the next firmware update that will give an ingame XMB and trophies, roumered to be a few weeks away. Some extra 'mindshare' will be created that will help sell wipEout, in the same way that LBP will probably be sold as the same time as Home nearer to christmas.

Now that this scenario seems obvioius, I see this as being a good outcome for wipEout, and am prepared to wait. I also assume that's why wipEout has been 99% done for a while, as the game is fundamentally completed, but some of the team can do bug testing until release. I hope that means that the rest of the team can take some time off.

[eLhabib]

WipEout HD has been removed from the official Playstation Site's release calendar. Read into it what you will >link

[piper999]

Oh dear.

Maybe they think we'll all be too busy playing MGS4 to notice.

On the positive side: reading that list I notice Space Invaders Extreme. Never heard of it before but it looks pretty good.



EDIT: Just checked Wikipedia which has the following information, "To be released on the PlayStation Store on the 15th of July ".

The info seems to come from 1UP and looks unofficial. I'm guessing it is wrong since the Wipeout developer who posts on here hasn't given us any date yet.

[Egg]

That's not a Thursday, either ...

[Rapier Racer]

lol they're not even trying with these fake dates now

[Rubix42]

Exactly. It will be released at some point though, I think the rumor of it being after the release of the in game XMB update is pretty solid, and I think that as hard as it is now, once the game is on my harddrive, we'll immediately start hoping for new tracks and ships to DL.

[piper999]

Exactly. It will be released at some point though, I think the rumor of it being after the release of the in game XMB update is pretty solid, and I think that as hard as it is now, once the game is on my harddrive, we'll immediately start hoping for new tracks and ships to DL.

I would guess its release has been pulled so as not to kill the third party Fatal Inertia game which lets face it no-one would buy if it was put up for sale at the same time as Wipeout HD.

[Rubix42]

Nice, so very true. I for sure ain't picking that one up. The demo on the 360 ruined me on the whole concept.

[Darkdrium777]

You should try the demo on PS3. I said to myself the same thing but then I tried it on PS3 and it's a very different game. It's not as good as WipEout but it's acceptable (Fi on 360 was just pure Fi EX looks like its going to be better.)

[TheFrostE]

i wont spend money on a game that will "hold me over" for 3 weeks lol...unless mommy and daddy are buying it for me....HA, ya right, not since i was 16 and old enough to make my own money.

save ur money and wait for HD and pick up something that will actually BE worth picking up *MGS4 next week*

[Ota]

The ESRB has rated woHD: Everyone 10+ / Fantasy Violence.
Things get rolling.

[Rapier Racer]

Oh its 10+ in America? It's only 3+ here, just imagine all the upset 3 years olds who would be deprived of their Wipeout if that were the case here

[Darkdrium777]

Great so its coming

[RJ O'Connell]

Oh its 10+ in America? It's only 3+ here, just imagine all the upset 3 years olds who would be deprived of their Wipeout if that were the case here

Of course, if it were up to me, I'd fine any institution $500K and up that enforces game ratings systems on its own by carding customers rather than leave the parents in charge of deciding what games their kids should be playing.

Besides, it's been 6+ since WO1, and has only been 10+ since that rating was put into place...

...anyway, the ESRB rating just confirmed the release will be right around the corner...ish.

[Ota]

Having it clash with MGS4 would be my personal nightmare. I'll have two weeks off then, but I do still need to sleep at times.