As part of today’s PlayStation Store update in North America, WipEout HD is free to download if you own WipEout 2048 on the PlayStation Vita. The game was previously given away as part of the “Welcome Back” initiative after the PlayStation Network was hacked. The game is free as part of the DLC packs released today for the PS Vita.
WipEout HD will be getting a patch soon, which makes some small improvements to front-end functionality and addresses some minor issues with the audio. In addition, small issues that could affect gameplay or scores in the Eliminator and Detonator game modes have also been corrected. Changes have also been made so that any adverts shown during loading screens will not adversely affect the loading times of the title.
Recent footage has surfaced showcasing stereoscopic 3D gameplay for the PS3 at TGS 2009. For those not in the know, stereoscopic 3D vision is any technique which can record three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image by presenting a slightly different image in each eye. The footage shows gamers with the stereoscopic 3D glasses playing Wipeout HD.
SCEE has announced that the PlayStation Network title, WipEout HD, is coming to Blu-Ray on October 16th 2009. The release will include the original game, as well as the recently released Fury expansion pack, all for £19.99 / €24.99. The resulting package will give racers 14 reversible racetracks to race solo, against friends or against eight players online, 12 teams to choose from, a huge arsenal of combat weapons to take opponents down with, two whole campaigns to complete and a soundtrack packed with some of the biggest names in dance music.
Today on the PlayStation Store, European games have a little surprise waiting for them. A WipEout HD dynamic XMB theme is available to download for free due to SCEE’s delay in releasing dynamic themes last week. You can also purchase the LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm dynamic themes from the PlayStation Store. Finally, everyone who’s updated to Firmware 3.00 can enjoy the dynamic theme for free.
WipEout is classed as a full game but is only available from the PlayStation Network. It is considered to be one of the hardest games out there in terms of earning the Platinum Trophy. This game will easily take you over a 100 hours to earn all the trophies, if you are lucky and skillful – otherwise you can expect to spend a lot longer. There are a total of 51 available to unlock, including trophies from the Fury DLC pack.
The WipEout HD expansion pack, Fury, will be available to download after tomorrows PlayStation Store update. To prepare the game for the new features, a patch for the game is now available to download. The patch is 109MB in size and include a redesigned interface, new community functionality and some changes to the single and multiplayer game modes.
Zico Liu, programmer on WipEout HD, and also from the “Beat Zico” trophy has revealed some details about the upcoming WipEout HD Fury expansion pack. The Fury expansion pack will be available from the PlayStation Store on Thursday 23rd July (same day as the new Killzone 2 expansion pack). The pack will be priced at £7.99 / €9.99 and will provide three new race types: Eliminator, Zone Battle and Detonator; 12 new tracks, 13 new ships, 6 new music tracks, a redesigned menu system, a new campaign to complete as well a host of new trophies to win.
The Eliminator game mode will allow you to release all that pent-up aggression as you use the full arsenal of Wipeout weaponry to destroy your opponents. Forget those racing lines; this is all about destruction, with the victor being the first to reach the target score!
Zone Battle is about risk and reward! Acceleration is automatic as you swoop over zone pads to fill your zone bar. Your choice is whether to use the bar to increase your speed and boost your ship ever closer to the target zone or absorb it to replenish vital lost energy. Warning, avoid the ‘zone barriers’, obstacles left on the track by your opponents as they boost towards the target zone, hitting these can literally destroy your hopes of victory!
The Detonator mode introduces a brand new ship model to the game that will test both your piloting skills and your shooting accuracy as you accelerate through as many as 14 stages. Score points by destroying the mines that have been strewn along the track and take out the bomb on each stage to earn additional points. The more accurate you are the more points and bonuses you will score!
[Via: US PlayStation.Blog]
