WipEout HD delayed for failing epilepsy tests

[Shrygue]

via Computer and Video Games


Many, many things were missing from E3 last week but if you're a Sony fan, one of them was anything to do with the long-awaited PSN version of WipEout.

The streamlined HD racer was strangely absent from Sony's E3 conference, with the firm citing technical difficulties as the culprit.

We've been playing a near finished version of the game here in the office for ages now. Check out these exclusive movies to see how pretty it looks. All we were waiting for then was news of a release and how much it would set us back.

Imagine our surprise when we were told that the game had failed epilepsy tests and has to be re-engineered as a result before it can be released to the public.

CVG has been told that WipEout "fails the epilepsy tests so much that it has to be re-engineered." All that speed and flashing lights zipping past your eyes must be too much to handle.

No further details were available, such as how long this re-working might take but we've contacted Sony and are still awaiting an official response on the status of WipEout HD and when we can expect to see it launch on PSN.

And while we're at it, what ever happened to the PSN release of 2097 (XL in the US)? You'll know when we do.


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[trafony]

Thaaaaaaaaaaaat suuucks. Release a "use at your own risk" version then.

[chris-007]

This is just some wild speculation. I don't believe.

And they talked about a technical issue. That would not be technical.

[acn010]

nah... that sucks. I so wanted to play

[ICE]

How do they test it? Let a guy with epilepsy play and see what happens?

[devdj]

How do they test it? Let a guy with epilepsy play and see what happens?

no i don't think they would allow someone with epilepsy to play it but anyways epilepsy can strike anyone at any time of there lives if they had some kind of tramatic event and sudden shock from an accident then they could develop epilepsy but i think in this case it all comes down to what framrate level of the flashs that appear in the game but i would have liked to see if the beta build would have any effect on me would i develop epilepsy or would my eyes just burn up for a week which happened when i first played jurasic park on the sega megadrive now that was very long time ago i could barely see a thing my eyes were boiling up.