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Wipeout (PSX and Windows Source)

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Re: Wipeout (PSX and Windows Source)

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I’m a huge fan of the Designers Republic, the studio responsible for Wipeout’s brilliant aesthetic. Being from Sheffield, they also worked closely with Warp Records on a bunch of beautiful album artwork for Aphex Twin, Autechre and others. The studio shut down in 2009 sadly, but the website popped back online a couple years ago. I hope they keep making stuff! It seems slim that there will be more Wipeout, however. So…

Yes, they were awesome: https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/61558b...

Re: Wipeout (PSX and Windows Source)

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same with discovering that the in-game advertising for RedBull was actually for a real beverage

Where in game advertising felt real and sensible. Yet was low key Then advertisers went bat shit insane

it was more like how kubrick made use of real branding in 2001 a space odyssey. it actually played a role in advancing an optimistic futurist aesthetic.

Re: Wipeout (PSX and Windows Source)

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post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you misunderstood the parent.

What's the non-misunderstood interpretation, because I also don't get it? If it's about Studio Liverpool, that's also wrong since Studio Liverpool was just a rename of the original developer Psygnosis after it got integrated deeper into Sony.

The original parent claimed that Designers Republic only collaborated on the design of Wipeout 3 (also known as Wip3out). The user replying countered this with proof that they collaborated on Wipeout 3.

Re: Wipeout (PSX and Windows Source)

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post #42

I’m a huge fan of the Designers Republic, the studio responsible for Wipeout’s brilliant aesthetic. Being from Sheffield, they also worked closely with Warp Records on a bunch of beautiful album artwork for Aphex Twin, Autechre and others. The studio shut down in 2009 sadly, but the website popped back online a couple years ago. I hope they keep making stuff! It seems slim that there will be more Wipeout, however. So…

Yes, they were awesome: https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/61558b...

They also did a lot of album art for the Gatecrasher Trance discs

So fresh in 1998/99

https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/gatecrasher

Re: Wipeout (PSX and Windows Source)

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Me as a kid discovering Wipeout soundtrack was truly mind-bending: Photek, Future Sound of London, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Orbital and so many other gems in one go. It was overwhelmingly cool!

Thanks for that, never occurred to me to look for game soundtracks on Spotify until now, https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3E6gcAU0fyq74s3oUomwfo?si=...
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