WIPEOUT OMEGA COLLECTION
Omega Collection likely not the end…
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Apocalyptic. Too strong a word for WipEout Omega Collection’s reveal at the PlayStation Experience? You can’t blame us – it’s a dramatic moniker. Omega? As in, the end of all things? As in, the last Wip Eout title we’ll ever see?
Of course not. The remastered collection is just the beginning. Would Sony XDev make a new WipEout? “I think we would,” producer Mark O’Connor tells OPM. “It’s PlayStation, it’s in our heritage. I don’t see why we wouldn’t.”
Brilliant news. We can’t help but wonder what a WipEout created for current-gen consoles would be like. “What we haven’t done with WipEout so far is customisation,” O’Connor continues. “Maybe you could buy parts or upgrades… Something like that where you can – if you invest the time – customise and get what you want out of your ships. Better handling, faster or more attack-minded.”
TRADING RACES
“And trading maybe, or online races that you can set up and start building a community. The trading of parts, challenging people… that type of thing would be great,” he says. “That’s where PS4 is now. It’s online, it’s community-based. So maybe that would add to WipEout.”
For now we’re content with cooing over the gorgeous PS4 Propowered remaster. “It was quite important for WipEout to come back,” O’Connor muses. “It’s within PlayStation’s DNA. It’s always been there. Who knows; hopefully this’ll be the springboard for something bigger and better in the future.” Ready? Set? WipEout Omega Collection races onto PlayStation 4 this summer.
IT WAS QUITE IMPORTANT FOR WIPEOUT TO COME BACK. IT’S IN PLAYSTATION’S DNA.