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Sony Closes WipEout Developer Studio Liverpool

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RogueyWon writes "Eurogamer is reporting that Sony has closed its subsidiary developer Studio Liverpool. Beginning its life in 1984 under the name Psygnosis, the development house has played an important role in the history of computer and video gaming, publishing classics such as the Lemmings series. Since its acquisition by Sony in 1993, the studio has been best known for its work on the WipEout franchise, which helped to establish the PlayStation console as a successful brand. Sony's statements indicate that it will seek to find positions for staff in its other development houses, but that some redundancies will be necessary." Eurogamer posted an update, indicating that the studio was working on WipEout for the PS4.

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  1. Sony and Lemmings by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Lemmings" seems appropriate when you think about Sony executives.

  2. RIP Psygnosis by logicassasin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shadow of the Beast, The Killing Game Show, and Awesome were my favorite Atari ST and Amiga games ever. Stunning graphics (for the time), unparallelled music, great game play out of their games. RIP to the greatest studio of my youth. ... BTW, has anyone ever completed Shadow of the Beast 2 WITHOUT using the "ten pints" cheat?

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  3. Psygnosis are gone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh no! *BOOM*

  4. Psygnosis. by Moskit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not Psygonis or Psygnonis.

    Please shows some respect and check spelling of last names and company names at the very least. Basic Editor skillz, rigot?

  5. Re:"Some redundancies will be necessary" by jareth-0205 · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Some redundancies will be necessary"

    You mean, those redundancies will be deemed unnecessary, and therefore eliminated. Hate to be a wording nazi, but that's bad.

    This is a UK-ism... a 'redundancy' is a job that has been made redundant, and therefore terminated. It's a common phrase here.

  6. I remember it in its heyday by snap2grid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Which for my purposes was the early 90s. DMA Design (the developer of Lemmings, Hired Guns) had a not always amiable relationship with Psygnosis, who was our publisher at the start. I visited it only a couple of times, but it always felt like an important place, like going to visit the emperor. Best memories were of the largest, tastiest pizza I'd ever had and of being crammed into the back of Ian Hetherington's Porche as a bunch of us were taken out for a meal. So, sad day.