Sony Liverpool - closed down :(

Poly-Jon

Truley Gutted about this .. from Psygnosis to Sony to nothing
I was lucky to work with these guy`s for a while
turley talented bunch i wish they all the luck in finding new jobs

http://www.edge-online.com/news/sony-close-studio-liverpool

Super

Damn. Hope everyone manages to get back on their feet.

Is there even going to be a games industry here soon? Grim.

Baj Singh

Good luck to them, industry is pretty unstable over here at the minute. Hopefully that will change if the tax breaks get introduced next year.

We are looking for character/environment artists if anybody from Studio Liverpool is reading.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103570

Poly-Jon

Baj Singh - Cheers dude ill pass the link over to the guy`s i know thair

J

leilei

TeeJay wrote: »

As in Shadow of the Beast and Lemmings?

As in crazy fantasy box art and logos yes (though they only published Lemmings, that one's DMA Design (Rockstar North))

D4V1DC

Sad news this week big time, very ugly out look, 3 similar threads of bad news.

Best of luck to all!

imyj

Sad day indeed Hopefully everyone finds a job. Perhaps we'll even see some new studios form from the employees?

The Designers Republic originally created the art for Wipeout's packaging, in-game branding and other promotional materials. I loved the graphic design in the Wipeout games.

Fomori

Such an awesome studio. Such a shame. Hope they move onto better.

Muzzoid

Oh man ....

They had apparently been developing the next wipeout for ps4 for 18 months now.

Noodle!

This makes me so sad. I grew up with their games and wipeout was one of the titles that changed the way I view art in games forever.

RIP Psygnosis, I hope everyone somehow makes it out ok.

and RIP Wipeout, so sad I'll never get another one of those again, especially if it was being developed for PS4.

cptSwing

Psygnosis

SHEPEIRO

bah sad news...always waiting o the next wipeout....

my bleeding sensory organs will miss you
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WRY_bCy2Hk&feature=fvwrel"]WipEout HD - Syncopia - Zone 120 - YouTube[/ame]

Snacuum

After most of the closed studio threads here, this one really gets to me. More so than the demise of a great studio I now also fear a poor future with no futuristic racing games.

I mean really there was tonnes on PS1/N64, and a few on xbox/ps2/gcn and now really there was practically just Wipeout. Now even they'll be gone.

Just once it would be nice to have a whole year go by without "massive layoffs/studio closed" news.

chrisradsby

I never thought that would happen! I've worked there as well just last year. They were doing good with Wipeout 2048 and some other things. I hope everyone lands on their feet!

JamesWild

Yeah there's very little in that way around any more. I think it's probable that the sheer number of similar games kinda wore out the public. I'm considering developing something similar for a long-off future project.

Actually on the subject of Wipeout did anyone notice the huuuuge shift in overall tone from the first two games (the first being a very "grimy" game, the second being a very "dark" game) to a clean futuristic aesthetic which has persisted since? Korodera was one of my favorite tracks because it had so much atmosphere. And Silverstream was epic.

Justin Meisse

I saw this posted on Boingboing:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqduhShyh0Y"]PSYGNOSIS PROMOTIONAL VIDEO - 1996 - YouTube[/ame]

ErichWK

Wow..that video just broke my heart..

MatOaf

Yeah.....I remember Destruction Derby, hopefully something good will come from the situation.

Chunkey

Sad day another part of my childhood gone

Just hope that everyone at the studio lands back on their feet again

Muzzoid

WE. ARE. ALIVE.

http://www.facebook.com/WipEout2048 HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

ambershee

ooooooooooo!

Muzzoid

Dammit.

"Good afternoon Pilots

As you may be aware; Studio Liverpool shut its doors on the 22nd of August 2012.

It was a very sad day- the end of an era and will never be forgotten. While we wait for news on the future of WipEout, Online play will continue to be supported and there will be plenty of WipEout community events, giveaways and goodies to look forward to!

WipEout’s passion will live on - Together we are stronger and together we will keep WipEout alive.

WE ♥ WO!"

littleclaude

25% of the sony market in 1996 to nothing a very sad day indeed.

NO!

arrangemonk

i hope they revive as an independent studio again, since they got under hand of sony the games got lame

littleclaude

Some jobs working on Killzone, Mercenary in Cambridge

http://3dhit.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20608&st=0#entry262968

littleclaude

Could you pass this news onto any Games Designers who might still be looking for work?

Senior Lecturer in Games Design, University of Hertfordshire
School of Creative Arts
£35,938 to £45,486 per annum

Job role details - https://www.jobs.herts.ac.uk/pls/cor...ay_apply_ind=Y

A link to our Polycount thread -http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68766&highlight=university+hertfo rdshire

Feel free to PM me any questions

Best Wishes,
Neil