What’s the status on WipEout HD? Originally scheduled for a summer release on PSN, the futuristic racer was conspicuously absent from this Sony’s E3 showcase this year. Why? Ah, due to a “tricky technical problem,” says SCEE boss David Reeves:

There is a specific technical problem with WipEout that we have to solve. I can’t go into details but it is a really, really tricky technical problem that no region has been able to solve at the moment.

I think it will come out before the end of the year but it is something that was just very difficult to get to grips with.”

Tis a shame. Wonder what the issue is, must be quite serious though. Whatever it is, we hope Sony’s crack team of software engineers can get this sorted.

WipEout HD delayed due to technical issue [Eurogamer]

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