SCEE "Looking Into" Wipeout HD Epilepsy Reports News

Could the real reason behind Wipeout HD's delay be down to epilepsy concerns...

By Chris Leyton
Posted: 23/07/2008

Following cryptic allusions to the possible reason behind the Wipeout HD delay, reports emerging today suggest a far more surprising basis than the technical issue previously claimed.

Allegations that the game has suffered from a failed epilepsy test have surfaced, hence the confusion and vague comments surrounding the exact cause.

Of course this brings a number of further questions:

- How do they test for this? - What does Wipeout HD do that's so different to previous Wipeout games (frame rate?) - Should the preview builds that SCEE have sent us come with a health warning?

When we put these questions to SCEE we were informed that they were looking into it, but have failed to offer any further information at the time of writing.

Read into that what you will.

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	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 01st Oct 2008 22:27, Post No: 23 "Beyond the online issues..." The Game is BASASS!!!
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 01st Oct 2008 04:25, Post No: 22 Having said that, they should have the option to host a race with it disabled for the purists...
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 01st Oct 2008 04:23, Post No: 21 Looks like pilot assist in online is fine, it slows you down a lot if you take corners sharply, so those who can handle not using it will actually have a slight advantage
	By: Anonymous Added:Mon 29th Sep 2008 14:36, Post No: 20 Accessiblity is never a word that should never even be mentioned in the same breath as Wipeout - who are you a Sony marketing guy or something. Beyond the online issues with the Pilot Assist though (shouldn't have it), Wipeout HD is as good as I was hoping.
	By: Anonymous Added:Sun 28th Sep 2008 05:06, Post No: 19 I'm with you about the pilot assist - BUT, feel that it should NOT be an option when playing ONLINE! Who ever heard of a public online game where you are able to use a handicap against others that don't know it. They should limit your speed a tad if you have to use pilot assist!!!
	By: Anonymous Added:Fri 26th Sep 2008 20:39, Post No: 18 Typical gamer posturing to sugar off the pilot assist in the review. If it makes the game more accessible, what's wrong with that? Just turn the damn thing off and quit moaning.
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 25th Sep 2008 03:44, Post No: 17 Comes out tomorrow right? Thurs Sept 25th? sugar looks gooooooooooooooood!!! Yeah a playable DEMO would be killer... but I'm buying this game no matter what lol. Support the good PSN titles!!!! (maybe more will come if we do)
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 07th Aug 2008 03:16, Post No: 16 I was playing this game from first part on ps1, give us Online Playable DEMO, We will be happy.
	By: Anonymous Added:Tue 05th Aug 2008 06:48, Post No: 15 I pine for this game - my yearning only sated by the thought of the split-screen - I'd be fine if I only knew the release date. Any clues?
	By: Anonymous Added:Mon 04th Aug 2008 18:43, Post No: 14 At least give us a online, multi-player, one-trach DEMO of the game in it's curent version! As long as the game supports the headsets and online chat function, if we hear an opponent hit the floor in the convulsing throws of a grand-mal seizure, we can pause the race and call 9-1-1 (after I've taken at least a one lap lead-- but that goes without saying, right?).