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WipEout HD was released for the Playstation 3 today. For those not in the know, it’s the latest and most high-definitionish version of a game franchise that’s been running since the original Playstation. It is a racing simulation sent from the future, faithfully reproducing the F5000 Anti-Gravity Racing League experience. Think F1, except without the tires, the wheels, the maddening slowness, and with the addition of a gigatonne of explosives.

This seems like as good a time as any to share some WipEout character concept art I’ve completed. Don’t look for them in the game, cause they’re not there. There are about eight more of them, which I’ll be posting every now and then over the course of the next few weeks. I’ll also try to explain why everyone should care more about WipEout, and what anyone in any creative discipline can learn from it. Stay tuned!

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• WipEout HD Official Site
• Discuss this over on my LiveJournal (cause I’m too lazy to enable comments here)