wipeout

Wipe out or wipeout may refer to:

• Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show), a competition featuring obstacle courses
  • Any of various international versions of this show
  • Any of various video games based on the show
• Wipeout (1988 U.S. game show), a trivia competition
  • Wipeout (UK game show), a 1994-2002 derivative of the above program
  • Wipeout (1999 Australian game show), a 1999-2000 derivative of the above program

Wipeout (trademarked as WipEout) is a series of futuristic anti-gravity racing games developed by SCE Studio Liverpool. The series is well known for its fast-paced gameplay and high-quality 3D visual design running on the full resolution of the console the game belongs to; its association with electronic dance music (mainly Goa trance, Uplifting Trance and Big beat), as well as its continuous collaboration with certain artists (The Chemical Brothers, Optical, FSOL, Cold Storage, Kraftwerk, Orbital, Aphex Twin and others). The series identified itself with a strong graphical design, provided by The Designers Republic.

Wipeout (stylised as wipEout") is a 1995 futuristic racing game developed and published by Psygnosis. It is the first game in the Wipeout series and is set in the year 2052. It was originally released in 1995 for PlayStation and PCs running MS-DOS, and in 1996 for Sega Saturn, being a launch title for the PlayStation in Europe and North America. It has since been re-released as a downloadable game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable via the PlayStation Network in 2007.