{"id":285,"date":"2025-07-10T17:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:42:54","slug":"ps1-classic-wipeout-gets-unofficial-xbox-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/ps1-classic-wipeout-gets-unofficial-xbox-release\/","title":{"rendered":"PS1 classic WipEout gets unofficial Xbox release"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"401\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23632004 lazyload\" alt=\"Wipeout box art of blue futuristic racing vehicle\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_258571117-384a.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Hold steady, WipEout fans, there&#8217;s something fishy here (Sony)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A famous PlayStation exclusive has been ported to <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/xbox\/\">Xbox<\/a> and Sony are going to be furious when they find out about it.<\/p>\n<p>While Xbox exclusives, like <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/03\/sea-thieves-ps5-review-authorised-playstation-piracy-20770583\/\">Sea Of Thieves<\/a> and the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/05\/gears-of-war-reloaded-confirmed-for-ps5-as-another-xbox-exclusive-goes-multiformat-23030444\/\">Gears Of War remaster<\/a>, are finding a new home on the PlayStation 5, that doesn\u2019t mean Sony intends to return the favour.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s multiplatform push has clearly been in response to the Xbox Series X\/S\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/20\/xbox-series-x-s-console-sales-fall-behind-ps5-latest-sales-figures-22761538\/\">dwindling sales<\/a>. At the same time, PlayStation 5 sales are still increasing, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/09\/elden-ring-nightreign-best-selling-video-game-may-us-23621671\/\">in the US at least<\/a>, so there&#8217;s zero chance of seeing the likes of God Of War or The Last Of Us on an Xbox platform.<\/p>\n<p>And yet an old PlayStation favourite, WipEout, is currently available for purchase from the Xbox store\u2026 and it\u2019s clearly not happened with Sony\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n<p>The game has actually been available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-GB\/games\/store\/anti-gravity-racing-wipeout\/9PMG3SFGKF4P\">the Xbox store<\/a> since April, where it\u2019s listed as Anti-Gravity Racing Wipeout and is being sold for \u00a314.99.<\/p>\n<p>At a first glance, it seems like it\u2019s just a spiritual follow-up; something meant to resemble WipEout but is still an original product.<\/p>\n<p>Upon learning of its existence, though, Digital Foundry took one for the team and actually bought it, discovering that, no, it\u2019s just WipEout. As in the original PlayStation game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tExpert, exclusive gaming analysis\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Sign up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/game-central\/\"><strong>GameCentral newsletter<\/strong><\/a> for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More specifically, it\u2019s a badly emulated version of WipEout, one that has stretched out menus and Xbox buttons awkwardly placed over where the PlayStation buttons would be.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DF Retro EX: WipEout Ported To Xbox Consoles - Here&#039;s Why We Don&#039;t Recommend It\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mTIsEE3s9hw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The game also includes WipEout 3 (entitled Anti-Gravity Racing Special Edition) and even warns you not to try and run it on a 2013 model of the Xbox One. Digital Foundry accepted the challenge and can confirm that it runs terribly.<\/p>\n<p>They ran direct comparisons with the original PlayStation games and while they are by and large identical, some adjustments have been made to these emulated duplicates.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the emulated WipEout is the PAL version released in the UK. To compensate for running on our 50Hz TVs, developer Psygnosis adjusted the speed so it would match the NTSC version released in the US.<\/p>\n<p>However, the emulated version bumps it up to 60Hz, which means the game runs faster than it should. All references to Psygnosis have also been scrubbed from the game, although all the (un-)licensed music seems to be intact.<\/p>\n<p>If you needed any further evidence that this Xbox release isn\u2019t legitimate, the developer and publisher of Anti-Gravity Racing Wipeout is listed as LLS Games.<\/p>\n<p>With more attention being drawn to it, the game will likely be removed from the Xbox store, especially if Sony decides to send in the lawyers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23632010 lazyload\" alt=\"Wipeout racing gameplay\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_258571211-643e.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Look at it, it&#8217;s just WipEout (Xbox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gamecentral@metro.co.uk\">gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a>, leave a comment below,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameCentral\">follow us on Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To submit Inbox letters and Reader\u2019s Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more stories like this,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/entertainment\/gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check our Gaming page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><title>Arrow<\/title><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2017\/06\/05\/wipeout-omega-collection-review-the-past-of-the-future-of-racing-6686963\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\">WipEout Omega Collection review \u2013 the past of the future of racing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><title>Arrow<\/title><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/07\/xbox-game-pass-damaging-industry-a-decade-says-arkane-founder-23599801\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\">Xbox Game Pass has been \u2018damaging the industry for a decade\u2019 says Arkane founder<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><title>Arrow<\/title><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/07\/xbox-set-fail-microsoft-bosses-claims-insider-23599932\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\">Xbox is being set up to fail by Microsoft bosses, claims insider<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold steady, WipEout fans, there&#8217;s something fishy here (Sony) A famous PlayStation exclusive has been ported to Xbox and Sony are going to be furious when they find out about it. While Xbox exclusives, like Sea Of Thieves and the upcoming Gears Of War remaster, are finding a new home on the PlayStation 5, that doesn\u2019t mean Sony intends to return the favour. Microsoft\u2019s multiplatform push has clearly been in response to the Xbox Series X\/S\u2019s dwindling sales. At the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/ps1-classic-wipeout-gets-unofficial-xbox-release\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PS1 classic WipEout gets unofficial Xbox release&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}