<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
(	O
stylised	O
as	O
wipEout	B-Device
fusion	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
futuristic	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
Wipeout	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
particular	O
praise	O
being	O
directed	O
at	O
its	O
techno	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
track	O
design	O
received	O
mixed	O
responses	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
is	O
a	O
racing	O
game	O
which	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
2160	O
and	O
revolves	O
around	O
players	O
competing	O
in	O
the	O
F9000	O
anti-gravity	O
racing	O
league	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
eight	O
teams	O
in	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
,	O
each	O
having	O
a	O
lead	O
pilot	O
and	O
second	O
pilot	O
–	O
players	O
can	O
choose	O
which	O
pilot	O
and	O
team	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
use	O
before	O
a	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Wipeout	B-Application
2097	I-Application
,	O
the	O
studio	O
wanted	O
to	O
aim	O
their	O
next	O
game	O
at	O
an	O
"	O
older	O
,	O
savvier	O
crowd	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
,	O
chief	O
designer	O
Colin	O
Berry	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
retrospective	O
interview	O
that	O
he	O
became	O
disillusioned	O
with	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
Wipeout	O
franchise	O
was	O
trying	O
to	O
emulate	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
F-Zero	B-Application
GX	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Bam	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
received	O
generally	O
favourable	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanchez	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
looked	O
like	O
an	O
"	O
early	O
first	O
generation	O
PS2	B-Device
game	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
asserted	O
that	O
had	O
it	O
been	O
released	O
a	O
year	O
from	O
writing	O
his	O
review	O
,	O
the	O
graphics	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
looked	O
as	O
dated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Louis	O
Bedigan	O
from	O
GameZone	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
attention	O
to	O
detail	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
visuals	O
had	O
improved	O
by	O
"	O
110%	O
"	O
since	O
Wipeout	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
thought	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
time	O
was	O
put	O
into	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusions	I-Device
graphics	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
"	O
something	O
truly	O
extraordinary	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ryan	O
Davis	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
criticised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
visuals	O
,	O
asserting	O
that	O
although	O
the	O
track	O
designs	O
appear	O
more	O
"	O
flamboyant	O
"	O
over	O
Wipeout	B-Application
2097	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
keeps	O
its	O
visual	O
flash	O
to	O
a	O
minimum	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Tom	O
Bramwell	O
from	O
Eurogamer	O
considered	O
that	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusions	I-Device
only	O
improvement	O
from	O
its	O
predecessors	O
was	O
its	O
improved	O
graphics	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanchez	O
opined	O
that	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
Wipeout	O
games	O
—	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
—	O
are	O
"	O
good	O
enough	O
"	O
to	O
buy	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kauderer	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
an	O
exceptional	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
since	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
licensed	O
music	O
in	O
Wipeout	B-Application
2097	I-Application
,	O
the	O
franchise	O
had	O
"	O
changed	O
the	O
face	O
of	O
the	O
industry	O
forever	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
opined	O
that	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
had	O
lost	O
"	O
that	O
cool	O
edge	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
