<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
(	O
stylised	O
as	O
wipE′out	O
pu″rE	O
)	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-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2197	O
,	O
exactly	O
100	O
years	O
after	O
Wipeout	B-Application
2097	I-Application
,	O
and	O
revolves	O
around	O
players	O
competing	O
in	O
the	O
FX300	O
anti-gravity	O
racing	O
league	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
,	O
production	O
of	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
started	O
in	O
August	O
2003	O
and	O
lasted	O
until	O
early	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
created	O
entirely	O
new	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
and	O
other	O
algorithms	O
which	O
sped	O
up	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
in	O
time	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
's	O
North	O
American	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
is	O
a	O
racing	O
game	O
which	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2197	O
,	O
exactly	O
100	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Wipeout	B-Application
2097	I-Application
,	O
and	O
revolves	O
around	O
players	O
competing	O
in	O
the	O
FX300	O
anti-gravity	O
racing	O
league	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
an	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
features	O
new	O
ships	O
,	O
tracks	O
and	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
title	O
to	O
support	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
including	O
extra	O
vehicles	O
,	O
tracks	O
,	O
and	O
artwork	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packs	O
of	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
were	O
made	O
available	O
every	O
month	O
for	O
six	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
three	O
main	O
packs	O
,	O
in	O
one	O
form	O
or	O
another	O
,	O
in	O
all	O
regions	O
where	O
DLC	B-Protocol
support	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
:	O
Gamma	O
,	O
Delta	O
,	O
and	O
Classic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DLC	B-Protocol
packs	O
are	O
not	O
cross-compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
official	O
site	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
eventually	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
but	O
have	O
since	O
been	O
preserved	O
through	O
third-party	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
compensate	O
for	O
the	O
delay	O
of	O
the	O
launch	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
games	O
,	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
added	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
European	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
supports	O
game	O
sharing	O
which	O
allowed	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
version	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
send	O
the	O
demo	O
version	O
over	O
Wi-Fi	O
to	O
other	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
owners	O
who	O
do	O
not	O
own	O
Pure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
feature	O
added	O
was	O
the	O
playable	O
demo	O
for	O
Fired	B-Device
Up	I-Device
and	O
a	O
MediEvil	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
movie	O
demo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fired	B-Device
Up	I-Device
demo	O
also	O
supported	O
game	O
sharing	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
7	O
friends	O
who	O
did	O
n't	O
own	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Pure	O
or	O
Fired	B-Device
Up	I-Device
,	O
but	O
only	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
Junkyard	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Arctic	O
"	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
American	O
,	O
European	O
,	O
and	O
Japanese	O
versions	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
more	O
versions	O
:	O
a	O
Korean	O
version	O
with	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
support	O
but	O
no	O
available	O
downloads	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Asian	O
version	O
which	O
includes	O
no	O
download	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Liverpudlian	O
developer	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
received	O
development	O
kits	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
in	O
August	O
2004	O
;	O
by	O
this	O
time	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
had	O
grown	O
to	O
twenty	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Burrows	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
two	O
staff	O
members	O
who	O
conceptualised	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
reflected	O
in	O
a	O
retrospective	O
"	O
post-mortem	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
studio	O
had	O
to	O
learn	O
from	O
their	O
previous	O
mistakes	O
with	O
their	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burrows	O
explained	O
that	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
"	O
entirely	O
from	O
scratch	O
"	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
dynamics	O
,	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
core	O
elements	O
before	O
testing	O
could	O
commence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burrows	O
recalled	O
that	O
whilst	O
developing	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
,	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
found	O
that	O
half	O
of	O
their	O
time	O
was	O
being	O
"	O
soaked	O
up	O
"	O
by	O
building	O
a	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
their	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
team	O
knew	O
that	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
shipped	O
out	O
in	O
time	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
's	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
decision	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
plugins	O
for	O
their	O
software	O
,	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
save	O
time	O
during	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
custom	O
plugin	O
used	O
for	O
creating	O
tracks	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
450	O
kilobyte	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
polygon	O
subdividing	O
and	O
data	O
on	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
effectively	O
cutting	O
down	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
create	O
tracks	O
from	O
six	O
hours	O
to	O
five	O
minutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
the	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
developed	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
in	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
markup	O
language	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
revisions	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
content	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Burrows	O
recalled	O
that	O
the	O
only	O
downside	O
to	O
converting	O
everything	O
to	O
XML	B-Protocol
was	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
always	O
in	O
danger	O
of	O
becoming	O
too	O
large	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
's	O
Universal	O
Media	O
Disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
showcase	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
's	O
capabilities	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
download	O
system	O
that	O
could	O
provide	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
future	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
included	O
new	O
tracks	O
,	O
music	O
and	O
ships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Burrows	O
realised	O
that	O
new	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
had	O
the	O
potential	O
to	O
bring	O
in	O
more	O
revenue	O
for	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
bypass	O
the	O
problems	O
involved	O
in	O
getting	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
to	O
recognise	O
download	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
solution	O
required	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
piggybacking	B-General_Concept
game	O
data	O
to	O
a	O
valid	O
format	O
recognised	O
by	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
;	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
dummy	O
file	O
would	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
a	O
web-based	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
O'Donnell	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
Studio	O
Liverpool	O
"	O
learned	O
from	O
their	O
mistakes	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
poor	O
gameplay	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Fusion	I-Device
,	O
and	O
created	O
what	O
O'Donnell	O
considered	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
polished	O
futuristic	O
racer	O
to	O
ever	O
hit	O
the	O
market	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chang	O
similarly	O
opinionated	O
that	O
the	O
previous	O
installment	O
was	O
"	O
obtuse	O
"	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
present	O
a	O
positive	O
experience	O
to	O
the	O
Wipeout	O
franchise	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
agreed	O
that	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
resulted	O
in	O
becoming	O
an	O
"	O
extremely	O
polished	O
"	O
and	O
playable	O
futuristic	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
further	O
adding	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
trimmed	O
off	O
elements	O
that	O
were	O
considered	O
ineffective	O
in	O
previous	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
