I figured I would post this here to inform you guys if you didn't already know.
It's been reported through WipEout Zone and GameIndusty.biz that Studio Liverpool has been entirely shut down and that all projects and activities have been suspended. Further information from Robert Foxx, WipEout Zone administrator, reveals that the only employee of Sony still left at Studio Liverpool is Matt Brooks, the lead programmer. All the other developers from Studio Liverpool, even those posting on the forums, are no longer employees of Sony.
WipEout apparently ends here.

Why am I posting this here? In the hopes that your game Aftershock can live up to it maybe. I certainly hope so.

Yeah read about it sometime back. Feel sorry for the guys there. Used to play their games when they were still known as Psygnosis. Awesome times back then. We do hope Aftershock can live up to your expectations even though Aftershock's gameplay and goals are different from Wipeouts. But knowing Sony as long as they still own the rights to Wipeout, it'll just be a matter of time for another one of their studios to work on the next Wipeout installment.