Despite all the hype, Nissan's new legend-brought-to-life GT-R turns out to be just your every-day, every-man's supercar.
Looks like Polyphony are rewarding the early adopters with a festive treat as from tomorrow: the halls will indeed be decked with holly (and the distinctive smell of petrol) as the environments get a Christmas overhaul just in time for the online portion arriving on the 25th.
Sorry, fellow racing fanatics, but you had best get that February 19 date out of your heads; it's simply not accurate. The good news is that Armour did confirm that Prologue would be available in North America as both a retail package and a PlayStation Store download, as it is in Japan. Beyond that, a date and pricing has not been revealed, so anything you see that says otherwise is bogus.
Kazunori Yamauchi talks about car damage (some cars will have it, some won't), Xmas 2008 release for GT5 (not GT5 Prologue), how he would be frustrated with the Wii, and that the 360 to him is not a true full HD console.
Assasins Creed, GTA IV, Maps, November Sales, Wii Voice chat and more, all located in this weeks MyArcadePlanet Game Report. Covering Monday December 10th - Friday December 14th, 2007.
Listed below are the first day sales in Japan for December 13.
Onaxis writes: "Well, for those of you that have Japanese Yen ready, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is now available for download on the PlayStation Store".
Reports that Japanese games magazine Famitsu has given Gran Turismo 5: Prologue a near-perfect score have proven to be false.
Things will get off to a good start in 2008 for PlayStation gamers, as Sony confirms a promising Q1/Q2 launch line-up.
In the newest episode of Garage 419, Alex Roy, had a chance to sit down with the inimitable director of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamauchi. The topics of conversation range from new cars, weather modeling, vehicle dynamics, plans for damage.
All of the details for this week's little PS3/PS2/PSP event.
Via Ripten:
The official GT 5 Prologue site has just been updated with a few surprises and statistics. Firstly, there's going to be a total of 37 cars and 5 tracks (with 2 versions of each) - the course list is now Daytona, Fuji, Suzuka, London and the Eiger mountain track from GT HD. However, the game will only ship with offline racing, consisting of arcade races, time trials, and a series of 24 events over 3 categories, presumably to win money and cars.
Looking at the Global release schedule during this upcoming week, the stand out title expected to cause a stir in sales, in Asia atleast, is the popular racing franchise Gran Turismo, in Prologue form.
US Games
Only major games are listed. All these titles will release on the same day, 12/13:
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue's release date is finally known for North America. GT5 Prologue will be out in Japan this December and the North American version will be released on February 19, 2008.
Spike TV has announced that, at its upcoming Video Game Awards event, it will unveil previews of upcoming titles including Borderlands (2K), Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony Computer Entertainment America), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft) and TNA Impact (Midway).
Polyphony Digital and Sony are really giving your your money's worth with that 100% free Gran Turismo 5 Prologue demo that's available for download from the Japanese PlayStation Store. Today, Sony announced one piece of new content for the demo.