Tag: Kazunori Yamauchi
News Work Is Underway on the Next Gran Turismo Game
"I can't talk about it yet"
Polyphony Digital may be plotting an extraordinary free PSVR2 patch for Gran Turismo 7 this month, but work is already underway on the next instalment in the legendary series. That’s according to creator Kazunori Yamauchi, who admitted as much in a Japanese interview, but laughed that he’s not allowed to talk about it...
News Gran Turismo 7 to Park Up on PS4 Prior to 2017
"We must not wait so long"
Sony's top brass must be rubbing their hands together right now. Gran Turismo's always been a popular property in Europe, but it just so happens that the PlayStation 4 is selling like gangbusters in these parts of late. The next entry in Polyphony Digital's simulation racing series has the potential to practically print...
News Polyphony's Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 6 Is "About 80 Percent Done"
Remember, it's supposed to be out in December
Gran Turismo 6 producer Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed to Famitsu that the PS3 racer is "80 percent" complete, despite the impending December 6th launch date. Yamauchi said: The basic components are already complete, so overall I'd have to say about 80 per cent. The physics engine, the steering...
News Gran Turismo 6 Focusing on PS3 for Now, But There's Still Hope for PS4
Kazunori Yamauchi has a next generation version in mind
While it was largely expected beforehand, this afternoon’s Gran Turismo 6 announcement proved to be a shocker for some folks. The sequel is racing onto the PlayStation 3 rather than the PlayStation 4, resulting in
News Sony to Celebrate 15 Years of Gran Turismo, Reveal the Future of the Brand
Silverstone the venue for exciting announcements
Sony’s gearing up for a big Gran Turismo event on 15th May. The celebration of the franchise’s 15th anniversary will take place at Silverstone in England, and will reveal secrets about the future of the simulation series. Considering the recent rumours regarding Gran Turismo 6, you can pretty much...
News Kazunori Yamauchi Coy About Gran Turismo 6 Details
For good reason
Speaking during Gran Turismo 5’s Asia Championship Event this weekend, Polyphony Digital head honcho Kazunori Yamauchi once again confirmed that a sequel to the simulation racing series is in development – but he stopped short of providing any specific details about the game. “If I carelessly say when it will be released,...
News Polyphony Pledges Title Update For Gran Turismo 5 This Weekend
Gran Turismo 5 is barely cold off the manufacturing line, but already Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi is pledging huge updates for the title
This weekend's set to deliver the first update, with Kazunori promising it will "refine the usability of the game to make it a better experience". Fast work Kaz. We received a lot of demands...
News Kazunori Yamauchi's Not Sure If Gran Turismo 6 Will Launch On PlayStation 3
Polyphony Digital's gaffer, Kazunori Yamauchi, has told Eurogamer that he "doesn't know" if Gran Turismo 6 will launch on the PlayStation 3
Ten years ago it was easier to predict what would happen three years in the future, Yamauchi said at Gran Turismo 5's launch party in Madrid last night. Nowadays no-one knows what happens in the future...
News Yamauchi: PlayStation 3 "Still Not Enough" For Gran Turismo
Polyphony Digital god-father Kaz Yamauchi believes that the PlayStation 3 "restricted" what was possible in Gran Turismo 5
"Software has to be created under the restriction of the hardware," he told the latest issue of Esquire UK (via CVG). "With each new PlayStation, the vessel has become bigger, but it's still not enough. "With...
News Polyphony Digital Get Started On Gran Turismo 6 (Really!)
Gran Turismo 5 may have gone gold, but there's still no release date for the top-tier racing sim
That said, it's not stopping Polyphony Digital's head honcho, Kazunori Yamauchi, from turning his attention to the next game in the Gran Turismo series. When asked about Gran Turismo 6 in an interview with Autoweek, Yamauchi admitted that development for...
GamesCom 2010 Gran Turismo 5 Injects Some Car-PG, Gets B-Spec Campaign
We all know about Gran Turismo's A-Spec career path
It's the driving simulator portion of the game, the section where you pick a car and race it. But what of Gran Turismo 5's new B-Spec mode? It's basically a "racing simulation RPG". In B-Spec you are not the driver, but are the voice in the driver's ear. You watch races from the...
News Yamauchi Trolls The Internet One Last Time, Claims Gran Turismo 5 Still Ain't Finished
Don't worry
Don't worry, ok! Gran Turismo 5's still going to meet its November release date. Kazunori Yamauchi — Gran Turismo father [a.k.a. the Internet's top troll] — has revealed that GT5 still ain't finished. He recently Tweeted, "GT5 is getting to where it will be finished shortly." He went on to add that each GT release is...
News Yamauchi On Putting Top Gear Into Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo's mastermind, Kazunori Yamauchi, has explained why he wanted to put the infamous Top Gear test track into the upcoming GT5
Speaking on the Top Gear website, the car-fanatic stated that he wanted the Top Gear track in the game because the program is "funny and interesting". We had a helicopter [to map the track] taking aerial...
News Hey Looks, Kazunori Yamauchi Is Talking About NASCAR In Gran Turismo 5
Want to know a little more about the NASCAR features in Gran Turismo 5? Of course you do
(Maybe). Then look no further than the embedded video, in which Polyphony Digital's Yamauchi talks about the marriage between Gran Turismo 5 and NASCAR. Word.
News Gran Turismo's Yamauchi Completes 25-Hour Car Race
Even if you only keep a moderate eye on the happenings of Gran Turismo, you'll probably know that the series' mastermind, Kazunori Yamauchi, is an actual race-car driver
Kinda. Just this month, Yamauchi completed a 25-hour race as part of the "Spoon Sports" team."Not having a lot of experience in circuit driving, and not knowing what...
News Yamauchi Comments On Gran Turismo 5 Track Editor
Man, do you really have to pick at Gran Turismo Godfather Kazunori Yamauchi's words to get any hint of a story
GTPlanet have picked up on the wording of an answer Kaz gave during an interview with IGN regarding GT5's rumoured track editor. In the interview, IGN staffer Ryan Geddes asks if a track editor would make Gran Turismo 5's dev
News Kazunori Yamauchi: Forza Is "Different" To A Simulator
After being the brunt of much of Turn 10's marketing campaign in the lead up to Forza 3's XBOX 360 release, Gran Turismo 5 head-honcho Kazunori Yamauchi has said that Forza doesn't stack up next to GT in the simulation stakes
Some base components of the game are very different from Gran Turismo, he said. Its a little bit different from what...
News The Great Gran Turismo 5 Packaging Myth
GTPlanet have unearthed some footage of Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi handling, what appears to be, a three-tiered Gran Turismo 5 retail package
The video focuses prominently on Yamauchi talking about the Mercedes-something-or-other (we don't know much about cars - Ed) and how it's likely to end up on Gran Turismo 5's packaging because it...
News Kazunori Yamauchi Promises Perfection For Gran Turismo 5's Damage System
If there's one thing that's gotten a substantial back-lash in recent weeks it's been Gran Turismo 5's damage system
Appearing rather impressive to the untrained eye, it's the enthusiasts who've had more than a word to say about Polyphony's incorporation of bumps, scrapes and dents. But Polyphony head Kazunori Yamauchi is unphased. Speaking with...
News Kazunori Yamauchi Hints At A Simultaneous Worldwide Release For Gran Turismo 5
Speaking with Multiplayer
it (translated by GTPlanet), Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 will launch "shortly after Gran Turismo PSP", likely simultaneously worldwide. Yamauchi also talked about the leaked feature list, claiming Polyphony Digital are waiting to talk about it but the list is true...
