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News Rumour, Rumour, Rumour: Gran Turismo 5 Maybe To Launch With A Track Editor, Ahem
If this turned out to be true and, y'know, actually kind of good, then you can pretty much guarantee that Gran Turismo 5 will totally set itself apart from the competition
As it happens, we're not sure how reliable our source is, so take with a big fat pinch of salt. E4G have "confirmed" this weekend that Gran Turismo 5 will launch with a...
News Gran Turismo Greater Than Real, New Off-Screen Videos
It's the Tokyo Motor Show this week
And of course, Gran Turismo 5 has a massive presence. Sony's premium racing franchise is due in March next year, and GTPlanet have scouted out some off-screen videos of the game in action. Amidst all the talk of real-time damage and Forza 3, we'd forgotten something about Gran Turismo. Namely that the core driving...
News Awesome '69 Corvette & '88 Lamborghini Scratch Each Others Paint
This is an advert for Gran Turismo PSP in Japan
It features rather nice looking - presumably expensive - cars scratching each other. If you're into cars, this probably makes you feel sick or something.
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 Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi Finally Breaks His Silence On Turn 10
Ever since E3, Turn 10 - developers of the Forza franchise - have been privy to talking down their competition, Gran Turismo
Call it disrespect, arrogance, or even just plain confidence in their product, no one is going to deny Forza 3 is a bad product. It's not, it's a great game. But the reputation of Turn 10 as developers left a sour taste in our...
News Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 5 Will Be "Way Beyond Gamer's Expectations"
Gran Turismo 5 is not coming this year, even though Kazunori Yamauchi - the head of Polyphony Digital - has confirmed once again, this time to Famitsu, that the game can be realeased "any time we want"
Yamauchi confirmed "we could realease any time we want," but he's interested in making a return to "that classic GT-style". He...
News Confirmed: Gran Turismo 5 Is Still An Extremely Good Looking Game
Hey, Gran Turismo 5 may not be hitting shelves this year like we anticipated but, what the hell
The game still looks pretty. It's just you have to ogle screenshots. Instead of having it on your TV. In 1080p. And 60FPS. GAH! Who are we kidding, the wait is killing us. We're not sure whether this screenshot gallery appeases our GT needs, or totally...
News Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 5 Looks "Better Than Reality"
In an exclusive interview with NowGamer
com</a>, Kazunori Yamauchi - the head man from Polyphony Digital - has described his game, Gran Turismo 5, as "better than reality"."'Better than reality' yeah, that's one way of putting it. In a way, it's kind of a given that it's going to look better than reality. The thing about...
News Polyphony Under Pressure From Sony To Release Gran Turismo 5
We should think so too
It's been five years Yamauchi! That's a crazy long time in the entertainment business. We're still actually worried whether Gran Turismo 5 will have moved on with the times — after all, it's very possible Gran Turismo 5 could end up being an old game with five years worth of polish. A scary thought — we'll choose to trust...
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 Flash Based Gran Turismo Minigame Earns You Free DLC
Well this awesome for two reasons
One reason is that the actual Flash minigame game is fun. We've played it three times and finally earned our free DLC, which is a free Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren for Gran Turismo PSP; gotta catch 'em all right? Secondly, is the fact that, like we just mentioned, you get free DLC from performing well in the minigame...
News TGS 09: International Gran Turismo 5 Release In Early 2010, More Details
It was sad to hear Gran Turismo 5 will release March, 2010 in Japan
Sad, but also kind of comforting — because you know Kaz Yamauchi (Polyphony honcho) and his team will be working tirelessly right up to the minute the game has to be shipped to make this the best racing game since sliced bread. In many ways, this is Polyphony's life; they live...
News Let's Watch Gran Turismo 5's Indestructible Ferrari 458
This is a video of a recent Gran Turismo 5 demo
As you can see it includes damage. We sure as heck wished we owned the model of the Ferrari Polyphony were modelling mind; apparently 150MPH smashes only cause scratches! Hopefully we can just polish them out. Memo to Polyphony: finish your game, get the damage system right or leave it out, make sure...
News Trousers Down: Microsoft Employee Caught Trolling Gran Turismo 5 On Popular Video Games Forum
This is a fantastic bit of news
Whether you're a Sony or Microsoft fan, you should be having a good ol' chuckle at the stupid lengths companies go to make their products sound better than the competition. That's exactly what a Microsoft employee has been trying to do over on NeoGaf as he tried to troll Gran Turismo 5's release date in a thread...
News TGS 09: Polyphony Confirm YouTube Video Uploading In Gran Turismo 5
A neat feature that is underused on the Playstation 3 is the ability to upload gameplay videos directly to YouTube
It's something that would surely see a lot of use in, for example, Gran Turismo 5. Thankfully, the feature has been confirmed for the game during the Tokyo Game Show. Expect to see the availability of uploaded Gran Turismo videos get...
News TGS 09: Gran Turismo 5 Is Dated For Japan, March 2010
We guess a tad disappointingly, Gran Turismo 5 has not met the Christmas 09 release date we have been speculating for ages
In fact, Kazunori Yamauchi announced at TGS today that Gran Turismo 5 will launch in March 2010 over in Japan. There's no other information just yet, but it's a bit disappointing for Sony's Christmas sales, which we expected to...
News Gran Turismo 5, The Ferrari 458 Italia & Drum 'n' Bass Music = Heaven
We wanted to spend the entirety of this article talking about what a brilliant rendering this Ferrari 458 Italia trailer contains
We wanted to spend the entirety of this article talking about the amazing lighting the Gran Turismo 5 engine can produce. We wanted to talk about a lot of things. As it happens, we're just going to recommend you skip to...
News Duderz, It's A Mercedes SLS AMG In Gran Turismo 5
Mercedes Benz want you all to know -- they are the highlight of Gran Turismo 5's Tokyo Game Show, erm, showing
The vehicle will be on display during TGS alongside the game's release date " latest information on Gran Turismo 5". We know nothing about cars y'all, but we gotta admit, this one looks pretty darn smexy.
News Check Out Gran Turismo PSP Running At 60FPS
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry technical blog is back again to provide us with some 60FPS video capture footage of Polyphony Digital's upcoming Gran Turismo PSP
Eurogamer's video shows the PSP marvel in all its ravishing glory and even goes some way into dissecting exactly how Polyphony Digital pulled off such a complete experience on Sony's handheld...
First Impressions Gran Turismo PSP on Playstation Portable
Gran Turismo PSP will lead the line for the PSP Go early this October, going as far as being bundled with European copies of the PSP Go
We take a quick look at the game's main features ahead of its release next month. A wealth of content. Gran Turismo PSP is set to be a big title, despite its portable nature. The game will cram over 800 cars and 35...
Feature Push Square's Five Most Anticipated Playstation Games Of Q4, 2009
We're already feeling the difference here at PushSquare
Games are coming thick and fast now. While many have been delayed, there are still plenty of excellent games due for release in Q4, 09. We take a look at our five most anticipated. 5. Eye Pet (Playstation 3) We're sure Eye Pet is the last title people would expect to see on our most anticipated...
News Gran Turismo PSP Bundle Hits The US This October, $200
Here in Europe we are set to get Gran Turismo PSP with our PSP Gos
In the US though, you can expect to pick up a "Mystic Silver" PSP-3000, a copy of GT PSP on UMD, some exclusive DLC and a 2GB memory stick for just $200. That's a great bundle for Sony and we're sure it's going to do decent numbers for them in America when the bundle...
News Wanna Say Wow? See New Gran Turismo 5 Screens
Look, it's a screenshot from Gran Turismo 5
What do you mean are we joking? No it's not a photograph! Look there's the menu and everything! It's from the game. Honestly. These are officially released screens courtesy of Sony. A queer time to release screens unless you're building up to announcement right? Maybe. Either way, Joystiq have the full...
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...
News Kazunori Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 5's Damage Modelling Is Unfinished
Polyphony Digital's head honcho Kazunori Yamauchi wants you to know, "hey, the Gran Turismo 5 damage you saw at GamesCom was totally unfinished"
Ok, so he didn't say it quite like that, but that's the jist of what he meant when he said to French website GameBlog, that the GT code brought to GamesCom "marks only the first step of what we want to...
News Gran Turismo 5 All But Confirmed For A Q4, 2009 Release
Gran Turismo 5's appearance at GamesCom was a little unusual
While we watched the show-floor videos in awe, many of the Gran Turismo community picked apart every little detail of the game and perhaps came away a little disappointed. We don't neccessarily agree with holding a game to Godly standards — however, we can see how some might have found...
News GamesCom 09: Let's Look At Some Smashed Up Cars In Gran Turismo 5
The Internet is ablaze
Gran Turismo 5 replicates damage and it's still not enough. The Playstation 3 Slim is really cheap but it's still not enough. Ahhh the video games industry, how we hate the hypocrisy. Still, if you've been asking for damage in your Gran Turismo 5 and want to check it out, you'll notice that this GamerSyde video represents just...
News GamesCom 09: What's That? Gran Turismo PSP Has A Cock-pit View?
Did anybody truly expect Gran Turismo PSP to have a cock-pit view? We totally didn't
Seriously we really didn't. Did you? Honestly? Well it does, as confirmed by this hands on from GameKyo.com. Amazing.
News GamesCom 09: Gran Turismo 5 Boasts A Whopping 1,000 Vehicles
Polyphony Digital's website has just been updated with a cacophony of information on Gran Turismo 5
You'll have to peruse the dodgy Japanese translation for now and try to pick out what you can; namely Youtube support, 1,000 vehicles and confirmed damage.
Rumour Gran Turismo 5 To Be Playable At GamesCom 09
GameZine
co.uk</a> are reporting a rumour from Japan's Express magazine regarding the appearance of Gran Turismo 5 at GamesCom. The magazine mostly focuses on the upcoming Gran Turismo PSP title, but does hint at GT5 claiming, "GT5 will be playable at Gamescom and next will be at Tokyo Game Show." A release date is anticipated at...
News Kotaku Tour GamesCom Early, We're Certain We Spy Big Gran Turismo Presence
Kotaku have infiltrated the massive GamesCom hall and recorded this YouTube hand-cam video for your viewing pleasure
Those of you who aren't in Germany might want to know exactly what the GamesCom hall looks like, and now is your chance. One stealthy day early. Cheers Crecente! The most interesting thing for us, as a Playstation site, is the Gran...
Rumour 1Up Podcast Hints Strongly Towards An '09 Gran Turismo 5 Release
We already have some reason to believe that Gran Turismo 5 will hit Playstation 3s this year
Apparently 1up just want to place a further nail in the hype for next week's GamesCom. Speculating on an unexpected Playstation 3 release this year, the team knowingly drop the line, "What are you driving at?" — an in joke or a nod towards Gran...
News Gorgeous Gran Turismo Collector's Edition Revealed
If ever there was a reason not to buy downloadable versions of games, well this would rate pretty darn highly
See, we'd had it in our minds that our non-office copies of Gran Turismo PSP would be lovely little downloads on our shiney new PSP Gos. Then we saw the above. There are no real details for any extras the edition provides. Just the boxshot...
News Gran Turismo PSP Pre-Order Items Revealed
If you were planning on preordering Gran Turismo PSP (we're getting a digitial copy so erm, how do you preorder a digital game?) then you might like to know that there are some bonus cars and colours available as a reward for your troubles
We're not too hot on car manufacturers and types but the Playstation Blog do a very good job of explaining...
News Gran Turismo 5 Release To Cap A Killer Christmas Line-Up For Playstation
We don't always post "he says, she says" rumours - but this one comes from GTPlanet; one of the more dignified Gran Turismo sources on the 'Net and certainly worthy of our attention
That doesn't mean you should treat this as fact, just know that here at PushSquare we trust GTPlanet as a source. While hesitant about giving concrete details (for...
News Here's The Gran Turismo PSP Box Art
Here's the boxart for Gran Turismo PSP
We're told that's Chevrolet's Corvette ZR1 on the cover. We wouldn't know like, we just read it over on GTPlanet. Course most of us won't ever see the boxart because we'll be buying the game as a Digital Download from the PSN for our shiny new PSP Go.
News Japanese Gran Turismo PSP TV-Spot Is Subtle Yet Effective
Sometimes companies try to hard
Example; when a video game's advert is filled with explosions, terrible rock music, quick camera switches and a few more explosions, you can probably assume that the game is rubbish and is being marketed at a tribe who think games have to be macho to be good. This Gran Turismo PSP TV spot from Japan is the polar...
News New Gran Turismo PSP Trailer Is Extremely Light On Gameplay Footage
Here's your new trailer for Gran Turismo PSP
As you may have noted if you've watched it already there is absolutely no gameplay involved. The trailer does showcase the new Corvette ZR-1 though. Apparently. We don't really know, we were just told that was the case.
News Gran Turismo PSP Will Not Be Supported By DLC
When quizzed by the producers over at Polyphony Digital on the Playstation Blog, some eager fans were keen to ask if Gran Turismo PSP would be supported by DLC
Sadly it's not looking likely as the producers likened DLC in the already 800-vehicle strong package as "throwing water into the ocean", which they describe as a "lifetime's...
News Check Out Some Footage Of Gran Turismo & LittleBigPlanet Running On The PSP Go
Above is a video of the PSP Go running Gran Turismo PSP courtesy of our friends over at Fase Extra
Is there anything more beautiful? We're not quite sure. The PSP Go has really grown on us as a piece of hardware over the past few weeks. We can't wait to get our hands on the system this October. After the jump is some more Go footage, this time...
First Impressions Gran Turismo PSP on Playstation Portable
Somewhat of a shock announcement during Sony's E3 2009 conference, Gran Turismo PSP had been rumoured for many, many years but never materialised
Gran Turismo 4 Mobile was announced as one of the flag-ship titles of the original PSP but dropped off the radar. Set to commemorate the launch of the PSP Go this October 1st, Gran Turismo PSP will provide...
News Gran Turismo PSP Looks Kind Of Exceptional
Trust Polyphony Digital to absolutely blow away any expectations you may have for how a PSP game will look
Gran Turismo PSP looks like the most gorgeous thing ever to grace the handheld. October 1st can't come soon enough. Check out some more screens here.
News Polyphony Digital Promote Gran Turismo 5 Citro?n Supercar Around London
Perhaps lending some credence to that late 2009 Gran Turismo 5 release date, Polyphony Digital took their new GTbyCITROËN concept car to the streets of London, and recreated the track featured in Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
The GTbyCITROËN is the result of a partnership between Citroën and Polyphony, measuring 4.96 meters and just over a metre high,...
News UK Retailer Play.com Mark The Gran Turismo 5 Release Date As, Ahem, 27th November 2009
Read into this what you will, but British online retailer Play
com</a> have set Gran Turismo 5's release date as 27th November 2009. Which is a Friday, we checked. There are a number of things that make this news interesting. Firstly, if Sony wanted Gran Turismo 5 to make an impact (which of course they do), then launching just short of...
News Gran Turismo 5 Tops Racing Sim Poll Despite Incentives Of Forza DLC
We don't want to come across as hypocrites here, we think that talking too much about the competition shows a touch of immaturity and, especially in the case of Forza developer Turn 10, insecurity
But after our story yesterday about Turn 10 community managers greasing the palms of forum members to vote for their franchise on a CNET poll, we couldn't...
News Turn 10 Can Talk About Nothing Else But How Much "Better" Forza 3 Is Than Gran Turismo 5
If talking about the competition shows insecurity then Turn 10 must be feeling pretty insecure right now
Ever since Forza 3 was announced at Microsoft's press conference we've heard nothing about their game, only how much "better" it is than Gran Turismo 5. During said conference Turn 10 constantly described their game as the...
News Polyphony Digital Check Out Forza 3 On XBOX 360
Perhaps showing they're not quite as arrogant as people believe them to be, some of the team behind Gran Turismo went to check out Microsoft's XBOX 360 alternative Forza 3 on the E3 showfloor
Coming from the development team behind Forza 3's blog, they said of the event this:Perhaps the most surprising to me was when a couple developers from Gran...
News Yamauchi: We Could Release Gran Turismo 5 Now
Eurogamer are reporting that Gran Turismo godfather Kazunori Yamauichi reckons the fifth iteration of the series is "at a point [where] we can release it any time we want"
"I want to release it as fast as I can," Yamauchi told us, "but GT5 for us, when you talk about its status, it's at a point we can release it any time we want, but...
E3 2009 Gran Turismo PSP Gameplay Footage
Well, we guess this explains why Gran Turismo 5 has been in development forever; Polyphony Digital have been working on Gran Turismo PSP
And it looks amazing. This footage was captured off the showfloor by Gamekyo.com; their driving skills may need brushing up but - look-at-the-graphics!
E3 2009 Gran Turismo PSP Finally A Reality
It's been a long time coming (like most things Gran Turismo), but it's coming this year
The Gran Turismo franchise is finally going to be playable in the palm of your hands. The game will feature over 800 cars, 30 tracks and ad-hoc multiplayer modes. Will be available this October.
