Well, I hate to say I told you so, but… IGN has an interview with Kazunori Yamauchi, the game studio's founder and boss. In this interview, Yamauchi tells the world what some of us had suspected: GT5 may well not see the light of day until 2010. In fact, PD is not even focusing on the game right now, and is instead working on GT5 Prologue.
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The game now includes options for "Online" and "Ranking." "Ranking," is an online ranking viewer. You can filter rankings by track, car type, tire type, and even physics mode (standard or professional). The game lets you view and save replays for the top racers on each track. The real meat of the update is in the Online mode. On this first day of online play, the game has just four live race events against other racers and four time trials where you attempt to beat other players' best times.
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It’s official - SCEA announced today the April 17 North American ship date for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, available exclusively for PS3. Developed by famed Polyphony Digital, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be available for $39.99 on Blu-ray Disc (BD) and as a download via the PLAYSTATION Store.
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Kazunori Yamauchi, the head of Sony's Polyphony Digital - responsible for the Gran Turismo series - has said that the franchise, a long-time PlayStation exclusive may debut on PC to attract Chinese gamers. In the interview, he also explained that new game GT5 - the Prologue demo-style version of which is currently the UK's bestselling game - had been in the works by 150 people for four years and has cost 50 times more to make than the original GT1 on the PlayStation.
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It might be little more than a throwaway comment in a lengthy interview, but Polyphony's Kazunori Yamauchi, he expects to be have all the major car manufacturers ready for inclusion by the time Gran Turismo 5 is released.
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European gamers currently have force feedback in their Gran Turismo demo
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It is not known what additional functionality is coming to GT5 with the MOVE peripheral however the game is listed amongst 'featured' MOVE games.
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Gran Turismo purists should know better than to get your hopes up about GT5's release date, but then, you're a Gran Turismo purist. You can't control yourself. In an interview with Spanish financial site El Financiero, SCEE's James Armstrong has said that the company expects Gran Turismo 5 to be out next Christmas.
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Gran Turismo fans still have around 12 months to wait for a full sequel to appear on PS3, according to SCEA. The last we heard on a release date for GT5 came from the mouth of the game's director Kaunori Yamauchi who said it could be pushed back as far as late 2008. Seems he needed to add a few months on top.
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Sony announces sell-in statistics for Polyphony Digital's racing sim; series sales vault to 61.41 million. The bumpy road to release for Gran Turismo 5 came to a head November 24, when Polyphony Digital's hotly hyped racing simulator finally made its way to the PlayStation 3 behind rave reviews. Now, two weeks later, Sony has announced how well the title has fared commercially.
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