Gran Turismo 6 gets PS3 box art (apparently the box art was fake), November 28 release date from retailer

 

by Matthew Humphreys of www.geek.com

We’ve been hearing rumors that Gran Turismo 6 is a PS3 game since late February. And that rumor was reinforced last week when a listing for the game appeared on Newegg and has remained live. Now it seems another retailer has decided to give the game a listing along with provisional box art and a release date.

The Newegg listing gave no details beyond the fact GT6 is a PS3 game, but Italian retailer multiplayer.com has gone a step further. They are stating the game will be released on November 28 and have also posted a picture of the box art you can see below. It is stated the art is not final, but if that’s what ends up being final art I don’t think anyone would be upset.

If the November 28 release date is to be believed, that’s probably after the PlayStation 4 has launched, or at least in the same release window. That is surprising, but maybe Sony had little choice. The game can’t easily be ported to the PS4 due to the different hardware architectures, and developer Polyphony Digital is well known for shipping when a game is ready, not to a schedule that suits Sony.

Gran Turismo 6 now looks set to be the last major game release for Sony’s current gen console. The GT series has always been a system seller and I can’t see that changing with GT6 even this late in the lifecycle. If anything it’s going to form a bit of a bargain for racing game fans–the best looking Gran Turismo yet on a console that Sony may bundle the game with for under $300.

Source;
http://www.geek.com/games/gran-turismo-6-gets-ps3-box-art-november-28-release-date-from-retailer-1552933/

Sony's Gran Turismo 5 Delayed.... Again

PlayStation 3 racing mega-series creator explains why the most anticipated racing game in history won't be out on Nov. 2

If you didn't know better, you'd think it was April 1st: Gran Turismo 5 delayed indefinitely, will be out sometime "this holiday season," but more than that, Sony can't say. That's the nightmare scenario fans who've already waited years faced yesterday when Sony's Taku Imaski confirmed the suspension from the game's original already much delayed November 2 launch date yesterday.

"We sincerely apologize to GT fans for the delay," wrote Imaski on Sony's official PlayStation blog. "However, creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating the perfect racing experience, and we are confident that this ambitious game will exceed expectations when it launches."

"We'll have more information for you in the near future."

Yamauchi's since hit Twitter to handle damage control, adding his own apologies to Sony's chorus and, according to Japanese news site Adriasang's translation, putting the delay down to finalization of the game's "more complicated systems."

And lest you worry delaying this late in the year sounds like a 2011 threat, Yamauchi also wrote "I believe we won't keep you waiting until then."

That whatever's wrong with Gran Turismo 5 couldn't be managed with a day one patch can't be inspiring analysts or investors, so fingers crossed for Sony's sake, to say nothing of the ostensible millions on the verge of a nervous breakdown. This is the game of 2010 for the PlayStation 3. A 2011 bump would be disastrous.

Source;
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/101410-gran-turismo-5-indefinite-delay.html