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Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has said that when Gran Turismo 5 is released, it will be “totally different” than GT5: Prologue.

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Half-Life isn’t the only birthday boy in the house today: Gran Turismo is now ten, and celebrated with a party in New York at which the game was played at 240fps and 3840×2160 resolution. Just for a laugh, like.

Four PS3s were used to create the merged image of 8.2 million pixels.

There’s a full report on how is was done here.

According to this US PS Blog post, “Gran Turismo 5 Prologue owners will receive a significant update,” the thrust of which is the launch of GT TV.

Notes from the site:

• For the first two weeks only, we are providing all pay-per-view content for at a discounted price of $.99! It’s a good way to get a taste Gran Turismo TV. The HD content we shoot for our exclusive stuff looks pretty amazing. Following the initial two-week period, content will start at $1.99. So start downloading away!
• Be sure to check the full content list for a full content list, as we will be adding new programs on a regular basis.
• Gran Turismo TV will also include new features that allow viewers to fast forward, rewind, and move between chapters when viewing video content.
• Viewers can download up to 8 episodes simultaneously and pause individual downloads.

More through the link.

On ThreeSpeech. According to the Sony-affiliated site, “GT TV will broadcast full high-def content on demand, footage from racing events around the world, automobile news, and much more.”

Much more? We hope so. Take a look. GT TV launches on August 1 and is accessed through GT5: Prologue.

Sony’s just announced that the Gran Turismo franchise has shipped 50 million units worldwide.

“Initially, Gran Turismo was an ‘alternative’ racing game, kind of an outsider in the genre,” said Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi.

“And we made it thinking that it would be okay as long as it reached out to ‘the select few who would agree with us.’ So this figure – 50 million units – is simply astounding. If you go to a game store and look for a particular package, and pay for it at the cash register, though the time may be very brief, it still takes at least three minutes or so. It’s simply mind boggling and hard to believe that this has been repeated 50 million times all around the world in the last 10 years.

“I would really like to thank all the fans who have supported the Gran Turismo series over the years, for all their passion and love of the game. We’d like to continue making every effort to create cutting edge, high quality games, so that we don’t disappoint anyone’s expectations.”

Press release after the link.

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Speaking to GamesIndustry, SCEE president David Reeves said at the SCEE PlayStation Day yesterday that he hoped LittleBigPlanet sales would be higher than those for GT5: Prologue last month.

“We’re hoping sales will be higher than GT5: Prologue,” he said.

SCE boss Kaz Hirai added: “These are genre-defining titles, something we’re very proud of, and just one facet of the rapidly growing world of PlayStation.

“[LittleBigPlanet] will completely revolutionize the way gamers interact with their games, especially through the community functions and the ability to interact with LittleBigPlanet lovers around the globe.”

Data for the week ending April 19. Mario Kart for Nintendo’s win. GT5 didn’t last long, did it?

1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)
6. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
8. UEFA Euro 2008 Austria-Switzerland (EA)
9. Brain Training (Nintendo)
10. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)

Gran-Turismo.com has just announced a new patch for the Japanese GT5: Prologue.

The update appears to be an update to the “Spec II” patch issued at the end of March. The full list of changes can be seen after the link.

You might also notice that right at the bottom it says all the information listed is for Japan only and if you want more info then check with the website of your region. Well we have checked but as of now there is no word from the US/UK sites as to when the patch is available.

Bah!

Update: A patch definitely has been released for the European version of GT5: Prologue, but no one seems to know what it does at the moment. Hopefully SCEE will shed some light on the download soon.

By Mike Bowden

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Mario Kart Wii races to the top of the UK Charts this week, knocking GT5: Prologue off the top spot for the first time in two weeks.

As expected CoD4 finally drops out the top ten, as does Condemned 2. This data is for the week ending April 12.

1. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (SCE)
3. [Wii] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
4. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. [Wii] Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
6. [Wii] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
7. [DS] Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
8. [360] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
9. [Wii] Game Party (Midway)
10. [DS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

By Mike Bowden

Kazunori Yamauchi has said in an Austrian interview that Gran Turismo may come to PC as a necessity for a Chinese launch.

“It is very, very improbable that GT will comes out on another console,” he said, speaking to derStandard.at. “But perhaps it comes to the PC. Particularly [so we could spread the game in] the Chinese market.”

Changes to the once untouchable series seem to be coming thick and fast at the moment, what with the inclusion of for-all online play and the promise of damage for Prologue later this year.

GT5: Prologue has just launched in Europe and hits the US at the end of this week.

Mario & Sonic just couldn’t hold off Sony’s racer and Ubisoft’s menwithguns sequel. Today must be a dark day at Sega Europe.

1. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Sony)
2. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
6. Sega Superstar Tennis (Sega)
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
8. Viking: Battle for Asgard (Sega)
9. FIFA 08 (EA)
10. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)

According to this, if you downloaded GT5: Prologue from PSN yesterday you may find that you can only play it if you’re connected to the service. As in, you can’t play it offline.

Also, you can’t transfer the file, as it’s linked specifically to the account that downloaded it, although we can’t quite see why you’d want to do that anyway.

Sounds like it might have been better to buy the disc, no?

Here. The game’s now up on the European PSN and is available for download.

GT5: Prologue was supposed to release yesterday on PS3′s online service, but was delayed due to “technical” problems, according to a statement issued by SCEE earlier today.

The wait’s over, anyway. Go fetch, assuming you haven’t bought the disc out of wild frustration at not being able to download it at midnight last night.

Update: SCEE just made the following statement:

We would like to apologise for the lack of a PS Store refresh yesterday. As previously mentioned, we unfortunately experienced some last minute technical difficulties and were unable to publish the new content as planned. However, we have been working hard to resolve these issues and are pleased to be able to let you know that the… content is now live on the UK store.

A rumour’s doing the rounds that Gran Turismo 5: Prologue will be available for download between 3pm and 6pm today.

The racer failed to hit the target launch date yesterday and since then Sony has blamed technical difficulties for the delays.

A rumour appeared earlier today saying the game might not be available until tomorrow.

We’re still waiting on an official release statement from SCEE.

By Mike Bowden

SCEE’s made a statement regarding the fact GT5: Prologue failed to turn up on the European PSN last night, blaming tech issues for the snafu.

“Unfortunately due to some last minute technical difficulties, we were unable to publish the new content to the PS Store yesterday,” said a spokesperson. “We are working to resolve these issues and will let you know as soon as new content is posted.”

The statement was posted on ThreeSpeech, and we’re still waiting from an official comment on Sony central. All very exciting this, isn’t it?

SCEE’s steadfastly refusing to pick the phone up this morning as anger at the fact GT5: Prologue failed to appear on the European PSN last night continues to build.

This is reporting that European gamers may not be able to do download the racer until Saturday.

We’ll keep phoning. Expect to see SCEE make some kind of statement on this later today.

Update: Just had a mail from SCEE PR. They’re waiting for comment from central office, apparently, so looks as though a statement’s on the way.

GT5: Prologue hasn’t turned up on the European PSN as planned, leaving some rather angry punters wondering what happened. The game was supposed to be released for download yesterday, with the boxed copy hitting stores today.

We’re waiting for comment from SCEE.

Speaking here, SCEA’s Chris Hinojosa-Miranda has said that the full version of Gran Turismo 5 will be shipping roughly in the first half of next year.

“You could borrow it from someone, but that’s like licking the bowl after someone’s finished the ice cream,” he said in response to a question about whether a user should buy Prologue or wait for the full version. “Also, to further clarify, GT5 is still about a year away. You should just decide now to buy it, enjoy it, go online and race against anyone and everyone, rank number one worldwide, get the girl (or guy) and become the most popular kid in town. The end.”

Hinojosa-Miranda’s comments come after UK retailer GAME sent an email to subscribers saying the final version of the racing title wouldn’t be seen until 2009.

GT5: Prologue releases in Europe on Friday.

According to this, Sony has published the track listing for the US version of GT5: Prologue, to be released next month.

Headlining tracks are:

• Weezer – “Automatic” (LA Riots remix)
• The Mars Volta – “Goliath” (EL-P remix)
• Justice – “Let There Be Light”
• SebastiAn – “Dolami”
• Kavinsky – “Testarossa Autodrive” (SebastiAn remix)
• DJ Shadow – “Love Love”
• Does it Offend You, Yeah? – “With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)”
• The Earaches – “Not the Kind of Man I Am”
• Thin Lizzy – “The Rocker (Richard Evans Mix)”
• The Klaxons – “Golden Skans”
• Friendly Fires – “On Board”
• Pride Tiger – “Let ‘Em Go”

Other, lesser known, artists include Nittoku Inoue, naomee, and Goose.
As of yet, there is no confirmation as to whether these songs will make it into the European (out Friday) or Japanese versions.

By Mike Bowden

Here. “Our initial allocation of stock has now sold through,” said the site. “All orders placed on or after 25th March will be fulfilled week commencing 31st March.”

The game releases on March 28. Still has plenty of the Prologue bundle left for this weekend, if you fancy it.