Gran Turismo 5 scheduled for release in Winter 2009

  • Posted December 1st, 2008 at 05:26 EDT by
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Sony' Chief Executive in southern Europe, James Armstrong, has revealed in an interview with a Spanish newspaper that Gran Turismo 5 will be released in Europe next Christmas.

We've included the full translated quote from the newspaper below.

“For next year, the chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment for southern Europe said that they are developing a new game thriller, in which the player may be designing their own history, and the new version of Gran Turismo, which will arrive at Christmas.”

It's always nice to find out a little early how 2009 may shape up. With titles like Killzone 2 starting the year off right, a heavy finisher like Gran Turismo 5 definitely gives PlayStation 3 owners something to look forward to.

2009 is inarguably shaping up to be a stellar year for Sony’s black box of tricks, with the likes of Killzone 2, Heavy Rain and now Gran Turismo 5 all the more reason to invest in the company’s latest powerhouse.

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  1. Irish | Dan4Ireland

    • 5:46am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    cant wait for this but you know its going to be delayed at least till xmas 2010! its just something we always see with gran turismo releases .. heres hoping this will beat the trend =D

  2. hesmanes | hesmanes

    • 5:55am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    Ok i'll wait......................however i want all top gear episodes available (i know you can get some now) I want the top gear test track on the game too!

  3. SOLWAY

    • 5:56am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    hope its not delayed, im nursing a semi

  4. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 6:38am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    How about that?  I just started playing Prologue again, too.  Maybe I should stop...

  5. ANIALATOR136 | ANIALATOR136

    • 6:45am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    GT5 GOW3 KZ2  what more do you want?
     

  6. terminator12259 | tacitassassin25

    • 7:09am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    2009 is going to be a good year

  7. spawn of stumpy | spawn_of_stumpy

    • 7:25am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    yeah better keep your 'semi' on ice Solway #3 as it`l be delayed. always has...always will unfortunately.. cant wait for the game tho as it`l get my blood pumping !  there was mention of an update coming out prior to end of this year i think that was going to give us crash damage, anyone know if its coming soon?!

  8. iHustle- | iHustle-

    • 7:53am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    no1 even cares about GT5 nomore there making 2meny of em..and y did they bring out that short GT5 game like 30years b4 the game..it just killd the buzz...GT5 was off my list a lng time ago

  9. hush404 | hush404

    • 9:44am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    I'm still so iffy with Heavy Rain. It looks gorgeous but I still dun understand the whole concept of the game play.

  10. Loan | Loan

    • 9:45am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    #8

    it was something to taste  nothing special and dindnt cost full price, was a preview of the real deal

     

    GT5 would be wasome like any other GT in the past looking foward.

    was the 2008 year of the PS3 LOL ? what is 2009 then ?

  11. GunTeng

    • 9:55am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    This cannot afford to be delayed, considering its going to be a Christmas release.

    It won't do if people expect to buy it as a Christmaas present, only to find its delayed until after Christmas. I hope they manage to release on time....although..its still a very long way off. :(

  12. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 10:21am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    cool a must buy

  13. gingo | gingo

    • 11:35am GMT - December 1st, 2008

    psn id: gingo... if the games set to release next year aren't delayed and live up to expectations it will be some year for ps3 so fingers crossed it all goes to plan

  14. Gomersoul | Gomersoul

    • 12:29pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    i'm only getting this if the top gear test track is on it, other than that the gran turismo series has nothing to offer gamers that other games don't provide anymore. the game has hardly changed since the first one, still crap wheel screeching sound effects when you turn the corner. no sence of acceleration either, not even in the formula one car. the only thing they have improved on is graphics. without damage it seems so dated. i bought GRID and honestly speaking thought it was 10 times better than prologue, even if prologue was a longer game. and i bet codemasters get 2 quality racing games out before this is released. those of us still bigging it up cos its exclusive need to wake up and smell the exhaust fumes!

  15. NEJI46

    • 12:34pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    @8ihustle your wrong people do care and this game will amazing and i think this will be one of the first car games that the cars will look like outside

  16. TaMszz | TaMss

    • 3:17pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

     2009 sounds like a great year afterall..

  17. Free_Agent

    • 3:19pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    @2

    The top gear test track in game would be sweet! I never thought this game would get released. Glad to hear some news. However, I'm sure it will be delayed at least once more.

  18. rexdeath | rexdeath

    • 4:12pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    @2 & 17: I thought they already confirmed the top gear test track for GT5 ages ago. Would be pretty cool too if 'The Stig' did a time trial on the game and if you beat it you would get a trophy... I can't see anyone doing it though :P

  19. svtschmidt

    • 5:43pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    Isn't anyone else tired of waiting for this game?  I can only keep my excitement for a title up for so long before something else catches my eye and I move on.

  20. kora5551

    • 5:46pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    yeah, right.

  21. NICKKELANIUS | NICKKELANIUS

    • 7:48pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    bout time

  22. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 11:06pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

    Finally some real info on this (almost) mythical game.

  23. jphuff | jhuff

    • 11:15pm GMT - December 1st, 2008

     Yeah, I keep forgetting about GT5 and Heavy Rain.  Have a feeling that Heavy Rain is going to make MAJOR waves...even if not in surpassing GTA in sales or anything...I just mean critically and/or technically.

  24. malrohazem

    • 12:52pm GMT - March 21st, 2009

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