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Blockbuster sells GT5 for 99p

After five long years, Gran Turismo fans will be able to pick up the eagerly awaited fifth instalment in the racing series for just under a quid. Blockbuster is offering GT5 for a shockingly low 99p if gamers trade in any two titles from a select range of games. They …

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EA: Shift 2 can beat sterile GT5

Just hours before Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 at last arrives at UK retail, publisher EA has said that its upcoming racer Shift 2: Unleashed can offer a more authentic driving experience” that Polyphony’s racer. If you look at Hot Pursuit and Gran Turismo, there is a big difference in those …

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GT5s place in the modern market

Gran Turismo 4 came out on PS2 in 2004. Back then there was no iPhone, free-to-play online Flash games were in their infancy and paying 50 for a new console release was perfectly reasonable. Fast forward to 2007. Nope, scrap that. 2009? No. Try again. Fast forward some more to …

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Update needed to play GT5 online

Consumers who rush out tomorrow to be among the first to get their hands on the long-awaited PS3 racer Gran Turismo 5 tomorrow will need to download a hefty update right away if they wish to take the game online. Confirmation of the 133MB patch comes from Eurogamer. The download …

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Gran Turismo 5 for £4.99

Entertainment retailer HMV is to sell Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 for just 4.99 next week to any customer happy to trade-in a copy of Codemasters’ F1 2010 for PS3. The deal will run between the game’s release on Wednesday November 24th and Friday November 26th. The offer echoes the trade-in …

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GT5 to be PS3s best 2010 seller

With a concrete release date now nailed down, retailer ShopTo.net has predicted that Gran Turismo 5 will be the biggest selling PS3 game of 2010. The game is currently the pre-ordered on the site, which is selling it for 34.85. This year’s first party release slate for the console included …

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Gran Turismo 5 given final UK release date

Sony has confirmed that Gran Tusimo 5 will, quite definitively, be released in the UK on Wednesday November 24th. The game was for a long time due out on November 3rd of this year, only for a shock last-minute delay to throw a spanner in the works. However, Polyphony Digital …

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Gran Turismo 5 is ready

Worried that Gran Turismo 5 was not going to make it to retail in time for Christmas? Worry not, for the game is being pressed onto discs and put into boxes right now. Speaking to Jalopnik, Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed that the discs are being stamped as we …

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Motorbikes hinted for GT5

Developer Polyphony Digital has hinted that motorcycles could be introduced to Gran Turismo 5 at some point down the line. The game will ship with over 800 cars included on the disc, but motorcycles will not be a launch feature. The environment we have right now allows us to drive …

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Yamauchi begs for forgiveness

After apologising just last week for what he described as the new inexcusable” delay to much hyped PS3 racer Gran Turismo 5, series director Kazunori Yamauchi has begged for forgiveness once again – though this time it’s relating to what he sees as possible technical shortcomings of the upcoming game. …

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