Gran Turismo 6 Announced, Coming to PS3 This Holiday Season

<p><a title&equals;"Gran Turismo Announcement Set for May 15th" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gran-turismo-announcement-set-for-may-15th&sol;">After previous teasers that alluded to an upcoming announcement<&sol;a> regarding the <em>Gran Turismo<&sol;em> series&comma; Sony Computer Entertainent and Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gran-turismo&period;com&sol;us&sol;news&sol;00&lowbar;1910783&period;html">have officially announced <em>Gran Turismo 6<&sol;em><&sol;a> for PlayStation 3&comma; with a release window of Holiday 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is amazing to think that it is 15 years since we first released <em>Gran Turismo<&sol;em>&comma;” explained Kazunori Yamauchi&comma; during the announcement at Silverstone Circuit&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Things have changed a lot since then and now <em>Gran Turismo 6<&sol;em> is a further evolution of my dream&period; We’re pleased to deliver <em>GT6<&sol;em> to PlayStation 3 as we have a very loyal community on that platform&period; However&comma; we have refactored the game to make it very flexible and expandable&comma; with a view to making many future developments&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Gran Turismo 6<&sol;em> will be running on a new game engine made to &&num;8216&semi;improve operation and increase the flexibility to expand it with downloadable content&period;&&num;8217&semi; This DLC may come in the form of more cars to further increase the 1200 that will be available at launch&period; 7 new racing locations&comma; including the Silverstone Circuit&comma; will also appear in <em>GT6<&sol;em> and brings the total number of tracks to 33&period; All 33 tracks have 71 different layouts&comma; with 19 of them being brand new to the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;ZM-8&lowbar;N8gcaw" height&equals;"315" width&equals;"560" allowfullscreen&equals;"" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>More information from the features list<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>New Course Maker<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Massive scenery spanning several tens of square kilometers<br &sol;>&NewLine;• A new course generation algorithm<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Community&sol;Club&sol;Race Organizer<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Players can form their own communities<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Various community levels from local and domestic to global<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Players themselves can create and manage their own online events<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>New User Interface<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Balancing directional key operation and touch operation<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Quick response<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Shortening of loading times<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Multi Device Compatibility<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;• PlayStation®<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Smart Phone<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Tablet<br &sol;>&NewLine;• PC<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am very pleased with everything about the new game and the new additions&comma; but the launch will be only the beginning for <em>GT6<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Yamauchi&period; &&num;8220&semi;The game will continue to develop throughout its life&period; I already have many ideas for things I want to achieve in the next 15 years of <em>Gran Turismo<&sol;em>&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;