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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land newVideoPlayer("Weezer_AutomaticRemix_gawker.flv", 463, 280,""); Yesterday we learned that Weezer and The Mars Volta would be among the artist featured in the soundtrack for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, and now with have proof in motion. I tend not to get into a Gran Turismo game until the whole music plus driving experience hits me. With Gran Turismo 4 I was completely neutral until the opening movie, when Van Halen’s Panama kicked in. This time around it’s Weezer’s Automatic. I am now officially looking forward to the game. Hit the jump for another clip featuring a remix of The Mars Volta’s Goliath. Good stuff.
The launch of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is coming up fast and Sony is announcing an action packed soundtrack to go along with. Leading the pack is an exclusive in-game remix of Weezer’s “Automatic” and a special remix of Mars Volta’s “Goliath”. Also along for the ride exclusively in North America are Justice, SebastiAn, DJ Shadow, The Earaches and Pride Tiger.
You can check out the entire list of artists and their tracks after the jump.
Subaru created its own sit-down controller for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for this year’s New York Auto Show. The pod lets you race their new STI on a rally track and bounces around when you hit bumps. Now this is something they should set up at malls across America.
The ultimate game controller [Cnet]
When Gran Turismo 5 Prologue launches, it won’t let you create private races for just you and your buddies. Nor will it let you indulge in a spot of in-game voice chat. But don’t despair, because that stuff’s coming later, with these two features (and, most likely, more) to be added to the game in future updates. Certainly sets a new benchmark for those who think games these days are shipping unfinished, but then adding features late is better than never adding them at all. I guess. Ferrari F2007: GT5 Prologue’s “God Mode” [PlayStation.Blog]
Europe don’t love Gran Turismo. They love Gran Turismo. Anyone in need of a reminder of this, here’s your reminder: SCEE reckon the game’s on the cusp of one million preorders, which with the game still a few weeks away will surely make it the first PS3 game to go platinum before it’s even been released. Imagine how many copies the actual game’s going to sell… GT5 Prologue pre-orders nearing 1 million in Europe [GamesIndustry]
SCEE have announced a pair of release dates and a price for Gran Turismo 5: Prologue’s European launch. The Blu-Ray version of the game will hit stores on March 28, while the downloadable version will arrive a day earlier as part of the week’s PSN update. Those worried there will be discrepancies between the version’s needn’t, as the only difference is one comes in a box and one doesn’t. The game will retail for ₤25/€40, and is joined by the GT5 PS3 bundle (₤300/€400) we mentioned the other week, which will also be appearing on March 28. Presser follows if you’re at all interested.
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will include more than 60 vehicles, 14 tuned cars, six tracks and a host of modes, Sony Computer Enterainment of America announced today.
“This impressive vehicle lineup and the additional features that cater to North American racing fans are great compliments to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue’s stunning 1080p graphics and revolutionary online features,” said Scott A. Steinberg, vice president, product marketing, SCEA. “Fans are sure to be pleased with the first Gran Turismo product for sale on PLAYSTATION 3.”
The game’s modes will be a Drift Mode, Car Tuning, two-player split screen racing and a “new set of offline and online Race Events.” The tracks included will be Suzuka Circuit, Eiger Nordwand, Fuji Speedway, London City Track, Daytona International Speedway and High Speed Ring.
It sounds like Prologue, which will support rumble controllers, is shaping up to be quite the robust tease. Hit the jump for the full list of cars and description of the different modes and a slew of screens.
Videogamer.com is reporting that an email sent out by retailer GAME indicates that Gran Turismo 5 won’t be arriving on UK shelves until 2009. So it looks like all of you hoping to see some GT racing action on your PS3s this year will be sorely out of luck.
“The legendary “Real Driving Simulator” Gran Turismo 5 is heading to PlayStation 3 in 2009, utilising the uber-console’s raw horsepower to generate an unrivalled level of realism.”
The email goes on to promote the release of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on March 28th. The “preview” game will feature forty cars, five tracks and will be budget priced at £19.99.
Gran Turismo 5 won’t arrive in UK until 2009 [VideoGamer]
