Court documents filed following a court proceeding in America have revealed that Gran Turismo 6 on the PS3 managed to sell just 2.37 million copies. The figures were revealed following a legal battle surrounding the unlicensed appearance of VIRAG branding in Gran Turismo’s replication of the Monza track in Italy, featured in both GT5 and GT6.
Following the shutdown of Gran Turismo 5 servers in March 2014, Polyphony Digital has revealed that all DLC for the game will also disappear from the PlayStation Store on April 30th 2014. While the purchasing options will be removed, the DLC will still be accessible through your download list if you’re previously purchased it, letting you download and re-install should the need arise.
In March, all three Resistance games and Gran Turismo 5 will be losing their online functionality as Sony will be shutting down the game servers. The Gran Turismo 5 servers will be closing down on March 20th 2014, followed by the Resistance servers eight days later, on March 28th 2014. Its odd that Sony would shut down the GT5 servers so soon after the release of GT6, but makes sense for the Resistance games.
Rockstar has announced to special edition packs for Gran Theft Auto V: The Grand Theft Auto V Collector’s Edition and Grand Theft Auto V Special Edition. Both editions are now available for pre-order world wide, while stocks last. The Grand Theft Auto V Collector’s Edition will retail for $149.99, while the Grand Theft Auto V Special Edition will retail for $79.99. Both editions include special in-game bonuses, and pluysical GTA goodies.
Gran Turismo 5 will be getting a new game patch and DLC next week, to coincide with the launch of the GT5 Academy Edition. The game will be updated to version v1.08, and new DLC will include three brand new cars to race in.
At the China Joy event in Beijing this week, Sony held a Gran Turismo 5 event with series producer Kazunori Yamauchi. At the Q&A session, Yamauchi talked about Gran Turismo 6 and a PS Vita version of Gran Turismo.
Sony will be re-releasing Gran Turismo 5 this year, as a ‘complete’ “Academy Edition” to celebrate the recent GT Academy competition. The “Academy Edition” which will contain the original game and DLC content that was previously released as paid-for premium content on the PlayStation Store.
Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the GT series, has confirmed that Polyphony Digital are working on more DLC for Gran Turismo 5. Speaking to the Spanish PlayStation.Blog, said that ‘future improvements’ for the series may include an event editor and they are even thinking of a ‘story mode’.
New DLC for Gran Turismo 5 is now available to download from the PlayStation Store. Two DLC packs were added to the Store this week: a map pack containing two new tracks, and a new car. The latter is free to download, while the track pack will cost you €4.99/£3.99.
The first stage of this year’s driver search – the online qualification round – is now in full swing. If you remember from last year, GT Academy is a virtual competition to find a real-life racing driver, run by Sony and Nissan.
