I bet you thought you’d never see this day. December 17 is the magical and long awaited date that the demo for Gran Turismo 5 will appear on PSN in Europe, America and Australia.
The demo will allow players to enter in the “GT Academy Time Trial” sponsored by Nissan (did anyone else see that coming?).
The competition will take the top 20 people and put them through proper real life race training. From there a driver is selected and given the chance to race full time in the European GT4 championship in a Nissan 370Z prepared by RJN Motorsport.
So for those of you that have a PS3, I’ll see you on the track.
From SCS Software, the team that brought you blockbuster titles such as “Bus Driver” and “18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul” comes the next big hit “German Truck Simulator”
“Bus Driver” and “18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul” comes the next big hit “German Truck Driver”
Here are some features of the game:
Starting as a novice truck driver, earn enough money and reputation to start your own business.
Purchase trucks, hire drivers and buy garages across Germany to build a huge truck fleet.
Manage your company’s efficiency.
Look for skilled drivers to work for you, take advantage of truck dealer discounts, upgrade your trucks.
Includes officially licensed MAN tractors.
Over 40 different cargos
While it may be for PC, does anyone else get the feeling that maybe a Game Race is in the works?
Some comments from a Microsoft exec have popped up on the Tesla Customer Blog.
In his comments he talks about a team of sound engineers from Microsoft Game Studios recording audio for Forza and Project Gotham.
A team of sound engineers from Microsoft Game Studios (some working on Forza, some on Project Gotham Racing) asked if I was willing to take my Roadster to a track so they could record a variety of sounds. Some time ago they had the opportunity to record Tesla motor noises when a prototype was being run on a dyno at Tesla. But the teams were excited about the prospect of recording other sounds, particularly tire skid and squeal noises, without the interference of loud engine and exhaust noise. Of course I said “yes.”
There are a couple of things that could be taken away from Mr Burts’ comments.
Project Gotham 5 may be in development at Turn 10 already.
He may be slightly confused about what the audio is actually being used for (PGR 4 had a Tesla in the game).
Mr T is back and this time he is changing the World of Warcraft. Last time around he was told there wasnt any Nightelf Mohawk class…. well now he has developed a grenade that will bless the target with the awesome style of a Nightelf Mohawk. Check out the ad:
How do you get your hands on these? Well it sounds quite simple. Here is info straight from Blizz:
Q. What is the Mohawk Grenade?
A. The Mohawk Grenade is Mr. T’s latest invention: an in-game item that, when hurled at another character, gives everyone within the blast radius an instant T-riffic haircut. Don’t worry, you and your friends will look gooooood.
Q. Where do I get it?
A. Quit your jibber-jabber and claim your Mohawk Grenades from any of the Night Elf Mohawk NPCs camped outside every starting zone.
Q. What regions are eligible to claim the Mohawk Grenade?
A. North America, Europe and Korea.
Q. Is this a permanent item?
A. Each Mohawk Grenade has five charges before exhausting its power, and you’re welcome to claim another once the charges are gone.
Q. How long will the Mohawk Grenade be available in-game?
A. Claim Mohawk Grenades starting November 16th in North America and November 24th in Europe and Korea. They’ll be available until… well, until the Night Elf Mohawk decides his work is done.
And with that they have entered into the realm of micro transactions…. Well to be honest with all the race change, faction change, name change, character change they really are already in that realm.
Anyway they have released a pet store where you can buy companion pets for your character. These are of the non combat variety and Blizzard has already said that they have no plans on releasing content that increases a players abilities in game for money.
So what are the pets? Well we have a lil K.T who looks awesome and a Pandaren Monk. Half of the proceeds to every Pandaren Monk purchased through December 31, 2009 will be donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. How nice of them.
They are $10 (US) each and you can check out the pair here. Will you be picking one up?
We have heard (well not personally) from Jerry Bruckheimer, the movie is screening great — no, better than great. Greater than great! Says the producer, “What we found when we tested the movie a few weeks ago, and it tested extraordinarily high which surprised me because I always think these things are going to fail but this one turned out great; the women were a surprise because I thought we made a terrific movie for the boys because the girl is beautiful but the women flipped over this film.”
What movie? Well if you are clever enough you would see that in the post title it was Prince of Persia.
I am still out on if this will be any good. I loved the pirate movies and the Prince of Persia trilogy (especially sands of time – which this is based on) were great games! I just hope they do it justice.
