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    John Keefer posted a new article, Rumor: Gran Turismo 6 coming to PS3 later this year.

    A website in Africa supposedly has gotten its hands on a early copy of a press release that officially announced Gran Turismo 6 for PlayStation 3 for the 2013 holiday season
    May 15, 2013 6:30am PDT
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    John Keefer posted a new article, Rumor: Gran Turismo 6 coming to PS3 later this year.

    A website in Africa supposedly has gotten its hands on a early copy of a press release that officially announced Gran Turismo 6 for PlayStation 3 for the 2013 holiday season : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Weird. I was expecting this to be a PS4 title. : Rehevkor
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        Same, it is really odd, well I guess there is a massive user base though. If they where really ace the... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
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          GT is always a graphically intensive game, so they probably optimized heavily for PS3, which means this o... : Rehevkor
          • my thoughts exactly. : loke662This person is cool!
          • that's disappointing :( : vynnThis person is cool!
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            Part of the reveal is that GT6 will be running on a new 'more future proof' engine. Sounds like the exac... : cetra00
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              Hmm, maybe they built it on top of some middleware that's portable to x86? : Rehevkor
              • Maybe, but I don't really think it's the engine that is going to be a prohibiting factor here. Most of t... : cetra00
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        Same here, but would that have meant it'd be competing against Drive Club? http://www.shacknews.com/ar... : OzzieMejia
        • Nice, good point, and honestly I want this more than any other car game, well GRID 2 is up there, but I t... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
    • We've updated this post with the official details, screenshots and video. : AndrewYoon
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      a website in Africa : chepito_
      • lol this was my feeling : Head Rush
      • A website in Africa flaps its wings and *poof* Gran Turismo 6 halfway around the world. : silent prophet
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      I'm really hoping this will really be Gran Turismo 6 instead of Gran Turismo 5.5, we just got around to u... : MPLStagger
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        I was thinking of picking up GT5 XL because it's cheap. Is it in a "finished state" now? Kart racing was ... : MantleThis person is cool!
        • Yeah a load of patches later have improved most of the issues with the game. It's still too bad about th... : MPLStagger
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      lol sony lets have our two driving games release against each other lol : Fenring42
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        Sony has another driving game? : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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          Yes, Drive Club : JohnnyRey
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            That's an arcade racing game for the ps4.... : MPLStagger
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              Yes, it is. : JohnnyRey
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                Just clearing up the differences. : MPLStagger
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                  Its still a retarded move. Just make it for and release it on PS4. Instead it will be released on both an... : JohnnyRey
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                    We don't know if it will be released for the ps4. : MPLStagger
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                      Agreed, which would make it even more baffling. : JohnnyRey
                      • okay then... : MPLStagger
                  • ever hear of a game called Twilight Princess : boring gegtik
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                    GT5 sold 10 million. The PS3 install-base is larger now. It makes sense. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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                      It makes sense if you dont want anyone to buy the PS4, I agree. : JohnnyRey
                      • Agreed. They didn't put it on the PSP, VITA, or Xperia and look how that played out. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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                    If they spent an inoordinate amount of time and money optimizing it for the PS3(which is significantly di... : jtthe2nd
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                      I guess I just think they should be putting all of thier effort into the PS4, not trying to do both. : JohnnyRey
                      • Can we agree that no matter what they do a Gran Turismo for ps4 is at least 4 years away? If so, Sony ha... : MPLStagger
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        Do we actually know that Drive Club is a launch title? Even so they are different platforms so does it re... : BeowolfSchaefer
        • Pretty sure it's supposed to be. : Fenring42
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      How many of the 1200 cars will be "premium" model cars and how many will be the car models they still had... : StressedOutCat
      • This is my question too. The premium cars in GT5 were great but the other 800 standard cars were shitta. : serenj
      • All of the cars in the trailer look like premium models, some of which i recognize to be standard in GT5.... : ChromeBallz
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      I just don't understand why this is a PS3 and NOT a PS4 launch title. : SlamDunkThis person is cool!
      • Sony has already invested too much money in learning the ps3 tech for a GT game. They have the chance no... : MPLStagger
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        Wait for E3. It doesn't say which platform, it says "Playstation" so I am sure its coming to PS4 and Vita... : grendelThis person is cool!
        • "I'd like to announce today that we are developing GT 6 for the holiday season this year on the PlayStati... : JohnnyRey
      • Get used to this, it's going to happen a lot to the next gen systems for another couple of years. : HockeyJohnston
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      i wish GT had an arcade mode to mix things up...don't kill me : vassili_zaitsevThis person is cool!
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        it does :-P : Finchypoo
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          with need for speed physics? : vassili_zaitsevThis person is cool!
          • There is a myriad of games that feature this. Trying my best not to sound snobby but that kind of thing ... : asianwaste
    • PS4 version apparently being considered: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/15/gran-turismo-6-in-mind-fo... : cetra00
    • If I know PD, this will be a fully reskinned GT5, the backend design won't change*, the backend physics w... : abrasionThis person is cool!
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      Noooope not falling for that again : TastyWheatThis person is cool!
      • Imagine if we were 18 again? Those load times wouldn't even matter, because we could afford to spend like... : abrasionThis person is cool!
    • Noooope not falling for that again. : TastyWheatThis person is cool!
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      This is a must-buy for me. Can't wait for the new physics engine. Hopefully they'll fix whatever shortcom... : OcelotThis person is cool!
      • i agree. Gran Turismo has always been a quality and premiere first-party franchise. i, too, am looking ... : emacsThis person is cool!
    • MEH I'll wait for next gen Forza, the best driving sim in the market, suck it GT : finalSpart4n
    • I was directed here after clicking on the Metro review on the front page. : cslhrdcr