Delays, delays, delays — that’s been the name of the game for Gran Turismo 5. After missing its scheduled release a few days back, Sony has finally given a concrete release date for their flagship racing franchise. Gran Turismo 5 is coming to North American and European retail locations on November 24th.
I’ve been waiting, somewhat patiently, for this release for quite a while. I’ve always loved the Gran Turismo series dating back to GT2 on the PS1. My roommate and I spent more hours than I can count with the 2 disc game back in my freshman year of college. The same was true for GT3 my junior year. GT4 got less play time, but still a solid title. Now GT5 (sans Prologue) should provide quite a bit of fun.
Now that we have another concrete release date, do you have plans to pick up Gran Turismo 5 or add it to your Holiday Wish List? Drop up some comment love and let us know.
The second Tuesday in August is always a special day for gamers. No, it’s not Rex Manning Day. It’s Peyton Manning day. Madden is out. Once the biggest video game in the world, it has taken a backseat to the Halo’s and MW’s of the world. However, a ton of people are still way into Madden. The early reviews say this year is very, very good. We will have our review early next week. As for you, if you’re home today playing Madden, you’re doing the right thing.
The release date is finally official for Halo: Reach. We all knew it would be sometime in September; hoped is more accurate. Halo: Reach is slated to be available on September 14, 2010. It is a Tuesday and will be glorious. The Japan release date is one day later.
In other Halo: Reach notes, 2.7 million gamers took part in the Beta. 16 million hours logged and 1.1 billion kills later, Bungie has all they need to make this the next gen Halo we have all been waiting for.
The wait is over. It has been 12 years since Starcraft changed the way people play RTS games. The worldwide phenomenon that is Starcraft it about to get a little bigger with the first true sequel. July 27, 2010. Mark your calendars. That is the day Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty drops. According to the press release, the single player will pick up right after the Starcraft: Brood War expansion. As far as the multiplayer goes, expect greatness and a lot of all nighters.
BackBreaker has an official release date. On May 25th, you can get your fill of hard hitting unlicensed football action. While the motion is undeniably pretty, not having any real players or teams just doesn’t give me enough incentive to run out and buy this day one. While I have a strong desire to make a Dennit Racing team with Ricky Bobby at quarterback and Mike Honcho running the rock, I’d still rather stick with the Giants in Madden. What about you?
With the recent news that God of War III will be shipping March 16th, I’m officially going to go broke. Tack on Episodes from Liberty City coming to PS3 (the version of GTA4 that I own), and it’s hopeless. There are entirely too many must have games coming in a little over a month. Let me break it down for you, and these are just the big releases:
MLB 10 The Show (3/2)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (3/2)
Final Fantasy XIII (3/8)
Yakuza 3 (3/9)
God of War III (3/16)
Red Steel 2 (3/23)
Episodes from Libery City for PS3 (3/30)
Yep, that’s a lot of games that I will definitely be purchasing. Tack on Splinter Cell: Conviction on April 1st and even more games coming this summer and I’m going to have break out the credit cards. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to put in a few extra hours working in February, if I can peel myself away from Mass Effect 2, just so I can buy all these games. Will you be doing the same? Drop some comments.
Lots of leaks coming out of CES last night on the Microsoft front. From the upcoming Game Room space on Xbox to Project Natal, a lot of stuff in the works in Redmond. The biggest leak, in my eyes, is full confirmation that Project Natal is shipping in Holiday 2010.
We still haven’t seen much of Project Natal in terms of real gaming action instead of tech demos, so it would unrealistic to assume it would ship much sooner than next Holiday season.
While I think Natal will be revolutionary and bring a whole new audience into the fold, I’m afraid we’ll go through a year or more of gimmicky games like we saw for the past few years with the Wii. If Microsoft releases a Master Chief kart racing game with Project Natal, I’m going to set my Xbox 360 on fire. You can hold me to that.
The next game in the PixelJunk series, Shooter, is finally hitting North American PS3′s next week on December 10th. Hell fucking yeah! From what I’ve played at E3 and other events, this looks to be the best PixelJunk game to date, surpassing Eden (which is still one of my favorite downloadable games this generation).
There won’t be a demo at first and the game should be priced under $9.99, according to the game’s producer, Dylan Cuthbert.
Make this a Day 1 purchase, people. Bring your lunch instead of buying it one day next week. PixelJunk Shooter will be well worth it.
Everyone should listen to Wild Wild West by Will Smith constantly until April 27, 2010, when Red Dead Redemption ships in North America. The rest of the world will have to wait an extra three days until April 30th, but that’s all the more chance to soak in the bangin’ beats from Will Smith. Wait, what? That songs sucks? Oh yeah.
Try to get that song out of your head and check out the latest trailer for the game. Put it on your must-have Spring 2010 list, which seems to be growing bigger and bigger by the day.
There’s a ton of big new releases today for your shopping needs. Assassin’s Creed 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Tony Hawk Ride, God of War Collection, and LittleBigPlanet for PSP highlight the show. Are you buying any the big names today? I’m definitely grabbing Left 4 Dead 2 and the God of War Collection this week. Assassin’s Creed 2 is on my “must-buy” list, but it’s going to have to wait a couple weeks until I have more time.
What about you? Which games are you picking up this week or adding to your Christmas list? Who wants to shoot zombies with me on 360?
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