{"id":54001,"date":"2013-05-15T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T12:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=54001"},"modified":"2013-05-15T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T16:03:08","slug":"gran-turismo-6-announcement-hits-internet-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/54001-gran-turismo-6-announcement-hits-internet-early","title":{"rendered":"Gran Turismo 6 announcement hits Internet early"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleBodyPrint\">\n<p>Due to an unfortunate turn of events, the official announcement press release for Gran Turismo 6 has hit the Internet ahead of its press embargo. The news initially broke via iAfrica: <a title=\"iAfrica\" href=\"http:\/\/technology.iafrica.com\/news\/games\/859225.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gran Turismo 6 announced<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gran Turismo 6 is to be officially unveiled at 17:00 SAST today (15 May 2013). The full details of the game were to be published at 18.00 SAST.<\/p>\n<p>The details we have from the iAfrica news are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gran Turismo 6 will be released in the holiday season, 2013.<\/li>\n<li>GT6 will add new tracks and cars and a revised user interface.<\/li>\n<li>GT6 will have a new &#8220;compact game engine [which] will improve operation and increase the flexibility to expand it with downloadable content.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>GT6 will add support for devices such as smartphones and tablets for social and community functions.<\/li>\n<li>All of the cars and tracks from Gran Turismo 5 will be retained in GT6.<\/li>\n<li>Additions to the car list makes for 1200 vehicles at launch. New cars are to be continually added online.<\/li>\n<li>Several thousand aerodynamic parts and custom wheels will be available for almost all cars, and players can personalise their own custom cars in-game as well.<\/li>\n<li>The UK&#8217;s Silverstone Circuit will be one of seven new locations in Gran Turismo 6, taking the total to 33, with 71 different layouts available, 19 of them being new.<\/li>\n<li>New tracks are also set to be made available online, while the course maker has also seen improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Nissan GT Academy will be returning.<\/li>\n<li>Other partnerships in the development of GT6 are tyre manufacturer Yokohama Rubber and suspension company KW Automotive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;It is amazing to think that it is 15 years since we first released Gran Turismo,&#8221; said Kazunori Yamauchi, during the announcement at Silverstone Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Things have changed a lot since then and now Gran Turismo 6 is a further evolution of my dream. We&#8217;re pleased to deliver GT6 to PlayStation 3 as we have a very loyal community on that platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>iAfrica&#8217;s gaming editor notes that &#8220;We were informed of an embargo a few minutes after the story was published. 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