Gran Turismo 5 Playable in UK Shopping Mall Tour
Gran Turismo 5 is about to make its public debut in UK shopping malls as it joins Sony’s ongoing “PlayStation House Tour“. As you can see in the description, the “touring games extravaganza” will give you “the chance to test out all the best titles and newest releases [...] including [...] GT5″. Sure enough, when GTPlanet forum user Kyaw checked out the “House” in the Birmingham Bullring, the staff on-hand confirmed a demo of the racing title will be there “soon”. Before you get too excited, keep in mind this version of the game will almost certainly be similar (if not identical) to what was playable in France last month. (Though the latest demo running at the Tokyo Motor Show including the Toyota FT-86 would certainly make for a pleasant surprise.)
Regardless, with so many GT fans in the UK, this will be a great opportunity for many of you to see what the gaming press has been enjoying for some time now. The “House Tour” will be in Birmingham until November 1st, before moving to Manchester and beyond.
*UPDATE*: Sony has now removed the game from the list of playable titles at this event – see here for more information.
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October 26th, 2009 at 6:57 am - #geeza
yes yes, i live five mins away from the bullring so i’ll deffinatley be checkin this outt.
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October 26th, 2009 at 4:49 am - #tameem
@ Corey
yeh you are correct.
well OCT is coming to an end so its only NOV, DEC, JAN and FEB we have to wait.
that’s not much considering we have been waiting 5 years. Only another 4 months to go. LOLP.S i cant wait to watch the real-time damage trailer.. it’s going to be awesome
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October 26th, 2009 at 4:47 am - #S3 Racer
I don’t think either that’s a 09 release. I didn’t say what tameen sayed in order to not jinx it. LOL . Now tameen jinxed it! lol
Now with heavy promotion like this, they could really throw us the demo out.
It would be a bit exagerated to get in eurostar just to get to wait 2 hours to play 1 or 2 laps of gt
I just ordered supercar challenge. now thats supposed to keep me waiting….a december release would really be Shocking. good shocking, but still “pull your pants off” shocking
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October 26th, 2009 at 3:22 am - #Corey
tameem I will hath shit bricks. But it’s not going to happen. They already let everyone down by the March date and by God they’re going to milk it
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October 26th, 2009 at 12:48 am - #tameem
i have a feeling sony has kept us waiting soooooooo long for this game and i think they will shock us all and release it in december i cant think of any other reason why they are still printing gt5 release date as dec 2009.
JUST IMAGINE IT. A SHOCKING DECEMBER RELEASE. LOL
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October 25th, 2009 at 11:14 pm - #TOLL-Scibba-HRT1
GranTursmo 5 demo should be in all playstation3 account to download it is not fair for the other country to not play it…………………
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October 25th, 2009 at 8:48 pm - #Alan
My question is WHY?, the game is not meant to be out untill march in japan at the earliest, surely theyd have demos out in febuary, maybe we might of had the wool pulled over our eyes and possibly get an 09 release?
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October 25th, 2009 at 5:29 pm - #robert
Brum?!!!!!? WOW !!! AWESOME, im only in wednesbury myself so im definitely gonna be there!!!!
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October 25th, 2009 at 4:02 pm - #NBH
I’m tempted to go to the London one but will see, if its the same demo I’ve seen a few times then I’m not over fussed unless the damage is improved. Regarding release date which was mentioned earlier, web sites I’ve seen that list a date still say December this year. I can’t believe these retailers are so out of touch with what is going on. Do they get dates from PD or Sony or do they have to get the info themselves?
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October 25th, 2009 at 3:49 pm - #Nixo
also playable in finland at digiexpo http://www.finnexpo.fi/Table_pict/Exh_info_txt/id10929/Pelilava.jpg
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October 25th, 2009 at 3:25 pm - #Unknown Master
Just my luck, I live in Birmingham, not far from Bullring
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October 25th, 2009 at 2:17 pm - #gtkiller
That’s nice, hopefully we can get some proper impression from our fellow Gtplanet members.
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October 25th, 2009 at 1:37 pm - #Jantsu92
@oneword
In Helsinki at Digiexpo -
October 25th, 2009 at 11:31 am - #LJ
Why no USA road show? I really think they miss marketing the game better in the US.
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October 25th, 2009 at 10:23 am - #ItsHim
I would seriously consider jumping on a plane, I’m really that hyped by now.
Unfortunately I’m all tied up in November :-/
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October 25th, 2009 at 10:12 am - #Kyaw
Woah, i didnt think i would be featured in the NEWS!
I was planning on going to Bullring again today for GOW demo and Heavy Rain but cant get in touch with my friend.
Also the staff there said they might have GT5 in the week so i will probably return there on Thursday.
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October 25th, 2009 at 9:48 am - #aleksandar SRB
Tokyo again and maybe xanavi nismo gt-r R-34 or R-35… I would like to see McLaren F1 LM or some Le mans prototype(gt-one)…
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October 25th, 2009 at 9:08 am - #Sam__NY
Well at least the demo finally came to a country that speaks english. But lets see some talented drivers this time. The people at the TAS couldn’t driver for crap, so for all you UK’ers, the brake is on the left, and press select to change the view. thankQ
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October 25th, 2009 at 9:00 am - #Corey
I second DaveTheStalker
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I went there today, they don’t have the GT5 demo, the guy seemed to be surprised that I was asking about it. They said they might get in a few days but its not there now. I think they will update the site to not mention the GT5 demo. Disappointing.