Gaming

January might not seem like a month for motorsport milestones, but January 14 does mark a very significant occasions. It was on this day in 2012 that a team of drivers made up entirely of racing gamers took a podium finish at a major 24-hour race.

Sony has revealed that it will miss this summer’s E3 show for only the second time in its history — and a second successive year.

Playground Games has given us a sneak peek of the upcoming update for Forza Horizon 4 today. Series 18 comes off the back of the Eliminator update last month, which brought us the new Battle Royale mode.

These days, esports events are pretty big business. Any major real-world race series that doesn’t already have an esports championship is behind the curve, and even the great Scuderia Ferrari now has its own virtual F1 team.

The next generation of gaming continues to grow more interesting by the minute. Both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 touch down this holiday season, ushering in the ninth generation of consoles.

There’s a certain sibilance surrounding the circuits in this week’s set of Sport Mode sprints. The new selection of three races features some friends from right back when GT Sport launched in October 2017. That’s most true about Race B and Race C. Both combinations are among those we might have seen even back in the closed Beta, getting on for almost three years ago.

Talks of the next generation of video game consoles continues to heat up, though things have taken an unexpected turn.

Details have just slipped out regarding the first Gran Turismo World Tour of the 2020 FIA-Certified Online Championships. For the first time ever, the World Tour will visit Australia, with the event scheduled for February 14-16 in Sydney.

Spring is making its presence felt this week in Forza Horizon 4. We’re coming to the end of Series 17 with the latest helping of new and returning content.

Secretive German performance car brand Isdera has revealed a slightly unexpected piece of information: it’s getting back into the world of gaming.

At the tail end of 2019, Microsoft surprised everyone with the reveal of the Xbox Series X at the Video Game Awards. The event provided us our first look at the next-gen machine, and it’s unlike any Xbox prior.

The new year is off to a fantastic start for video game players. Earlier this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony Interactive president and CEO Jim Ryan pulled the wraps off the logo for the PlayStation 5. Synonymous with the brand’s visual image thus far, it’s nothing out of the ordinary.

The latest game update for GT Sport has arrived right on schedule. It’s a relatively compact file this time round, coming in at just 156MB, which is somewhat of a giveaway for its nature.

The new year is off to a good start if you’re a fan of mobile racing title Real Racing 3. A new update is now available for the mobile racer, bringing with it three new cars and events for players to wade through.

If, like us, you were watching Sony’s keynote presentation at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday, you’ll have noticed some astonishing numbers regarding the PlayStation 4.

Several days into the new year and things are already heating up for the next generation of video game consoles.

Almost 98.4% of our 2020 calendar remains unticked, but it’s already time for Polyphony Digital to start delivering updates to GT Sport this year.

To quote old man Biff Tannen, “there’s something very familiar about all this”. GT Sport Daily Race regulars will be feeling a twinge of deja vu this week, at least about two of the races.

GTPlanet’s own comprehensive encyclopedia of the Gran Turismo series, GTPEDIA, is growing in size again today, with a free 174-page update to incorporate all the facts and stats of GT Sport.

Microsoft has nice little New Year gift for rally fans, as DiRT Rally 2.0 will be free to play for Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members throughout this weekend.