We’re two weeks away from experiencing Gran Turismo 6 and the timing is impeccable; with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One out and about, the established platforms — the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 — are slowly going to regress into anonymity. Of course the platforms will continue to be showered in exclusive releases, but it won’t be much longer until the lion’s share of the focus is aimed toward the future.

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With only a couple of weeks to go until the first copies of Gran Turismo 6 start thunking onto doormats the world over, you might be forgiven for being somewhat confused by exactly what you’ll be getting if you’re planning to preorder the game.

While Gran Turismo The Movie is still somewhat small on the horizon, Sony has brought it one step closer to realization. The Hollywood Reporter is naming Watchmen Co-Writer Alex Tse as the writer for the upcoming video game adaptation film. The first real sign of the GT movie being in development was confirmed to us back in July after rumors.

A strange video has been posted to the official PlayStation France YouTube channel, which claims to show the unboxing of a “GT6 Ultra Custom Accessory”. It actually features a man opening a large black box which contains a bionic arm with “#GT6” printed on the skin.

Welcome to GTPlanet’s first official podcast: Real Podcasting Simulator, covering anything and everything you need to know about Gran Turismo 6 and the future of GT. Although the podcast has been going for four months now, this episode is the first to release under GTPlanet’s name. Here is the show’s original description:

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Kazunori Yamauchi was in California yesterday for the official debut of the Mercedes-Benz Vision Gran Turismo concept car, which will be featured in Gran Turismo 6.

The latest Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring a series of five racing events exclusive to classic muscle cars built in 1980 or earlier with no more than 500PP and no better than Sports/Medium compounds or less.

A new official Gran Turismo 6 video trailer and screenshots have been released, showcasing the new Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo car.

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A new official GT6 video has been released, showcasing the game’s new GPS Data Visualizer – this time, with professional drifter Dai Yoshihara behind the wheel of a 2013 Scion FR-S equipped with the CAN-Gateway ECU.

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Sony Europe has confirmed the location and date of the Gran Turismo 6 launch party event, to be held in Ronda, Spain and the nearby Ascari Race Resort on December 2-3, 2013, a few days before the international GT6 release date of December 6.

Sony Europe’s PlayStation Blog has just confirmed that both the Standard and Anniversary editions of Gran Turismo 6 will be available as a digital download in the PlayStation Store.

Mercedes-Benz’s first Vision Gran Turismo project has now been fully revealed, ahead of its official debut next week at the grand opening of the Mercedes‑Benz Research & Development Center in Sunnyvale, California on November 19.

GTPlanet was invited to test Gran Turismo 6’s new GPS Data Visualizer functionality during a special preview event at Willow Springs. As part of the event, I had the honor of being one the first members of the public to try out the new feature and to drive a version of the Scion FR-S equipped with a GT6-compatible ECU.

Yesterday, Mercedes-Benz offered a first peek of their Vision Gran Turismo project via an image posted on their Facebook page.

The PlayStation 4 is here! If you were one of hundreds (thousands?) of people waiting patiently in line to get your hands on the PS4 at the stroke of midnight, there’s no doubt you were excited to get back and play whatever selection of titles that interested you most. Now that the PS4 is here, there is one thing we all should be aware of: where one countdown ends, another begins – Gran Turismo 7 is imminent.

Sony’s latest console, the PlayStation 4, went on sale today in North America (Nov. 29 in Europe), officially kicking off the next generation of gaming hardware. (You can order one via this affiliate link, if you’d like to support GTPlanet.)