As he talked about the GT franchise during Sony’s Gamescom 2013 media event, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan (check out our recent interview with him) formally announced the Gran Turismo movie, fully confirming the news leaked last month by a Hollywood news site.

When Gran Turismo 6 was first announced, one of the most exciting announcements for the GTPlanet community was the addition and expansion of the game’s online racing features.

56 new official Gran Turismo 6 screenshots have been released from Gamescom 2013, featuring a collection of new cars, tracks, and photo stages which will be featured in the new game.

More details have been released on the 15th Anniversary Edition of Gran Turismo 6, which is available as an automatic upgrade when you pre-order the game from GameStop.

As part of the announcements from Gamescom 2013, Polyphony Digital has announced special collaborative projects with “leading automotive manufacturers, design houses, and other leading global brands,” including:

Official box art for Gran Turismo 6 and the GT6 Anniversary Edition have been revealed.

Gran Turismo 6 will be released worldwide on December 6, 2013, as announced by Sony during their Gamescom 2013 press conference.

Gamescom, the largest European video game show of the year, kicks off this week in Cologne, Germany, and it’s going to be a big one for the PlayStation brand.

In a weekend busy enough to merit its own Twitter hashtag, the Nismo Athletes have been showing off their skills over seventeen timezones.

Kazunori Yamauchi has selected a 1953 Aston Martin DB3S as the winner of Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo Trophy at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

This week’s Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Events feature a series of five races available exclusively to 4WD-cars, with no more than 530PP and no better than Sports/Hard tires.

Silverstone once again played host to the final stage of the UK GT Academy national competition yesterday – and provided exactly the level of competition we’ve come to expect from it.

When GTP covered Bryan Heitkotter’s return last week, we said it had come as a bit of a surprise he wasn’t retained as a Nismo Athlete for 2013. In timely fashion, Bryan has reminded all of us why he was 2011’s US GT Academy champion.

New GT5 Seasonal Events are now available, featuring pre-1990 rally cars in Time and Drift Trials at Eiger Nordwand.

GTPlanet recently had the opportunity to sit down with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s President and CEO, Jim Ryan, for a round-table discussion on the business end of the Gran Turismo franchise.