The countdown to Christmas is on, and Forza Horizon 4 is kicking off the preparations with a brand new Summer season. We’re now into Series 56, meaning that there is a freshly baked remix of content across the festival that will help see players into the new year over the next four weeks.

The latest season in Forza Horizon 5 starts today, bringing a new set of events for the week as well as some very stormy weather as players look to celebrate the upcoming festive period.

After a break of nearly two months, ranked online competition will return to Gran Turismo 7 on December 28 with the 2022-23 Online Exhibition Series.

The latest update for Gran Turismo 7, v1.27, is now available, bringing with it five new vehicles in the largest single car drop so far.

The official announcement for the upcoming Gran Turismo 7 1.27 update has been posted, confirming the five cars that players will be able to get to grips with from December 15.

After previously disclosing that Polyphony Digital has been considering development of Gran Turismo on PC platforms, company founder Kazunori Yamauchi has spoken more about the relative difficulties of game development on PC — and on PlayStation.

According to official figures from PlayStation, Gran Turismo 7’s player base has been rather busy in 2022 — driving 13 billion miles between them.

In news that is sure to make the holidays a bit more festive, Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan has announced that the console shortage woes that have plagued the PS5 since launch are now resolved.

Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed that game data shows a generational divide in how players engage with Gran Turismo 7 during a recent round-table media interview at the Gran Turismo World Finals in Monaco.

A brand new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, covering the next seven days of online racing and featuring two of the oldest race tracks still in regular use in the world.

Update (12/12): A server maintenance notice for December 15 confirms that the update will arrive on that date. The original article continues below.

PlayStation is staging another free online multiplayer period this coming weekend, December 10-11, allowing all players with any PlayStation account access to the world of online gaming for no additional cost.

Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo 7 has taken top honors in the Sports / Racing category at The Game Awards, the gaming industry’s premiere annual awards event held in Los Angeles, California.

The festive spirit is kicking up a gear as attention begins to turn towards the holidays. To help out, the UK festival is welcoming in a new Spring season to Forza Horizon 4. We’re also into the last season of Series 55, with a last push for the remaining content for this week.

A new Series starts today in Forza Horizon 5, with new events to cover the next four weeks and a special gift available that depends on player generosity.

As one of the longest-lived gaming series of all, never mind just the racing genre, a new NFS game is kind of a big deal. Or at least we thought it was; the promotional lead-up to Need for Speed Unbound, from the moment it was announced, was just eight weeks long, and EA sent review codes out the same day as pre-order early access went live.