Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on December 13

PSN and Blu-ray release to arrive in Japan before Christmas.

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has announced that Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be screeching onto Blu-ray and the PSN on December 13. Before you get too excited this date has only been confirmed for Japan and we're still waiting to here about a European release.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will act as a taster of what to expect from the full GT5 at some point in the future. Although only a sample of the full title, the game will feature plenty of cars, a selection of courses and rather excitingly online play.

We'll bring you more on the European release when we get it.