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PS4 racer Gran Turismo Sport has been delayed to 2017, Polyphony Digital has announced. It had previously been due to release on November 18.
A new release date has not been provided, but CEO Kazunori Yamauchi says it will release next year.
“From the start, the title has been one of our most ambitious undertakings, using the latest technologies, such as physics-based rendering and sound simulations, and Scapes photo mode,” Yamauchi said on PlayStation Blog. “In combining these features with a new Sport mode, we are offering a competitive gaming experience to truly reinvent what it means to be a racing game. We’ve been excited and humbled by the response each time we’ve shared new gameplay with everyone.
“However, as we approach our planned release date in November, we realise we need more time to perfect GT Sport, to which we’ve already dedicated so much effort to since announcing the title, and do not want to compromise the experience. While we cannot confirm a new release date at this time, we are more committed than ever to making GT Sport the best Gran Turismo game to date.”
Gran Turismo is no stranger to delays, of course. PS3 entry Gran Turismo 5 was famously delayed multiple times before releasing at the end of 2010. I’m not particularly surprised, either, given what I saw in the game’s preview build back in May.
At the time, Yamauchi also said that the game’s beta had been cancelled to help ensure the game would hit its November release date.
Source: blog.eu.playstation.com
