We finally now know when to expect the release of the much anticipated fifth installation of the Gran Turismo series. Before you get too excited, as I did when I first saw the news, Gran Turismo 5 will be indeed be getting a Christmas release (In Europe, so we should be covered as well). Problem is, that it's next Christmas. While it would have rocked the gaming world to have Sony suddenly announce the release of GT5 for this Christmas, we all know that it wasn't a very likely scenario. Either way it is fantastic news to hear that we finally know when the game will be released. Polyphony have a habit of keeping their fans waiting for a very long time but if there is one thing that I have learned from the previous titles, it's that it is always worth the wait. GT Planet reports that in a statement to Spanish Newspaper El Financiero, James Armstrong who is the CEO of Sony in Southern Europe confirmed it's release for Christmas 2009. Here is the translation taken from the newspaper: For next year, the chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment for southern Europe said that they are developing a new game thriller, in which the player may be designing their own history, and the new version of Gran Turismo, which will arrive at Christmas. There you have it. It look's like GT fans are going to have to wait another year but at least they will have something to look forward to all year. Can I please have my PSP version now?

Capcom has announced that they will have a new branded company storefront coming to the New Xbox Experience today, and according to Joystiq they may have slipped up a bit when it comes to a certain screenshot they released that shows the release date for Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix. The image in question shown above, clearly states …

Could everyone please give a round of applause to CNA for breaking a street date on an important title yet again. News came in yesterday via the Prophecy forums when forum member "Thrawn" posted that while out having dinner with his fiancee at Centurion Mall, they wondered into the local CNA only to find Gears of War 2 sitting on the shelves. Is it really that difficult to keep a couple of games in a storeroom until the release date. I can understand that mistakes happen but why does it always turn out to be CNA? Are they doing it on purpose or are the staff really just incapable of understanding how street dates work. All I know is that Microsoft should lay down a hefty fine on them to make them learn their lesson. For all of you that are already halfway out the door, the forum member reckons that the game will probably be off the shelves by 10:00 - 10:30AM so don't get your hopes up.

Most of you will not need to be told that there are some massively anticipated games coming within the next month or so. Most of us are already assigning money to which games we are gong to be purchasing. To make your planning a little easier, I have put together a list of all the big titles and their SA release dates. If you are planning to rob a bank, I can highly recommend that you do it on the 23rd of October because the next day, a huge selection of titles are going to be coming our way. The Full List of releases, after the jump. Ok, so here are the SA Release dates for most of the popular games that will be coming out this quarter. Please note that some dates may change as well as the fact that I may have missed one or two titles that you believe to be important. If so, please leave info about it in the comments and I will try and update the list: 17 October Saints Row 2 24 October Dead Space Fable II Far Cry 2 Midnight Club: Los Angeles Motorstorm: Pacific Rift Bioshock (PS3) 31 October Red Alert 3 James Bond: Quantum of Solace Legendary Lego Batman Silent Hill: Homecoming 1 November Fallout 3 7 November Gears of War 2 LittleBigPlanet 14 November Call of Duty: World at War 21 November Mortal Kombat vs DC Grand Theft Auto IV (PC) 30 November Lord of the Rings: Conquest Mirror's Edge Left 4 Dead Tom Clancy's Endwar 5 December Resistance 2 Prince of Persia Damnation Well, there you have it folks. That is a lot of really great titles and although I am sure I missed a few really good ones, we can all agree that we are in for one heck of a great gaming season. Time to get excited I think!

4 years in the making the sequel to the 2004 hit Sacred is complete. ASCARON, German games software manufacturers and developers, and Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, announced that SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel has reached gold status, and that the scheduled release of the PC version on October 3, 2008 will hold.  The Xbox 360 release …

Lately, reading about broken street dates is normal. It doesn’t even constitute as news anymore because it is always bound to happen somewhere. Most developers hate it when the game is released early but not Harmonix. Harmonix smiles when you manage to get a a copy of their newest instalment before release date. They even congratulate you. If you turn …

[Update] Megarom has just confirmed that we will be getting Far Cry 2 on the 24th as well…  Thanks guys 24th of October is when Far Cry 2 is scheduled to now land… to me that’s a little close to the Gears 2 release date and is, in my mind, a little risky from Ubisoft’s point of view. However I …