GamesCom News

[Ohio Joe]

As I sit here wetting myself hoping for news about Gran Turismo 5, I thought I would start a thread for all the news coming out of GamesCom (Europe's big gaming event). So far we have:

PS3 price drop. woah... $299 for a PS3 Slim
http://www.i4u.com/article26434.html

Diablo III Playable on the show floor
http://kotaku.com/5339686/diablo-iii-confirmed-at-gamescom

I'll add notable updates as replies to this post as I see them.

[Ohio Joe]

1. Found a live update on Sony's announcements

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/5648.html

Not a word about GT5... nothing...

OK, here you can fill in a long rant filled with expletives, references to their parentage, genitalia, children, cars, how close their knuckles come to the ground and many other fun filled facts about them and everyone that might call them friend.

I expect the non-announcement does not bode well for a release this year.

[Ohio Joe]

2. EA Press Conference

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/49680/EA-Press-Conference-Gamescom-Cologne

Info about the following games:
The Sims 3
Battlefield 1943 / Bad Company 2
Brutal Legend
Dante's Inferno
Dragon Age: Origins
Mass Effect 2
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Need For Speed Shift

[Ohio Joe]

3. At last... Some GT5 news

Too bad it comes from IGN... who got it from some random forum dweller that is translating it from Japanese for them... sigh... It appears that although Sony decided not to talk about GT5, Polyphony Digital updated their Japanese site.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/101/1015164p1.html

Some of it sound freakin awesome, 1000 cars, 60 tracks, the ability to wreck the cars :D Man... I just really hope they have my car in it this time, I can't wait to see the full list.

[Ohio Joe]

4. Fable III announced

http://gamescom.gamespot.com/story/6215595/fable-iii-coming-in-late-2010

Lots of interesting info on the game at link.

[Forkboy]

5. You're a posting machine!

:)