Hm, pretty much says its all in the headline this one so this may be quite a short story, but latest reports emanating from PlayStation Magazine in the US suggest that Gran Turismo 4 Online will finally be revving its engines for a fully playable version at E3 next month.
We don't have the full details yet, but you might remember that the much demanded online mode was originally dropped from GT4 fairly late in development in 2004, with the promised Online expansion originally due to hit last year.

Well it seems Kazunori Yamauchi's online magnum opus will finally make it onto the streets this year, with first details on the game revealed at next month's show. We guess GT4 Online will remain racing on the PS2 grid, but given the delay, one intriguing possibility is that it will provide the prototype for Gran Turismo 5 the next-gen PS3 version of the racing series.

Little has been heard of GT5, other than Kazunori is already working on it and he wants to place an emphasis on the human element of racing, but GT5 will surely be one of the early big hitters for driving Sony's planned PlayStation Network Platform, after the PS3 debuts this November.
Still Sony petrolheads will no doubt lap up the news on GT4 Online and as ever, we'll be on hand to provide full and gory details from the show floor. ...

At this year's GDC, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was keen to remind attendees of his developer roots as he presented his distinctly Revolution-lite keynote speech. Now, it seems that he's considering getting his dev shoes back on his feet.
In an interview with MTV, Iwata explained, "Recently I have gained a little bit of interest in getting more involved in game development again." However, it's those, you know, running-a-company-type duties that seem to be getting in the way. Obviously, we can only speculate what sort of game Iwata would choose to make but, judging by Nintendo's recent record, it'd be one where absolutely nothing happens for ages, you're all but ready to give up on the damn thing forever and then a brief, startling moment of brilliance surprises everyone before vanishing up the arsehole of secrecy once again. Something like that.

Anyway, in other news, Iwata once again confirmed that Nintendo still has some other "unique features" of the Revolution left to reveal at this year's E3 - again, speculating, probably a big red knob that goes 'woo' and a small yellow knob that goes 'ackack' - and yet again, again, reiterated that the console's purpose is to break down the "wall" and bring gaming to the masses. "We now have created a system that's going to allow for a much, much larger user base than any system we've seen before", he said, yo.
Finally, Iwata stated that Nintendo wasn't milking its most popular franchises - in particular the ever-derided but still mysteriously popular Mario Party series. He explained, "We have a very large fanbase of people who expect to see sequels to those games. It is our responsibility to meet the expectations of that fanbase, but in doing so, the one thing we absolutely focus on with every one of those sequels is finding ways to innovate within that franchise."

"If all we were to ever do is just continue to make sequels and not do anything new or different," he continued, "people would view us as a very conservative company and a company that is unwilling to really take new initiatives and embark on new adventures. That's not the type of person I am and not the kind of company I want Nintendo to be."

We say: bring on that big red knob! Woo! ...

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