Sydney, Australia – November 29^th 2010 – Today Ubisoft announced that after invading our world and the moon, the Rabbids will soon be taking their time machine to invade our past and change the course of 9 iconic periods of Human history (such as Prehistory, Egypt age, Far West, …) with a brand new figurines collection.

Starting TODAY, the funny & crazy mascots will be available in  stores with the new “Rabbids Travel in Time” figurines collection as described below:

–          27 new 6 cm figurines (RRP $4.99):

–          A deck of 60 playing cards especially designed to play with the figurines

Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, the new party game featuring the crazy Rabbids in more than 20 new funnier-than-ever mini-games is OUT NOW for the Nintendo Wii.

For more details on Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, please visit http://www.rabbids.com/travel-in-time

or the official Rabbids Facebook page www.facebook.com/ravingrabbids.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 26 countries and has sales in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2009-10 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of € 871 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2010 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, Rabbids, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Wii and Wii MotionPlus are trademarks of Nintendo.

Wii MotionPlus™ accessory sold separately.

About GAME

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Providing the latest in fitness trends for all who want to get in shape

To view the trailer : http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=153580694688248

Sydney, Australia – November 29, 2010 – Today, Ubisoft announced that Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, the revolutionary new fitness game, for Kinect™ for Xbox 360®, controller free games and entertainment, will offer new exclusive workouts and fitness programs available on the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

“When we started working on the development of Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, we contacted several renowned fitness experts and trainers”, said Claudine Cézac, game’s producer for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved. “Each trainer insisted on the fact that in order to keep people motivated, it would be important to consistently bring new varieties of exercise to the game. That’s why from the very start, we thought of Your Shape: Fitness Evolved as a comprehensive fitness program that players would be able to enrich at their will. There are many different ways to work out and get in shape, and that’s what we want to offer with the add-on content.”

The add-on content for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved will include personalised workouts, dance-related fitness programs, and a variety of cardio and toning exercises, expanding the overall game play experience. The first instalment of add-on content will become available in early December 2010 and will include:

· The “Toned Body Program”, to strengthen all your muscles and get a firmer body

· “Cardio Boxing Platinum”, a new advanced level of the Cardio-Boxing class

· “Beach Body Workout”, to get you in shape for bikini season!

The second instalment will come shortly after and include:

· “New Year, New You”, a specific program to get back in shape after Xmas and New Year’s celebrations

· “Dance Workout: Bollywood”, a high impact dance workout using popular Bollywood dance moves.

All extra workouts and programs will be offered individually or in bundle packages. In the first half of the calendar year, over 12 new fantastic workouts for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved will be released on Xbox LIVE.

Your Shape: Fitness Evolved delivers a dynamic, interactive, and convenient at-home workout that’s tailored to each player’s individual fitness goals. The combination of Kinect™ for Xbox 360® with Ubisoft’s Player Projection technology provides the player with unprecedented precision, feedback, and results.

For more information on Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, please visit: http://yourshapecenter.au.ubi.com/

High School was the Horror Movie, But this Weekend is the Sequel!

You Again Unleashes onto Disney Blu-ray™ Value Pack and DVD 2 February 2011!

If they thought their teenage years were behind them, they were wrong! In an outrageous high school reunion of a different kind, all-star comedic cast, including Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lee Curtis, take an unexpected trip down memory lane in the hilarious comedy You Again; released to Disney Blu-ray™ Value Pack and DVD 2 February, 2011.

What do you do when you discover your brother is marrying the girl that made your high school years a living nightmare? You break up the wedding, of course! This laugh-out-loud weekend from hell begins when successful PR exec, Marnie (KRISTEN BELL) flies home for her brother’s wedding only to discover he is marrying her high school archenemy, Joanna (ODETTE YUSTMAN). What’s there to say except for, “You Again?!”

Marnie’s mum Gail (JAMIE LEE CURTIS) suggests she simply put her painful past behind her. However, in an awful twist of fate, Gail’s own scorned memories of her high school rival come back to haunt her with the arrival of Joanna’s Aunt Mona (SIGOURNEY WEAVER). Arriving in town for the wedding, Gail is once again face to face with her own high school nemesis and Gail realises those forgotten years are not so easy to forget.
Showing two can play the game, a range of competitive high school-style games unleash. With Marnie more determined than ever to expose Joanna’s good girl act and reveal the true catty cheerleader she really is, the cat fights begin!

The masters of comedy, including the legendary BETTY WHITE are out in full force, opening a yearbook full of high school torment that they’d rather forget when You Again is released on Blu-ray™ Value Pack and DVD 2 February 2011! This is one hilarious high school reunion you won’t want to miss.

Bonus Features DVD: FOLLOWING FICKMAN: ON SET WITH THE DIRECTOR – Peer into the madcap mind of Hollywood’s wackiest director, Andy Fickman, as he orchestrates the comedy of Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis and Betty White ASK THE CAST – Jamie Lee Curtis, Betty White, Sigourney Weaver and Kristen Bell answer questions from fans asking for advice. Betty’s advice might not be what you’d expect! FUNNY OR DIE – In this behind-the-scenes interview spoof, Jamie Lee Curtis, Betty White, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman and Kristen Bell discuss the movie when things get tense between the actresses eventually boiling over into a cast fight DELETED SCENES – Director Andy Fickman provides introductions to his deleted scenes: Sharing A Room, Photo Album Memories and Riding The Silk

Blu-ray: Everything on the DVD plus BLOOPER DANCE PARTY – On-set antics abound as the cast dances to their own beat

Available to own: 2 February 2011

RRP: DVD $39.95 RRP: Blu-ray Value Pack $49.95

You Again is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. A division of Walt Disney Studios (US), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures and Buena Vista DVD releases. Buena Vista is the Australian sell-through market leader and has been a recognised world video / DVD industry leader for over a decade

New Games & App Portal “Daily App Dream” Announces Launch Titles For Opening Week

Get 3 Paid Games Or Apps For Free – Every Day Of The Week!

Previously announced Daily App Dream is a brand new games and app portal of content offering free games and apps every day of the week! Launching 3rd of December 2010 this portal of content helps developers enhance visibility of their titles by running limited-time free promotions of high-quality games and apps covering all iOS platforms! During the first week of operation, Daily App Dream has lined up no less than 21 high-quality games available for download at no cost whatsoever! This incredible treat is possible because Daily App Dream is operated on an advertising revenue basis benefiting consumers with an interest in trying out games and apps traditionally only available as paid titles.

In addition to being a content portal for games and app titles of the highest quality, Daily App Dream also has a Facebook application (http://apps.facebook.com/dailyappdream ), and a soon-to-be-launched Apple iPhone™ and & Apple iPod touch® app. Developers interested in being part of this exiting service are encouraged to submit their titles for evaluation by visiting www.dailyappdream.com/Developers.html . Consumers interested in receiving daily promotions and (daily) FREE games and apps should sign up immediately by visiting www.dailyappdream.com and submit their contact information!

Daily App Dream Launch Games, Opening Week, 3rd Of December:

Geared
Chromixa
The Glowing Void
Astro Dodge
Lilt Line
Crazy Snowboard
Arachnadoodle
The Mirror Maze
The Package

Future Racer
Qbism
Zombierama USA
Car Jack Streets
MiniSquadron
The Infinity Project
Woolly The Jumper
Red Conquest
Fairy Cubes
Shoot To Kill
Dice Ball
Gem Hunt
Steam Wars
Look-up
Last Minute Hero

Running from Thursday 18 November 2010 to Tuesday 26 April 2011, the Australian Centre for Moving Image are hosting a very magical exhibition which showcases some of the amazing art of Disney. Curator and Creative Director of the Walt Disney Animation Research Library, Lella Smith has hand picked some of the most memorable and historical pieces of Disney through the last 80-years.

As soon as you walk down into the exhibition, you are treated to a variety of videos and origianl art pieces of those who worked for Walt Disney. As a result, they created some of the world’s most popular and endearing animated fairy tale movies. From concept art to maquettes and movie cells, not only is the viewer treated to an inside glance into seven different Disney movies but also the history of fairy tales.

The exhibition is broken up into 8 sections that include an introduction into fairy tales, Snow White and Seven Dwarves (1937), Cinderella (1950), Sleeping Beauty (1959), The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Best (1991), The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Tangled (2010). For every piece of art, there is a little bit of history behind such as the person who helped create it or why it was needed for the movie. It’s these small touches that makes this exhibition come to life

It’s an interesting and fascinating walk down memory lane to see the basic hand sketches from Snow White and Seven Dwarves or to see Disney’s latest movie Tangled come to life with computer graphics. Although Tangled still needed hand drawn techqniues to create the movie, it also faced its own challenges such as creating the 27 metres of realstic blonde hair of Rapuzenl and the amusing facial features Flynn Rider.

Whether you’re a student of art or a lover of Disney movies, this is one exhibition that you should not miss and has something for people of all ages.

For more information, please visit http://www.acmi.net.au/dreamscometrue.aspx.

WD’s New HD Media Centre Streams Popular Movies and the Broadest Range of Personal Content

WD® TV Live Hub™ Media Center with 1 TB Storage Allows Users to Centralise Video, Music and Photos and Play Full-HD 1080p Video on HD TVs Throughout the Home

Sydney, Australia: November 25, 2010 – Western Digital®, the world’s leader in external storage solutions and maker of the popular WD TV media player family, today introduced the WD TV Live Hub™ media center (photo), a Full-HD 1080p media player with a 1 terabyte (TB) built-in network hard drive that gives users the freedom to play all their personal media on any screen in the home. The WD TV Live Hub media center brings new experiences to the WD TV family including interacting with personal Facebook® communities.

The WD TV Live Hub media center plays a wide variety of media file types, including popular Full-HD 1080p video formats such as .mkv, .mp4 and .mov. The integrated, compact and quiet 1 TB hard drive enables users to centralize their digital media from multiple sources for smooth, glitch-free playback of even the highest resolution videos. Digital media can be easily transferred to the internal drive from shared folders on PCs and Mac®s on the network or directly from external hard drives, thumb drives, camcorders or cameras connected via one of the two USB ports. Users also can stream videos from home network drives with a DLNA/UPnP™ server such as the recently announced My Book® Live™ home network drive.

The WD TV Live Hub media center is also a media server: HD video, music and photos can be streamed from the onboard hard drive to any DLNA/UPnP-compatible TV or multimedia device, anywhere in the connected home, including the WD TV Live Plus HD media player, connected TVs, Blu-ray Disc™ players, Xbox 360®, and PlayStation® 3 game consoles. Users also can stream content from their WD TV Live Hub media center to iPads™, iPhones® or Android™ smartphones using third-party applications.

The WD TV Live Hub media center offers unique Facebook integration, which lets users upload photos and videos, share their status, view their wall and get the latest newsfeed from their network of friends – all on the big screen TV. In addition, the WD TV Live Hub media center provides viewing of YouTube™ for user-generated videos and Flickr® for photo sharing. Additional content includes MediaFly® daily video podcasts from CNN®, NBC®, MTV® and ESPN®.

The customizable WD TV Live Hub media center’s user interface enables personalization of screen backgrounds and user interface themes, as well as setting of favorites and content ratings. Standard wired or wireless USB keyboards can be used for simpler text input for activities such as searches of local content and YouTube and Facebook interaction.

“The WD TV Live Hub media center lets users create a personalized media jukebox that brings your entire personal content collection and the best of Internet content to the biggest screen in the house,” said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD’s branded products group. “With the WD TV Live Hub media center, consumers can take their home entertainment experience to the next level, streaming personal content to multiple rooms at the same time, so they can play a YouTube video on their HDTV screen in the family room, while sharing vacation slideshows on the computer in their home office.”

Other key features of the WD TV Live Hub media center include:

• Compatibility with virtually all TV sets thanks to an HDMI 1.4, composite video and component video output;
• Automatic sync of shared digital media folders from PCs and Macs on the network with the internal hard drive to provide easy playback of new content.
• Customizable user interface and programmable remote;
• Ultra-compact design that easily fits into almost any entertainment center;
• Two USB ports that allow seamless media playback from USB drives, camcorders and digital cameras;
• WiFi-readiness (with adapter)

The full set of features and list of file compatibility is available on WD’s web site.

Capacity and Compatibility
The WD TV Live Hub media center is available in 1 TB (terabyte) storage capacity and supports a large variety of the most popular file formats, including HD camcorder video formats. It is also compatible with Windows® 7, including the Windows 7 Play To feature, and any DLNA/UPnP-enabled device.

Melbourne, 25 November 2010 – AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands distributor of the award-winning AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security software, has been awarded the title of ‘Australian Vendor of the Year’ by Australia’s largest IT franchise, Computer Troubleshooters, for the third year running.

The more than 90 Computer Troubleshooters’ franchisees across Australia vote on criteria including product and service quality, to decide which vendor adds the most value to their businesses throughout the year.

According to Computer Troubleshooters Australia National Director, Nick Roche: “AVG (AU/NZ) won in a very convincing manner this year. The AVG product quality is well known and is obviously a contributing factor, but it is the quality and speed of AVG (AU/NZ)’s support service, the ease of being able to buy via the reseller centre and their ‘can do’ attitude which has given them the credibility to win the award for the third consecutive year – something no other vendor has achieved.”

In presenting the award at the annual Computer Troubleshooters Asia Pacific Conference held in Sydney over the weekend, Chip Reaves, Computer Troubleshooters’ Global CEO, said: “We have had a strong global relationship with AVG over the past six years and it’s great to see the local distributor exceeding expectations year after year.”

In accepting the award, Peter Cameron, Managing Director, AVG (AU/NZ), said: “We’re so proud to win this award for the third year in a row. It’s a great tribute to our staff who consistently go the extra mile to make sure our partners are fully supported and that it’s easy to do business with us. We’ve put a lot of effort into making our Reseller Centre user-friendly and we have put in place several new incentive schemes to reward our resellers. This has included paying $37,000 in Direct Renewal Guarantee commissions over the last six months to resellers whose customers renewed, increased or upgraded their licences direct with AVG (AU/NZ).”

Michael Dowling, AVG (AU/NZ)’s Sales Director said: “The Computer Troubleshooters award is great encouragement for us to continue raising the bar on service and support to our resellers and to find new ways for resellers to maximise the sales of our products.”

In turn, AVG (AU/NZ) presented its second annual ‘Australian Computer Troubleshooters Reseller Award’ to Computer Troubleshooters Toowoomba. The selection was based on a combination of 2010 sales, growth and marketing of AVG products by an Australian Computer Troubleshooters outlet. It was also in recognition for consistent performance and inroads into the SMB market.

Nick Roche described Computer Troubleshooters’ Toowoomba as “a consistently high performing franchise which is succeeding in making great inroads in the SMB market. For them, as for all of us, a reliable supplier along with superb service, support and delivery is crucial.”

On accepting the award, Director of the Toowoomba franchise, Neil Sciffer, said: “AVG (AU/NZ) has a really generous reseller program. They are very straightforward and easy to work with, and their reseller website makes it easy to manage renewals. We’re delighted to win this award which recognises a mutually beneficial relationship.”

About Computer Troubleshooters

Computer Troubleshooters is Australia’s Largest IT Support Franchise Network offering computer repair, maintenance and networking services in all states of Australia. Founded in Australia in 1997 it now part of the Computer Troubleshooters international franchise network in 27 countries providing onsite computer services to home and business users.

About AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd — www.avg.com.au

Based in Melbourne, AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd distributes the AVG range of Anti-Virus and Internet Security products in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. AVG software solutions provide complete real-time protection against the malware, viruses, spam, spyware, adware, worms, Trojans, phishing and exploits used by cyber-criminals, hackers, scammers and identity thieves. AVG protects everything important and personal inside computers — documents, account details and passwords, music, photos and more — all while allowing users to work, bank, shop and play games online in safety.

AVG provides outstanding technical solutions and exceptional value for consumers, small to medium business and enterprise clients. AVG delivers always-on, always up-to-date protection across desktop, and notebook PCs, plus file and e-mail servers in the home and at work in SMBs, corporations, government agencies and educational institutions.

2010’s Best Soundtrack in Entertainment Expands with Downloadable Mixes Featuring Hit Music from World’s Hottest DJ and Producer, Tiësto

My Chemical Romance Celebrates the Launch of Their New Album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, by Bringing Four Rockin’ tracks to the Guitar Hero® Music Library

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – November 25, 2010 – Today Activision Publishing Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) DJ Hero® 2 and Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock bring gamers exclusive downloadable content from world-renowned talents Tiësto and My Chemical Romance.

Budding beat chemists, singing sensations and their friends can expand their DJ Hero 2 sets with three exclusive mixes featuring hit music from the world’s hottest DJ and Producer with the Tiësto Mix Pack.

Tiësto Mix Pack:

· “Traffic” Mixed With “Louder Than Boom”

· “Feel It In My Bones” ft. Tegan & Sara

· “Knock You Out” ft. Emily Haines Mixed With “Young Lions”

Axe shredding rockaholics, fearless frontmen, and beat laying drummers can help celebrate the recent launch of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, the newest album from Reprise Records, My Chemical Romance, by jamming out to the four song My Chemical Romance Track Pack. The track pack, which contains a track off their new album, will feature the following hit songs:

My Chemical Romance Track Pack

· “Bulletproof Heart”

· “Helena”

· “Teenagers”

· “Welcome To The Black Parade”

The My Chemical Romance Track Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 600 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system for $12.95 and for Wii™ for 750 Wii Points™. All songs in the track pack will also be released as downloadable singles for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 160 Microsoft Points, PlayStation 3 system for $3.45 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each. In addition to the in-game music store and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 owners can expand their Guitar Hero® music library using the Guitar Hero VIP Pass Music Store, available exclusively on Xbox LIVE®. For more information about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and its entire line-up of downloadable songs and disc imports, please visit www.guitarhero.com.

The Tiësto Mix Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 for 640 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation®Store for the PlayStation 3 system for $12.95 and as downloadable singles for Wii for 300 Wii Points each. For information on how to connect your console and access DJ Hero downloadable content, please visit: http://www.djhero.com/en-us/education/download.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 25th November 2010 – Leading video games publisher, NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S., announced today that SPLATTERHOUSE™ is now available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Inspired by the landmark 1988 arcade hit, SPLATTERHOUSE embodies the unfiltered, primal aggression of its namesake, combining visceral, adrenaline-soaked combat with horror elements to deliver over-the-top gore.

SPLATTERHOUSE follows college student Rick Taylor as he embarks on a desperate mission to rescue his true love, Jennifer, who was kidnapped after they entered a mysterious run-down Mansion inhabited by an elusive scientist, Dr. West. Confronted by otherworldly horrific abominations under Dr. West’s control, Rick turns to a mystical sentient mask promises to give him the power to reunite with his beloved Jennifer. Full of desperation, Rick dons the “Terror Mask” and is transformed into a raging juggernaut, exemplifying unadulterated violence and destruction to anything that stands in his way.

SPLATTERHOUSE gives players countless ways to decimate your enemies with extreme gore including Necrotic energy powered attacks, the all powerful Berserker Mode, an arsenal of classic SPLATTERHOUSE weapons, and the ultimate over the top gruesome Splatter Kills which enable you to rip, impale, and smash your opponents into bloody pulpy masses.

SPLATTERHOUSE will also feature Survival Arenas, unlockable areas that contain 20 rounds of unimaginable horror which enable players to take on ever increasing waves of grotesque monsters in a test of endurance and strength. Players start off with full health and an empty Necro Meter and must slay their way past each round, building their Necro Energy, purchasing Necro Moves, and relying on the Splatter Siphon healing ability. If they succeed, they will be rewarded with Blood to be used in purchasing Necro Moves.

Boasting a licensed soundtrack with many of the top names in metal, the original SPLATTERHOUSE trilogy as an unlockable and Survival Arenas, SPLATTERHOUSE is the ultimate celebration of all things Metal and Gore.

For more information about the game, please visit http://splatterhousegame.com and www.namcobandaipartners.com.au

The evolution of Gran Turismo® signals a revolution in the racing genre

SYDNEY, 25th November 2010 – Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCE Aust.) and Polyphony Digital Inc today welcome the arrival of one of the most anticipated games of all time, as Gran Turismo®5 purrs into stores exclusively on PlayStation®3 (PS3™). The world’s best-selling driving simulator is back, and it’s bigger, with more depth and more exhilarating action than ever before. Available in three different editions; Standard Edition priced at RRP AU$119.95, Collector’s Edition at RRP AU$129.95 and Signature Edition at RRP AU$299.95, Gran Turismo 5 delivers a racing experience like no other.

Thanks to the vision and energy of Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital Inc. and creator of the series, Gran Turismo has consistently raised the bar in terms of quality of design and physics technology with every product release. Gran Turismo 5 is no exception and sets new standards in terms of graphics, presentation, and gameplay.

Commenting on the launch Yamauchi said, “Gran Turismo 5 represents the latest milestone in a journey which has spanned a decade. The vision and the experience is such that it has attracted the attention of the whole motoring world. The result is a testing ground, a play ground and a showcase for motoring, built around the sport of racing. Today we blend reality with the virtual: from the painstaking re-creation of existing cars to the redefinition, in Red Bull X1, of the future of motorsports.”

The new racing simulation game features more than 1,000 licensed cars from the world’s top manufacturers, with a unique mixture of new and old, and everyday road cars, pure racers and supercars, all recreated in breathtaking detail. With the line-up including the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Ferrari 458 Italia, the Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce, GTbyCitroen, McLaren MP4 12C and Nissan GT-R, the only dilemma will be which one to power up first. Unless you prefer to try the VW Samba bus for a novel change.

In addition to the vast array of vehicles from motor racing’s past and present, Gran Turismo 5 looks to the future with the inclusion of the Red Bull X1. The Red Bull X1 marks a unique partnership between Kazunori Yamauchi, and Red Bull Racing’s aerodynamics expert, Adrian Newey. Their challenge was to build the ultimate racing car without the constraint of rules and regulations. The result was the conception of the “Red Bull X1 Prototype”. Red Bull Racing even drafted in Formula 1 World Champion driver Sebastian Vettel to perform the virtual shakedown test and give feedback on settings for this Gran Turismo 5 car. A full scale model of the car was recently unveiled at the Gran Turismo 5 celebratory launch event held in Madrid.

You can almost smell the leather as you settle back in your seat to tackle the finest race circuits the world has to offer. Choose from 26 locations with more than 70 layouts including legendary circuits such as the Nürburgring and the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, all rendered in high definition. And if that is not enough, Gran Turismo 5 delivers Course Maker, giving you the power to generate your own bespoke circuits so that you can push yourself to the limit, or just choose your favourite location and enjoy the driving experience.

It’s time to take your competitive grudges to the track with the deepest online racing experience available. You can now race against up to 15 friends or foes on PlayStation®Network, goad them with taunts on the in game message board, share your photos and track creations or gift them with cars or in-game items. The entire experience can also be accessed by logging into http://www.gran-turismo.com/ with your
PlayStation Network ID. GT My Home is the place to manage your car portfolio and your in-game progress. It also gives you access to your own private racing lounge where you can wait for the next race to begin whilst studying the opposition drivers with live race feeds, or jump in to display your own prowess.

The fan-favourite career mode returns, but has now been reborn in Gran Turismo 5 as “GT LIFE”. In the new “GT LIFE”, the basic flow of clearing license tests, participating in races, collecting rewards and purchasing more expensive, faster cars has not changed. But now, how you “live” is divided into two separate modes – A-Spec and B-Spec. In the A-spec mode, you are a racing driver. Getting behind the wheel yourself, you will hone your driving skills, and challenge one race at a time.

For those who want something more than the driving experience, Gran Turismo 5 offers the chance to cross the pit lane and take an alternative career path as Team Director in B-Spec mode. You’ll be keeping a close eye on the competition and playing to your AI drivers’ strengths to ensure they win their races. B-Spec is a unique feature to Gran Turismo and will help you take your race craft to the next level as you become a savvy strategist.

Gran Turismo 5 introduces a vast variety of new technologies, but the most impressive are the visual effects. This is perfectly illustrated through the “transition of time” that transforms gameplay from a clear afternoon with the sun high in the sky, through dusk when the sun hangs low and the sky turns red, to the enveloping darkness of the night. The effects at night have a particular glamour as the scenery ahead is illuminated by your headlights and the dirt kicked up in your wake glows under the tail lights. These natural, every-day scenes are what bring the game that much closer to reality. Gran Turismo 5 also introduces all new damage modelling, and with a premium selection of almost 200 models in the game meticulously recreated both inside and out, each dent and scratch will be a painful experience.

The era of 3D has arrived and adds to the excitement and sensations of Gran Turismo 5. Using 3D-compatible televisions with 3D glasses, you can experience an ultra-realistic impression never seen before. The other major feature is a unique face tracking function using the PlayStation®Eye camera for PlayStation 3. By using facial recognition with the PlayStation Eye, you can move your face to the left and right to move your field of vision whilst driving at exhilarating high speeds.

Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, added “Gran Turismo is more than just our most successful franchise, it is a showcase for gaming and for the pure excitement and fun available on PlayStation 3 and through the PlayStation Network. If you have ever dreamed of that special car, and wondered what it would be like to get behind the wheel, then GT5 is the title for you.”

More than a thousand cars, a global community of racers, the world’s most iconic racetracks and the drive of a lifetime – that’s Gran Turismo 5. Experience astounding realism, pulse-raising physics, high-speed thrills and a full tank of international motoring glamour as you race against friends at home or online against champions from around the world, and build yourself a stable of the finest cars ever to have graced the tarmac. Are you ready for the drive of your life? Gran Turismo 5 is available in stores across Australia from today, only on PlayStation 3.