New Gran Turismo 5 screenshots surface

by: Chuck - posted: 9/1/2009 11:32:00 AM

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that Gran Turismo 5 can't get here soon enough.  To prove that the game is still inching towards a retail date the folks at Sony have released five new screenshots for the game which (as you would expect) are pretty damn good looking.

TWISTED PIXEL CTO INITIATES SPLODEJEMENT DAY

Title Update and Leaderboard Wipe Coming to Splosion Man

AUSTIN, TX – August 31, 2009 – Frank Wilson, CTO of Twisted Pixel Games, learned today of an exploit that enabled cheaters to post impossibly good scores in his latest Xbox LIVE® Arcade game Splosion Man.  With cold precision, he initiated a response: Splodejement Day.

On Tuesday, September 1^st, at approximately 2 a.m. PDT, a title update will be released to permanently seal the exploit, and select scores will be wiped from the leaderboards, so that only legitimate scores remain.  This purge will be in time for the “Speedy Splode” trophy contest, where the player with the best time in the single-player level 3-8 during the week of September 6^th to 12^th will win a unique Splosion Man statue and an autographed poster by the developers.

When asked, Mr. Wilson had this to say about his custom-built leaderboard-clearing application, which he affectionately calls Splodenet: “It goes on-line August 31^st, 2009.  Human decisions are removed from leaderboard defense.  Splodenet begins to learn at a geometric rate.  It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Pacific Time, September 1^st.  There is no score but what we earn for ourselves.”

Twisted Pixel also stated that this title update will not add avatar accessory awardable support to Splosion Man, as the timing of that release is up to Microsoft.