After what seems like a lifetime of waiting, Sony and Polyphonic Digital have announced the release date of Gran Turismo 4 Mobile for the Sony PSP.

The date been given is the 27th February 2007, with a retail price of $40USD (around £30GBP). How concrete this date is I’m not sure, but hopefully it won’t slip back any further than it has done so far. I’m really looking forward to this game, it is after all the game I bought my PSP to play, so I’m hoping it lives upto (and surpasses) expectations.

The other peice of good news I take from this release date is that they are not rushing it out for Christmas. As much as I’d love to spend Christmas Day attempting to obtain an International Class A Licenses, or modify some underpowered Japanese town car with a big turbo and grippy tyres, I much prefer the option of playing a properly debugged game a couple of months after the overly large and cheerful chap with a liking for red clothes has descended the chimney.

Fingers and toes crossed that this games makes it to the shops before March next year.