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PlayStation News of the Week: October 14 – 19, 2013

Welcome to another instalment in our weekly news digest where the team at PSU Towers picks our favourite slices of PlayStation-related gossip from the past seven days. See below for the week’s highlights by clicking the links provided.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX announced, due in 2014 for PS3

Square Enix has officially announced Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX for PlayStation 3.

Killzone: Shadow Fall graphics are looking better than ever as Guerrilla Games applies fine-tuning before launch

Killzone: Shadow Fall launches on PlayStation 4 in just one month, but developer Guerrilla Games is still working around the clock to ensure the game looks even better than what we have seen to date.

Killzone: Shadow Fall multiplayer Support Class uses drones, turrets, and spawn points

Killzone: Shadow Fall’s three multiplayer classes will be the trinity on which this PS4 competitive-classic-in-the-making will be judged.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15

Tales of Symphonia Chronicles: Collector’s Edition announced for North America, limited to 15,000 copies

Namco Bandai today announced that a Collector’s Edition of Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, an HD remaster of Tales of Symphonia and its sequel Dawn of the New World, will be headed to North America.

The Dark Sorcerer represents the ‘minimum’ of what PS4 is capable of

The founder of Quantic Dream has said that the studio’s PlayStation 4 tech demo, The Dark Sorcerer, is but a small taster of what Sony’s next-generation console is capable of.

Watch Dogs pushed back until spring 2014

Ubisoft has announced that it has delayed the release of Watch Dogs on all platforms until spring 2014.

PS4 Knack and Warframe pre-orders hit PS Store

Today’s PlayStation Store update includes PlayStation 4 titles Knack and Warframe.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16

Gamers would rather buy PS4 than Xbox One due to games line-up, says Qubic Games

Gamers would rather purchase a PlayStation 4 over an Xbox One due to the former’s games line-up, reckons Mikael Bourget, Public Relations Manager for Qubic Games.

‘PS4 as quiet as a mouse and as powerful as a lion,’ says Ripstone

Indie publisher Ripstone Games has received an exciting delivery at its Liverpool-based office this week.

Four PS4 titles announced by Sony Santa Monica

Nathan Gary, Creative Director at Sony Santa Monica, has today taken to the PlayStation blog to announce details of four upcoming PlayStation 4 titles

PS4’s The Witness game length revealed

The Witness will always bear the honor of being one of the first PlayStation 4 games announced, and it was one of the first that I saw in intimate detail. Early PS4 buyers will still have to wait until early 2014 to play it, but according to its creator–independent developer Jonathan Blow–the game world’s sheer size will be worth that wait.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

The Last of Us PS4 ruled out by Naughty Dog

The developer behind The Last of Us has confirmed it has ‘no plans’ to bring the critically-acclaimed action-horror title to PlayStation 4.

‘It’s make or break’ for Xbox One and PS4, says System 3

System 3 CEO Mark Cale believes the long seven-year gap between the launch of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and the arrival of next-generation systems has affected the market dramatically.

PS4 Watch Dogs bundle alternatives confirmed at Amazon UK

If you pre-ordered the Watch Dogs PlayStation 4 bundle from Amazon in the U.K. then don’t worry about not receiving the console at launch because Amazon has resolved this rather last-minute problem which was caused by the delay of the game.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

Two new Infamous: Second Son special editions announced

Official word has hit the net that Sucker Punch’s next title Infamous: Second Son will feature two new editions of the game.

PS3 outsells Xbox 360 in U.S. for first time in 32 months

The NPD has revealed that PlayStation 3 has managed to outsell the Xbox 360 in the U.S. for the first time in 32 months.

DriveClub officially delayed into early 2014

DriveClub has officially been delayed until early 2014, developer Evolution Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) have announced.

‘War Thunder on PS4 looks as good as PC on its highest setting,’ says Gaijin

In an exclusive interview with PSU, War Thunder developer Pavel Kulikov talks about working with the PlayStation 4 in preparation for its ambitious cross-platform MMO which will be available at launch in November.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

PS4 ‘light years ahead of anything else we have seen in the console industry,’ says indie dev

In an exclusive interview with PlayStation Universe, indie developer and creator of Atomic Ninjas, Grip Games believes that PlayStation 4 is light years ahead of anything else we have seen in the console industry.

Assassin’s Creed movie is happening, says Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender has today told the Daily Beast some exciting news about the upcoming Assassain’s Creed movie.