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 28
PS4 will support stereoscopic 3D, Trine 2 among first next-gen 3D games
Finnish game developer Frozenbyte has taken to the PlayStation Blog today to announce it will be porting its side-scrolling platformer Trine 2: Complete Story, to the PlayStation 4.
Modern Warfare 4 not on the cards, says Infinity Ward
Infinity Ward’s Tina Palacios has confirmed that the developer isn’t planning on making a fourth installment in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise.
U.K. Charts: Batman: Arkham Origins dethrones GTA V
Superhero prequel Batman: Arkham Origins has booted Grand Theft Auto V off the top of the U.K. All Format Chart following its launch last Friday.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29
PS4 to be outsold by Xbox One at launch, says analyst
Colin Sebastian, an analyst with Baird, has said his firm expects the PlayStation 4 to be outsold by Xbox One during the launch period for both formats this November.
Battlefield 4 offers ‘superior experience’ on PS4
Reports coming in regarding next-generation versions of Battlefield 4 have pegged the PlayStation 4 release as the superior product.
Assassin’s Creed 4’s PS-exclusive content will remain exclusive
The extra content that the PlayStation 3 and 4 versions of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag contain will remain exclusive to those platforms after suggestions that it was timed exclusive.
Clementine returns in The Walking Dead: Season Two on PS3 and PS Vita
Telltale Games has revealed The Walking Dead: Season Two, an episodic series that will continue the story of Lee and Clementine as established in its original, critically acclaimed The Walking Dead series.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30
Titan 2 could come to PS4, hints Respawn
Respawn Entertainment has reiterated that Titanfall won’t be coming to PlayStation 4, but insisted the studio will still make games for Sony’s next-generation console — possibly even a sequel to Titanfall.
PS4, Xbox One sales to hit 10m by March 2014, predicts EA
Combined sales of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are expected to hit 10 million by March 2014, Electronic Arts has said.
No HDMI capture on PS4 at launch, look to ‘upcoming system software update’
Following the news that PlayStation 4 users won’t be able to stream gameplay video to YouTube, the official PlayStation Blog has also confirmed that HDMI capture devices won’t be supported by PS4 at launch.
You can’t change your PSN profile name on PS4
The much-requested ability to change your PSN Online ID won’t become available with the launch of PS4, says Sony.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31
Executive Producer Mark Rubin at Infinity Ward confirmed rumors that Call of Duty: Ghosts displays in 1080p on the PlayStation 4 and only 720p on the Xbox One.
Resident Evil 5 named Capcom’s best-selling title ever
Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 5 has surpassed iconic brawler Street Fighter II as the company’s best-selling title of all time.
Sony posts Q2 loss on back of PS4 costs and PS Vita price cut
PlayStation 4 development costs as well as a price cut for PlayStation Vita have resulted in Sony’s games division posting a loss of roughly $8 million for Q2 2014.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
South Park: The Stick of Truth pushed back to 2014
South Park: The Stick of Truth has been pushed back to March 2014, Ubisoft has announced.
GTA Online cash stimulus coming next week, says Rockstar
Rockstar Games has been promising a $500,000 in-game cash deposit for all GTA Online players for a couple weeks now, but a series of technical issues and update plans have put off the stimulus–until now.
Return of the PocketStation? PlayStation Japan teases announcement on November 5
A weird bit of news has come from PlayStation Japan in the form of a video teasing a PocketStation–yes, PocketStation–announcement on November 5.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
PayPal option added to PS3 PlayStation Store
Sony has announced through the PlayStation Blog that users are now able to directly add funds to their PSN wallets via PayPal through the PlayStation Store on PS3.