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, FEBRUARY 3
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition PS4 beats Xbox One version
The PlayStation 4 version of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition comfortably outsold its Xbox One counterpart in the U.K., Chart-Track has confirmed.
The Last of Us scoops WGAs gong for video game writing
Naughty Dog’s critically-acclaimed The Last of Us has scooped the Outstanding Achievement in Writing for Video Games gong from the Writer’s Guild of America (via VG247).
Ultra Street Fighter 4 for PS4 hinted at by series producer?
Yoshinori Ono, the eccentric producer of the Street Fighter series, has given a possible hint that the latest incarnation of Street Fighter 4, Ultra Street Fighter 4, is coming to the PlayStation 4.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4
PS4 system firmware update 1.60 now live
The time’s arrived folks, Sony’s much-touted PlayStation system software: version 1.60 update is now available for download right across the globe.
GTA V ships 32.5 million, becomes one of the best-selling games ever
Take-Two has announced that Grand Theft Auto V has shipped a staggering 32.5 million units since its release in September 2013.
The Last of Us PS4 release due in July 2014 — rumor
Sony will release a Game of the Year Edition version of The Last of Us for PlayStation 4 this summer, according to a tipster on the official PlayStation forums.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Metal Gear Solid 5 PS4 ‘looks slightly better’ than Xbox One version
Game Informer reports that Konami’s upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes looks ‘slightly better’ on the PlayStation 4 compared to Xbox One.
The Order: 1886 locked to 30 fps ‘in favor of spectacular effects’ and 1080p
An interview with Ready at Dawn boss Ru Weerasuriya by German website Play3 reveals The Order: 1886, one of Sony’s high-profile PS4 releases in 2014, will be locked at 30 frames per second.
BioShock: Infinite Burial at Sea – Episode 2 release date confirmed
2K Games has confirmed that BioShock: Infinite’s Burial at Sea Episode II will be released on March 25 on PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Michael Pachter: PlayStation Now has ‘no prayer of working’
Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has labelled Sony’s PlayStation Now cloud service as “a joke," suggesting the service has no hope of working.
Sony’s PlayStation Business turns a profit thanks to PS4 launch
Sony has announced its financial report for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, revealing its PlayStation Business has turned a profit thanks in no small part to the release of the PlayStation 4.
PS3 firmware update 4.55 is now live
Hot on the heels of a freshly-released firmware update for the PlayStation 4, Sony has released the newest firmware for the seven-year-old PlayStation 3.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7
The Last of Us 2, new IP under consideration at Naughty Dog
A sequel to The Last of Us is currently under consideration at developer Naughty Dog.
Call of Duty 2014 developer is Sledgehammer Games, franchise gets 3-year dev cycle
Sledgehammer Games, the studio that co-developed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with Infinity Ward, will solely develop the next Call of Duty installment, Activision announced during an earnings call today.
Yet more mouthwatering InFamous: Second Son screens served up by Sucker Punch
As the March release of Sucker Punch’s InFamous: Second Son edges ever closer, you can bet your bottom dollar that more and more sumptuous screens will be fed out to entice impatient PS4 gamers – and today’s no different.