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, DECEMBER 9
PS4 Tomb Raider runs at native 1080p, has enhanced Lara Croft model
Tomb Raider: Definition Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will run at native 1080p, publisher Square Enix has confirmed.
Nintendo’s Reggie congratulates PS4, Xbox One launch, but says ‘you need games’
The president of Nintendo of America has congratulated Sony and Microsoft on the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but couldn’t resist having a dig at the Big N’s rivals all the same.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes NA release date announced
Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360 on March 18, 2014.
Visceral Games job listings confirm ‘exciting new IP’
Visceral Games (formally EA Redwood Shores), the developers behind the fear-inducing horror series Dead Space, has listed a number of job positions on the official EA website for work on an "exciting new IP"
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10
Graphic fidelity for The Order: 1886 will ‘exceed the trailer,’ says Ready at Dawn
Andrea Pessino, one of the founders of Ready At Dawn Studios, has acknowledged on Twitter the integrity of the visual state for upcoming title The Order: 1886.
GTA V will get ‘substantial’ single-player DLC in 2014, confirms Rockstar
Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto V will receive its first chunk of single-player DLC in 2014.
PS4 stats reveal the share menu has been viewed nearly 11 million times
Sony has dropped off a fresh batch of PlayStation 4 stats for your consumption.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11
PlayStation 4 named as YouTube’s biggest trending gaming video of 2013
The PlayStation 4 video which accompanied the announcement of Sony’s next-generation console in February had today been revealed as the top trending gaming video on YouTube in 2013.
DFC: PS4 is the ‘leading system of this generation’
The PlayStation 4 boasts the best two-week sales of any video games console in history, DFC Intelligence has revealed.
The Elder Scrolls Online coming to PS4 in summer 2014
Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls Online will launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2014.
Fallout 4 in development, casting call reveals Boston setting
Leaked casting call documents have confirmed that a new Fallout game, presumably Fallout 4, is in development.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Collector’s Edition announced, pack full of cool extras
Square Enix announced a Collector’s Edition of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be available in North America at launch.
Dying Light producer Tymon Smektala has confirmed there will be no differences from a gameplay perspective between the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 versions of the upcoming zombie title.
BloodRayne dev closes its doors, according to ex-employee
Terminal Reality, the developer behind the BloodRayne series and 2009’s PlayStation 3 iteration of Ghostbusters, has reportedly shut down.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
Tales of Zestiria announced for PS3
Namco Bandai has officially unveiled the next chapter in the Tales franchise for PlayStation 3.
PS4 is ‘largest console launch in history,’ beats Xbox One at hardware and software
The NPD Group has confirmed that PlayStation 4 is the best-selling next-gen console of November, beating Xbox One and Wii U in hardware and software sales.
The Last of Us PS4 release debunked
Reports indicating that The Last of Us is heading to PlayStation 4 under the ‘Game of the Year Edition’ moniker have been firmly put to bed.
PS4 launches successfully in South Africa, sells out within 24 hours
According to El33tonline, the launch figures for the PlayStation 4 in South Africa have deemed it “the fastest selling console in Ster Kinekor Entertainment history,” reports the South African distributor.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14
Rainbow 6: Patriots ‘wasn’t working,’ dev restarted project for next-gen consoles
Rainbow 6: Patriots has had a tumultuous 2013, buried in rumors concerning the game’s delay and cancellation altogether. Ubisoft’s North American president Laurent Detoc talked to IGN (via VG24/7) about the game’s progress and the uncertainty of its future.