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 7
GTA V has already beaten GTA IV’s U.K. lifetime sales after 3 weeks
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has already eclipsed lifetime sales of its 2008 predecessor in the U.K. after just three weeks on sale.
Injustice: Gods Among Us confirmed for PS4, PS Vita
Superhero beat-’em-up Injustice: Gods Among Us will be heading to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced.
PS4 Call of Duty: Ghosts has dedicated servers
Following the confirmation of dedicated servers for certain platforms, it has now been confirmed that all platforms that Call of Duty: Ghosts will release on are going to have dedicated servers, including PlayStation 4 and PS3.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
PS5 will likely be a cloud-based service, not a console, says Tekken boss
Tekken series head honcho Katsuhiro Harada has told the latest issue of Famitsu that the PlayStation 4’s successor won’t be a traditional games console, but rather a cloud-based service.
Assassin’s Creed 4 season pass announced, features over 3 hours of single-player content
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s downloadable content and season pass plans have been detailed today by Ubisoft.
PS4 is most powerful console ever made thanks to GPU, says Witch Beam
The PlayStation 4’s GPU has ensured Sony’s next-generation console is the most powerful piece of hardware ever made, the developer behind Assault Android Cactus has said.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
GTA V bags 7 Guinness World Records
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has bagged itself a total of seven Guinness World Records.
Shuhei Yoshida excited for Quantic Dream’s PS4 game despite Beyond reviews
The president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) has said he’s still ‘excited’ for Quantic Dream’s PlayStation 4 title despite mixed reviews for Beyond: Two Souls.
GTA Online 1.03 update patch notes show fixes for ‘multiple issues causing character deletion’
Rockstar Games today released the official changes that were implemented in this morning’s Grand Theft Auto V 1.03 patch.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
PS4 Ultra HD video support not ruled out, no plans for PlayTV says Sony’s Andy House
The president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has refused to rule out the possibility of ‘Ultra HD’ 4K video content support for the PlayStation 4.
Students forced to manufacture PS4 violated Foxconn policy
Students from the Xian Institute of Technology responsible for assembling the PlayStation 4 were forced by Foxconn to work overtime to finish building the next-generation console.
Bluetooth headsets not compatible with PS4, USB headsets will require post-launch update
Courtesy of GameInformer, some pertinent information regarding how your existing headsets will work on PlayStation 4 has surfaced today.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
PS4 will be outsold by Xbox One this holiday in U.K., says retailer
U.K. retail giant John Lewis has said it expects the Xbox One to triumph in the sales battle against PlayStation 4 this holiday season in the country.
Resident Evil 7 listed on designer’s LinkedIn profile
Development of Resident Evil 7 has yet to be officially confirmed by Capcom, but that doesn’t mean they’re not secretly working on it.
GTA Online players get $500,000 in-game cash as game improves dramatically
As a gesture of goodwill for players beset by GTA Online’s crippling launch issues, Rockstar Games will be gifting every GTA Online user with $500,000 in-game currency.
Dragon’s Crown will get Cross-Play in North America ‘very soon’
Atlus and Vanillaware’s RPG-brawler Dragon’s Crown will get a Cross-Play patch "very soon," said Atlus in an email update to Atlus Faithful.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
New Mass Effect 4 designs are ‘making my jaw drop,’ says BioWare producer
BioWare producer Mark Gamble has today Tweeted a revealing comment about the studio’s upcoming sci-fi RPG, Mass Effect 4.
GAME employees reveal PS4 port layout
Dualshockers has today reported that several employees of GAME have been Tweeting pictures of PlayStation 4 units as they arrive at their stores.