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, SEPTEMBER 9
PS4 will launch in Japan in 2014
Japan will not see the launch of the PlayStation 4 until 2014, Sony announced at their pre-Tokyo Game Show 2013 conference.
Sony announced at its conference today a new system called the PlayStation Vita TV. The device will allow for PS4 remote play and has a slot for physical Vita games.
GTA V is 100 hours long, confirms Rockstar
The vice-president of Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V will last players around 100 hours.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD announced, due early 2014
Ubisoft has confirmed on the PlayStation Blog that Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD is officially coming to PlayStation Network.
An image of what is purported to be the full colour game map for Grand Theft Auto V has surfaced online
Mass Effect 4 is beautiful, fun and ambitious, says project director
The project director for the Mass Effect trilogy, Casey Hudson, has tweeted about the next game in the Mass Effect franchise.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Sony publishes August’s PlayStation Store chart
Sony has lifted the wraps off the official August 2013 PlayStation Store chart for North America and Europe.
GTA Online features over 500 missions
Grand Theft Auto Online will include over 500 missions, Rockstar has confirmed to Game Informer.
Killzone: Shadow Fall multiplayer ditches EXP, introduces challenge-based system
Killzone: Shadow Fall’s multiplayer has been given the spotlight in a new blog post by Guerrilla Games.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
PS4 inventory being held back to combat post-launch sellout
Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), has revealed the company is holding back select stock for its next-generation console, in order to replenish inventory during the holiday season.
PS4 still has ‘triple-A exclusives’ in development, Sony responds to lack of new Uncharted
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) chief Jim Ryan has responded to the lack of a new Uncharted announcement, confirming PlayStation 4 still has a number of "triple-A exclusives" in development.
PS4’s focus was ease of development and boosting performance says lead system architect
PlayStation 4’s lead system architect Marc Cerny has spoken about the original goals set for Sony’s next-gen console and confirmed that enhancing the CPU and GPU performance as well as creating a developer friendly console were key to its plans.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Gran Turismo 7 will hit PS4 ‘in about a year or two’
Gran Turismo 6 is set to release on PlayStation 3 this December, but that isn’t stopping series creator Kazunori Yamauchi from talking about the next entry in the racing franchise.
PS4 IS faster than Xbox One, fresh reports claim
Fresh reports claiming that PlayStation 4 boasts superior innards compared to Xbox One have surfaced at EDGE (via CVG).
PS4 launch biggest in history, production yields have been phenomenal, says Tretton
In an interview with Fox Business, Sony Computer Entertainment President and CEO Jack Tretton revealed that PlayStation 4 production has been going swimmingly, which means more consoles in customer hands this holiday season.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
PS4 will make dynamic stories in games better, says Last Of Us creator
Talking to GamesIndustry.biz, Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann has commented on how the PS4 will improve story content in games.
Battlefield 4 beta starts soon, easy to transfer to PS4 says EA
EA’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore has announced that the Battlefield 4 open beta on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC will launch on October 1, before the game goes live on October 29