Welcome to another instalment in our weekly news digest where the team at PSU Towers picks our favourite slices of gaming gossip from the past seven days. See below for the week’s highlights.
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U.K. Charts: Injustice topples BioShock: Infinite
Injustice: Gods Among Us has power-punched BioShock: Infinite from the top of the U.K. All Format Charts
PS4 European/UK launch date expected in 2013 reckons GAME
GAME has been busy printing promotional inlays for PlayStation 4 for its U.K. stores with the words ‘PS4 Expected 2013’ printed across 2013.
Rumor: Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be an exclusive title for PS3 & PS4
Final Fantasy Versus XIII is confirmed to still be in development & past clues point to the highly anticipated game being rebranded as Final Fantasy XV.
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection sneaks onto the PS3 this summer
Konami announced today that the previously spotted Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is indeed a reality and is coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3.
Black Ops II looks set to see record sales
Doug Creutz, an analyst with Cowen & Company, has said that Call of Duty: Black Ops II is on track to rake in record franchise sales.
Ratchet & Clank film coming to cinemas in 2015
Insomniac Games has confirmed on the U.S. PlayStation Blog that its beloved Ratchet & Clank franchise is officially getting the movie treatment.
Call of Duty: Ghosts is 2013’s CoD, says retailer
U.K. retailer Tesco has listed what appears to be the next game in the Call of Duty series.
PS3 firmware 4.41 is now live
As announced earlier this evening, Sony has officially launched firmware version 4.41 to the PlayStation 3.
SOCOM dev was working on PS4 shooter
Shuttered SOCOM developer Zipper Interactive was working on a first-person shooter for PlayStation 4 prior to closing up shop.
Sony: PS4 to have best launch line-up in PlayStation history
Sony is confident that the PlayStation 4 will boast the strongest launch line-up in the company’s history.
New PS4 video shows how the DualShock 4 controller will change gaming
In a new official PlayStation 4 video, Sony shows off the numbers of features built into the DualShock 4 controller.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is the mysterious XCOM shooter, first game details and release date
Do you remember way back to E3 2011 when a trailer for a first-person XCOM game was shown? That game no longer exists–in its original form.
PS4 gets more dev support with Nnooo
Australian-based studio Nnooo has revealed that it has been given the green light by Sony to develop games for PlayStation 4.