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This Week’s Top Stories: April 29 – May 4, 2013

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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DUST 514 official release date announced

CCP announced today the official release date for its PlayStation 3-exclusive MMO shooter DUST 514. DUST 514 will officially launch on May 14 this year, thus ending its beta phase.

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Beyond: Two Souls will take 10 hours to finish

Beyond: Two Souls will last gamers in the region of 10 hours, creator David Cage has revealed.

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MGSV voice acting speculation complicated by recent ‘OnigawaraV’ video

The speculation that David Hayter will still voice his iconic role in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has been further complicated by unknown Youtube user OnigawaraV.

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PS4 is like the PC of the next few years, says Quantic Dream

The developer behind Beyond: Two Souls has likened Sony’s PlayStation 4 to the PC of ‘the next year or two years.’

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New Sonic game spin-dashing into stores this November?

SEGA will release a new entry in the venerable Sonic the Hedgehog franchise later this year.

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Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed via official Facebook page, Infinity Ward developing

After retailer leaks and an official teaser, Activision has officially unveiled Call of Duty: Ghosts as the next-entry in their first-person shooter mega franchise.

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Call of Duty: Ghosts release date announced, will launch on PS3 & PS4

Following Call of Duty: Ghosts’ officially unveiling, Activision announced via press release the date and platforms this year’s Call of Duty will launch on.

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Sony’s Kaz Hirai and top execs give up their bonuses

Sony Corporation has revealed that a number of its top executives will relinquish their bonuses after the console maker’s consumer electronics business failed to turn an annual profit.

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Obsidian heads to next-gen with ‘unique’ title

The developer behind Fallout: New Vegas is chiselling away on a ‘unique next generation game.’

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Kojima explains why MGS: Legacy Edition is only functional on PS3

Hideo Kojima revealed on his blog HideoBlog why the upcoming collection Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Edition will only release on PlayStation 3.

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Naughty Dog posts dozens of job openings, next-gen reveal imminent?

An insane amount of job listings were posted this evening by mighty Naughty Dog Jobs Twitter account.

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Zone of the Enders sequel shelved, confirms Hideo Kojima

Legendary developer Hideo Kojima has confirmed that he’s put an end to the planned sequel to the Zone of the Enders franchise.

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BioShock: Infinite DLC didn’t start production until after game released

BioShock: Infinite creator Ken Levine has revealed that work on the game’s DLC didn’t begin until after the game had shipped.

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