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 by clicking the links provided.
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Assassin’s Creed has an end, confirms Ubisoft
Ubisoft has revealed that it already has ideas in place on how to wrap up the Assassin’s Creed series.
Tekken x Street Fighter is still in production, says Namco
Tekken series boss Katsuhiro Harada has confirmed that Tekken x Street Fighter is still in the works.
Rumor: Sony to bundle PS4 & PS Vita together later this year
PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita will be bundled together later this year, reports Inside Gaming Daily.
Another classic Sony IP could be getting the HD treatment
Bluepoint Games, the studio responsible for bringing high-definition remakes of classic PlayStation franchises to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, has indicated another series is due to get a HD makeover.
The Last of Us creative director teases alternate ending (Spoilers)
Spoiler Alert: This piece discusses and reveals plot points from the ending of The Last of Us. Throughout a development cycle, the plot and narrative of a game likely undergoes many fundamental changes.
Sony talks Gran Turismo 6 on PS3 vs PS4, and potential PS Vita game
In an interview with GTPlanet, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) boss Jim Ryan discusses releasing Gran Turismo 6 on PlayStation 3 as opposed to PS4, plans to support the game post-release and the future of one of Sony’s biggest franchises.
PS4, Xbox One are ‘similar beasts,’ says Ken Levine
The creator behind the BioShock franchise has said that PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One are fairly similar from a hardware perspective.
CPU nothing to worry about on PS4 for now, Driveclub dev says
When the PlayStation 4’s lead architect Mark Cerny announced that the console’s GPU would become available to developers to utilize two years after the console’s launch, speculation and criticism began claiming the PS4’s inferiority to main competitor, Microsoft’s entertainment-geared Xbox One.
PS4 surprises inspired BEYOND: Two Souls development, says Quantic Dream
Quantic Dream co-founder Guillaume de Fondaumiere has detailed how tinkering with a PlayStation 4 dev kit bolstered development efforts on BEYOND: Two Souls, his studio’s PS3 opus.
Sony: PS4 ‘most powerful games console ever,’ will last as long as PS3
PlayStation 4 architect Mark Cerny has said he expects the new console to last roughly as long as its predecessor.
PSU has the scoop that a new Japanese role-playing game featuring developers with experience working on the Final Fantasy series is very likely to come to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita.
Target cutting PS Vita cost for a limited time
Target released its upcoming flyer, and those on the fence about buying a PlayStation Vita might want to take a look.
Got $1 million spare? Then drop it on Saints Row IV’s ‘Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition’
Saint Row IV is to receive what is perhaps the most ostentatious video game bundle ever conceived in the shape of the ‘Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition.’
‘New Uncharted’ mentioned by Lord of the Rings actor
Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan has revealed he’s looking forward to the next chapter in the Uncharted franchise.
God of War II game director and writer Cory Barlog has announced his return to the scene of the chaos, Sony Santa Monica.
PlayStation 4 losses won’t be as steep as PS3, says Sony
Sony is confident that it will not experience the same sort of losses with the PlayStation 4 that the PlayStation 3 suffered.