PS3 Rumble: Confirmed!

The rumbling Dualshock 3 has finally been confirmed for the PS3. The announcement was made by Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai during his Tokyo Games Show keynote speech. No firm date or price was given, but the controller will be released in Europe, North America and Japan in Spring next year.

The newly rumble-enabled Sixaxis will look exactly the same as the current model, but reports suggest that it feels meatier, carrying more weight.

The announcement has come with a huge long list of rumble-compatible titles, including some that have already been released. A statement from Sony tells us, "PS3 titles that are already in the market may become compatible with the rumble feature through software update." Hirai confirmed that Sony let developers know rumble was coming as soon as it was decided, explaining such a long list of compatible titles.

The news comes as no shock, following a bit of a blunder by EA and rumours that have been circulating since... well, forever.

Sony has been blaming the lack of rumble to date on technical issues that would have driven costs up to unpalatable levels. It's a reasonably safe bet to assume that the settlement of Sony's lawsuit with Immersion is what has led to Sony finally getting its act together.

Cast your eyes downwards for Sony's list of rumble compatible titles.

[i]Assassin's Creed
Beowulf
BIOHAZARD 5
Blacksite: Area 51
Blast Factor
Burnout Paradise
Condemned 2
Cops (codename, title name TBD)
Dark Sector
Destroy All Humans 3
Devil May Cry 4
Dynasty Warriors 6
echochrome
Elefunk
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Fatal Inertia
FIFA franchise
Folklore
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
GripShift
Go! Sports Ski
HAZE
Heavenly Sword
Heroes Over Europe
High Velocity Bowling
Highlander
Iron Man
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Legendary: The Box
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
MLB 08: The Show
MotorStorm
NBA 08
NBA 2K8
N-Cube
PAIN
Planet One (codename, title name TBD)
Prototype
RAGE
Rat Race
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Resistance: Fall of Man
Snakeball
SOCOM: Confrontation
Soldier of Fortune
Stuntman Ignition
Super Stardust HD
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
The Club
The Crucible
The Darkness
The Incredible Hulk
TNA Wrestling
To End All Wars
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
TOY HOME
Turok
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Unreal Tournament 3
Warbit
WarDevil – Unleash the Beast Within
Warhawk
Wheelman
WipEout HD
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So, 'last gen' was it?