TGS '07 Day 1: Thumbs up to 'DualShock 3'

Yashpal SharmaSep 20 2007

Fence is down; all antipodal brand names in the gaming-industry have got together in the capital of Japan to show their presence at year's greatest game trade show 'TGS 07.' A heavy downpour of announcement from various partakers has started flooding the gaming market and we have plethora of news floating around on the very first day.

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Day 1 of the trade show seems to be dominated by Sony as most of the announcements come in favor of PS3 - Dual Shock 3 is one of them that the company as well as PS3 owners relish the most. Veiling off the worst secret, SCE President and Group COO 'Kaz Hirai' said that DualShock 3 is a hybrid controller with an empirical amalgamation of SIXAXIS' motion-sensing technology and rumble control of DualShock and DualShock 2 giving rise to entirely a new device that tends to break new grounds in association with some decent titles. Not only that, list of the PS3 games compatible with the new device in Japan, North America and Europe, has also been revealed.

The games that you will be able to play with DualShock 3 across North America & Europe have been enlisted below:

The Darkness (2K Games)

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Activision)

Soldier of Fortune (Activision)

BIOHAZARD 5 (CAPCOM)

Devil May Cry 4 (CAPCOM)

N-Cube (Creat Studios)

Warbit (Creat Studios)

Dark Sector (D3 PUBLISHER)

Turok (Disney Interactive)

Highlander (Eidos)

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Eidos)

Burnout Paradise (EA)

FIFA franchise (title name TBD) (EA)

Legendary: The Box (Gamecock)

To End All Wars (Ghostlight)

RAGE (id Software)

WarDevil - Unleash the Beast Within

(Ignition Ent.)

Dynasty Warriors 6 (KOEI)

Fatal Inertia (KOEI)

METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (Konami)

Blacksite: Area 51 (Midway)

Planet One (codename, title name TBD) (Pyro)

Heroes over Europe (Red Mile Ent.)

Condemned 2 (SEGA)

Iron Man (SEGA)

The Club (SEGA)

The Crucible (SEGA)

Heavenly Sword (SCE)

High Velocity Bowling (SCE)

MLB 08: The Show (SCE)

MotorStorm (SCE)

NBA 08 (SCE)

PAIN (SCE)

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Titles compatible with DualShock 3 in Japan:

Vampire Rain - Altered Species (AQ INTERACTIVE Inc.)

Biohazard 5 (CAPCOM)

Devil May Cry 4 (CAPCOM)

Dark Sector (D3 PUBLISHER)

Burnout Paradise (EA)

FIFA franchise (title name TBA) (EA)

Bumpy Trot 2 (IREM SOFTWARE ENG. INC.)

Dynasty Warriors 6 (KOEI)

Fatal Inertia (KOEI)

GI JOCKEY 4 2007 (KOEI)

Metal Gear Online (Konami)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (Konami)

Imabikisou (SEGA)

Blast Factor (SCE)

Echochrome (SCE)

Folklore (SCE)

Formula One Championship Edition (SCE)

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As per SCE official's keynote, the Dual Shock 3 has been scheduled for this fall release in Japan; however, launch date for Europe and the US is yet to be decided.

Few other announcements for the 'Day 1' have been enlisted below:

Sony denies second PS3 price-cut

Remote PS3 Power on coming to PSP

PlayStation Store coming to PC

PlayStation 3 community service 'Home' not coming home until Spring 2008

Sony buys Bigbig, Evolution

New Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer leaked

Three Kingdom Hearts sequels reveled - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts: Coded

New Smash Bros. Brawl Screens

Afrika new game trailer revealed

Doraemon Wii and Doraemon movie trailers leaked

San Goku Shi DS 2 Screens

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games official trailer out

Opoona screens

Samurai Warriors: Katana screens

GT5 Prologue screenshots out

Lost Odyssey on 4 DVD, screens out

Secret Agent Clank first look

Pain Preshow update

As you can see countless announcements are coming from various developers, hence, chances are immense that some valuable announcement might be missed out, to catch all the latest updates stay tuned...

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