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A newly published patent application lends additional credence to what Nikkei reported last month, that Nintendo's upcoming 3DS handheld will feature force feedback. More »
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In 2007, Sony settled a long-running dispute with Immersion, a company holding patents for control pad rumble technology. The world moved on. But now, the lawsuit (or at least part of it) is back. More »
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Atari held tryouts at their Ready 2 Rumble Revolution booth to see who could pull off best "Let's Get Ready To Rumble!" impression. What better judge to have than the man himself. More »
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You'll no doubt be familiar with the name Immersion. They're the rumble guys. Microsoft had to pay them to get rumble in the 360 pad, while Sony refused, resulting in the rumble-free Sixaxis. When Sony eventually did cough up the money, though, that led to more dramas, as part of Microsoft's deal with Immersion was a clause that said they would have to pay MS $15 million should Sony swallow their pride and pay for the use of rumble. Which they did. And it was a fee Immersion, in a delicious irony, refused to pay. That led to a legal tussle between Immersion and Microsoft, which has today been settled, with the rumble dudes agreeing to cough up $20.75 million. Phew. Hopefully that's the last time we need to write the words "Immersion" and "legal" in the same story. More »
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Don't want to wait until next year or pay completely hideous import prices to get your PlayStation 3 rumble on? Well over at Success HK they've just put up Dragon Electronics' Duo Shock 4 controller for sale. It's a 3rd party Dual Shock controller that works with the PS3, PC, PS2, and the PSone, all thanks to a USB to PS2 port wireless adapter. Sure, you'll have a dongle hanging off the front of your PS3, but it will make your controller vibrate pleasantly, and isn't that all you really need? The biggest plus? It's only $16.77 to order one! The downside? How much controller can you actually get for only $16.77? I don't think I have to say buy at your own risk here, because I believe in you people. More »
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According to Shacknews, the new PS3 firmware version 1.94 will be adding DualShock3 support. Packaged with Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction before it's available for download, the firmware update will allow DualShock3 owners (which is actually no one at the moment) to toggle rumble. By pressing the middle PS3 button, gamers will be able to access controller options—which we're assuming will be added to the list of other options like shutting down the console, controller, etc. More »
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I just came back from playing around with the new rumblerific DualShock 3 controller. More »
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Sony Computer Entertainment today confirmed news that we first broke back at E3, rumble is indeed returning to the Playstation in the form of a SIXAXIS rumble stick. More »
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IGN was hanging out at Electronic Art's pre-Tokyo Game Show press event playing Burnout Paradise when they felt something funny. The PS3 controller in their hands started to shake, thus fulfilling the prophecy set forth by Ashcraft back in July at E3. First The PS3 controller shall rock once more! The version they held looked just like a Sixaxis, but felt heavier and had a sticker on the bottom that said 'rumble', which sounds like a dead giveaway to me. Expect a formal announcement to come during Kaz's keynote on the morrow, but for now rejoice, for the prodigal controller feature has returned! More »
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A new Playstation 3 SIXAXIS controller prototype has been sent out to the development community, according to SCEA's Dave Karraker. More »
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The eagle-eyed writers over at Playstation Universe were the first to spot the mysterious red light emanating from the center of the Playstation 3 SIXAXIS seen on the new 80GB PS3 box. Could the glowing Home button, perhaps, be proof of a new and improved controller, maybe one with rumble? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=276459&view=rss&microfeed=true We've gotten in several tips involving this developer diary posted a few days ago on IGN, showing the folks at Free Radical polishing up the Haze demo that was shown at the Ubisoft gamers day back in late May. At the beginning of this lengthy, relatively entertaining video we see Haze being demoed to the press using a standard Sixaxis, while at around the ten minute mark we are shown two separate developers testing the game and the controller they are using is mysteriously blurred out. Could it be that Free Radical already has their hands on the rumble ready PS3 controller? More »
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Could the PlayStation 3 be getting last-gen's rumble functionality before the end of the year? According to the rumors section in the latest issue of PSM, the answer might be yes. The magazine even gets into specifics, saying that the Sixaxis rumble controller will be announced at E3 this year with a projected release date of November 13th. Seems sort of odd that a rumor would have such a concrete date attached to it, doesn't it? Sounds more like someone either a) has a big mouth or b) enjoys playing games with magazine editors. Word is that Kojima wanted rumble included, and considering the importance of MGS 4 to the PS3 platform, Sony listened. More »
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OK, I know the idea of a headset that rumbles seem insane, but this new PS3 headset also has four mini-speakers in each earcup and a built in microphone. More »
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In a recent issue of The Official PlayStation Magazine UK, famed game creator Hideo Kojima talked about his upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Tidbits—The game won't take place in only the Middle East, but also South America and Eastern Europe. It is Yojimbo-like in its play, making it possible to choose and switch sides. MGS4 turns the FPS genre on its ear, undermining what we've come to expect from a shooter. Kojima explains further just how this installment is different: More »
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Controller tech fist fight! Personally, I'd perfer feedback to sensor tech—especially for shooters and driving games. But Sony Computer Entertainment of America boss Kaz Hirai states it was a strategic choice not to include the rumble feedback. Ellaborating, Kaz says: More »
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Woo. False alarm. More »
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Is the fact that the Wii has no rumble old news? Is it news at all? I have to admit, when I played with the Wiimote in Leipzig, I did notice that it didn't vibrate steadily in my hands in response to my movements... giving the entire thing a frictionless air that made me think of trying to play a light-gun game while holding the controller upside down. Still, I just sort of assumed it hadn't been programmed in yet. More »
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Over the weekend, McWhertor pointed out an issue of Playstation Magazine #1 from September 1997. Surprisingly enough, it ended up reading about as timely and topically as any modern print mag. More »
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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Square-Enix's Tetsuya Nomura are firm in their belief that the PS3 is the way of the future, but wail just as loudly as we do about the price and rumble shenanigans: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=184674&view=rss&microfeed=true Immersion's scrap-up with Sony over rumble tech is bad for gamers. We don't really expect Immersion to give Sony the tech out of the goodness of their hearts; we can understand that the prohibitive licensing cost and their ongoing legal antagonism with Immersion might have gotten Sony's dander up. But playing PS2 games on the PS3 isn't going to be the same without rumble. And Immersion prez Vic Viegas makes a good point: "If you can see a single blade of grass in Madden and hear the hot dog vendor in the stands, but you don't feel the tackle? That's not going to sit well with gamers." More »
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Gamepro got some hands-on time with Immersion's next-generation of haptic technology, used in force feedback controllers. Their client list includes Logitech, MadCatz, Saitek, and more, and from what they've shown, they've got some cool stuff planned. Two of the tech demos that I found the most drool worthy were descriptions of the following feedback effect demos: More »
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First of all, thanks to everyone who pointed out in response to my earlier post that the problems Sony has had with the rumble feature have been in regards to a patent dispute with Immersion. I actually did know about this, but I had assumed that David Yarnton, I dunno, was talking about the rumble device exploding out of the controller in a jagged storm of plastic shards and maiming small children. More »
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