Sony Confirms DualShock 3 w/Rumble & Title Support; Spring 2008 Release

Sony Computer Entertainment finally confirmed the DualShock 3 Playstation 3 controller at their Tokyo Game Show (TGS) keynote address, ending months of speculation pointing towards its inevitable unveiling. The North American debut is set for sometime in Spring 2008.

The DualShock 3 will retain the wireless and SIXAXIS motion controls found in the current Playstation 3 controller, only now with the added rumble ability that’s been sorely lacking since the console’s launch.


Sony has compiled a robust list of past, present and future titles that will support DualShock 3’s rumble capabilities in North America and Europe, with select older titles requiring a quick software download. We’ve marked those with an asterisk below.

  • The Darkness (2K Games)
  • Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Activision)
  • Soldier of Fortune (Activision)
  • Resident Evil 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 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
  • FIFA franchise (title name TBD) (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
  • Legendary: The Box (Gamecock)
  • To End All Wars (Ghostlight)
  • RAGE (id Software)
  • WarDevil: Unleash the Beast Within (Ignition Entertainment)
  • Dynasty Warriors 6 (KOEI)
  • Fatal Inertia (KOEI)
  • METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (Konami)
  • Blacksite: Area 51 (Midway)
  • TNA Wrestling (Midway)
  • Unreal Tournament 3 (Midway)
  • Wheelman (Midway)
  • Cops (codename, title name TBD) (Pyro)
  • Planet One (codename, title name TBD) (Pyro)
  • Heroes over Europe (Red Mile Entertainment)
  • Condemned 2 (SEGA)
  • Iron Man (SEGA)
  • The Club (SEGA)
  • The Crucible (SEGA)
  • The Incredible Hulk (SEGA)
  • Blast Factor* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • echochrome (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Elefunk (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Folklore* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Go! Sports Ski* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Heavenly Sword* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • High Velocity Bowling (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • MLB 08: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • MotorStorm* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • NBA 08* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • PAIN (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Rat Race (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Resistance: Fall of Man* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Snakeball (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • SOCOM: Confrontation (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Super Stardust HD* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • TOY HOME (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Warhawk* (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • WipEout HD (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • GirpShift (Sony Online Entertainment)
  • NBA 2K8 (Take Two Sports)
  • Destroy All Humans 3 (THQ)
  • Stuntman Ignition (THQ)
  • Assassin’s Creed (UbiSoft)
  • BEOWULF (UbiSoft)
  • HAZE (UbiSoft)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2* (UbiSoft)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas* (UbiSoft)
  • Prototype (Vivendi Games)
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Vivendi Games)

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