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Finally, after nearly ten months of waiting, Sony has announced a name for the PS3 Motion Controller in a GDC event tonight. And it is, as was rather blatantly leaked via a European trademark filing earlier today, PlayStation Move.

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VG247 has it on cast iron authority that Sony will name it’s PlayStation 3 Motion Controller in San Francisco this evening.

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Sony will press release a firm date and a list of partners for its PS3 Motion Controller tomorrow, a source has told VG247.

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Sony plans to incorporate motion controls into existing franchises once Arc is finally released, revealed the company’s European VP Michael Denny.

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VG247 has it on good authority that Sony has named its PS3 Motion Controller “Arc”.

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After the break. You can see very clearly what’s going on here. The game seems to work well with Sony’s wand, although the guy playing does appear to be holding both the motion controller and a standard pad. At the same time.

This is footage taken from yesterday’s Sony TGS press conference. PS3′s motion system is slated for a spring 2010 launch.

Thanks, Syrok.

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After the break. It shows the LBP motion tech demo from yesterday’s magically appearing Sony TGS press conference, featuring a woman playing with the motion stick and a guy using a standard controller.

Looking nice and interesting. And cute as ever.

PS3′s motion system releases next spring. Thanks, Syrok.

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Capcom’s confirmed a Resident Evil 5 Director’s cut is on the way, saying it’ll release next spring and will support PS3′s upcoming motion tech.

Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi showed the game working with the consoles glowing wands at TGS today.

In addition, LittleBigPLanet was shown using the system, and Sony confirmed that the following will all work with the illuminated sticks of fun:

• Ape Escape (Working Title)
• Echochrome 2 (Working Title)
• Eccentric Slider (Working Title)
• Sing and Draw (Working Title)
• Champions of Time (Working Title)
• Motion Party (Working Title)
• The Shoot (Working Title)
• Tower (Working Title)
• PAIN*2
• Flower*2
• Hustle Kings*2
• High Velocity Bowling*2
• EyePet*2

*1 Titles to be released will depend by countries or regions.
*2 Motion control function will be added by network update, etc.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Can you feel that? That’s the Internet doing a backflip, because Sony’s motion wand controller thingy finally has a release window.

“We are slating it for spring of next year,” Kaz Hirai told Times Online. “One of the things is that we just don’t want to put out the controller. We need a great software that supports the controller at launch. It’s something that we’ve been working on for the longest time.”

1:1 sword-poking-people-in-the-neck, here we come!

More through the link.

SCEE R&D boss Paul Holman told Edge at Develop this week that PS3′s upcoming motion technology will cause advancement in games thanks to its precision.

“I think we can just say that it’s very, very precise,” he said. “People are going to be able to take games in this space forward because of the precision aspects.”

Kish Hirani, head of dev services, gave an example.

“The classic example I give to people is that the most precise thing you can do is write your name using a [piece of] chalk on a blackboard,” he said.

“Try doing that with a mouse and it’s bloody difficult.”

More through there. Sony showed the tech in action at the UK conference yesterday.

Variety sources are claiming PS3′s much-rumoured motion controller is to be revealed at E3 in June.

As per a patent filed in 2007, the device is thought to be tracked by a small webcam and can read different coloured lights, as well as the shape and angle of each light, making it far more sensitive that the Wii-mote.

Is this true? Very probably. How surprising would it be? Not at all. In any way. You have permission to look tired and all-knowing when they wheel it out in the press conference.