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• Thursday Shorts: 1000 Tiny Claws, All 4 One Gemini Wars, LucasArts, UMvC3

  There are so many shorts below, we’re baffled. You have been warned.

• Rumble is "a rudimentary form of haptic feedback", says Tsunoda

  Kudo Tsunoda, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios, has said rumble is “a rudimentary form of haptic feedback” and he’s not worried Kinect users will feel any disconnection with the hands-free controller.

• Updated patent points at rumble to feature in future DS iteration

  According to reports from several sources, including Eurogamer, Nintendo’s updated a 2008 patent that may indicate even more that rumble will be included in a future iteration of Nintendo DS.

• Nintendo patent hints at force feedback for next DS

  Nintendo could be planning force feedback for the next DS, according to a patent from the company.

• Sony sued again over controller rumble

  Sony may have settled its patent case with Immersion of DualShock rumble, but it’s not out of the woods yet. Craig Thorner, an engineer who held a few patents related to the firm’s rumble tech, is now suing Sony, claiming the PlayStation-maker colluded with another firm to make him accept “unfavourable terms” in the Immersion […]