Well, that’s it, Shuhei Yoshida, president of SCE Worldwide Studios has taken center stage at this year’s GDC to let us know that the Playstation Motion Controller will officially be called Playstation Move. This goes against previous rumors that the controller would be called Arc or even just the Playstation Motion Controller.

Anyways, Sony is expected to release more news regarding the games and what not that will use Move. We’ll keep you posted.

Tiger Woods may be having some problems in his personal life but that hasn’t stopped consumers from anxiously awaiting Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. While not much has been said about the game’s until now it was just announced by EA that it will in fact support the Playstation Motion Controller.

Other than that they let us know that the game will feature the Ryder Cup which lets gamers create 2 12-man teams and pit them off against eachother.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will be out for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii on June 8th.

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One of the biggest trends that the entertainment industry is moving towards is 3D. Going to the movie theaters and watching stuff pop out at you never ceases to amaze me. However, what if instead you could enjoy 3D video games in the comfort of your own home? Some might think this would take forever to catch on but recent rumors suggest that Killzone 3 will not only be in 3D but will also feature the Playstation Motion Controller.

Of course there is still no word from Sony or Guerilla Games but the source that told CVG seems pretty sure that Killzone 3 will drop this holiday season with both 3D and motion controlling.

With the release of Killzone 2, Guerilla Games hoped it would be to the PS3 what Halo is to the Xbox 360. Unfortunately, the game was plagued with problems and it failed to be what its developers hoped it would be.

Well, now their sights are set on Killzone 3 and rumors have just surfaced that the game will utilize 3D technology in addition to the Playstation Motion Controller. If this is true, Killzone 3 may be the baddest game on the market. Until other developers pick the technology up, of course.

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Michael Patcher, the analyst who recently said Project Natal would cost $50, has again gone on record about the motion sensing device. This time, Mr. Pachter suggests that Microsoft’s motion sensing solution will be much more popular than Sony’s. In fact, he thinks that Project Natal will outsell the Playstation Motion Controller an outstanding 5:1.

Of course, he is just an analyst, and sometimes analysts are wrong, so until the hardware is actually released we won’t know for sure which motion sensing solution is to reign supreme.

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We saw the unveiling of the Playstation Motion Controller some time ago but it seems that it despite its introduction to the public, it’s yet to be introduced to game developers. Well, that will reportedly be remedied soon as we have just gotten word that Sony plans to introduce the controller to developers at this year’s GDC.

The event is set to happen next month but there’s no word on when the Motion Controller will be released to the public. However, with developers beginning work on games using the controller, it can’t be too long.

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EA‘s CEO was recently quoted to have said that the Playstation Motion Controller would officially be called the ‘Gem’ which brought about a lot of speculation over whether or not Sony would actually go along with the name.

However, Sony has stepped forward to let us know that Gem was nothing more than an “early code name for the product” and won’t be the actual retail name.

So, we’re back to just using the generic, boring name Playstation Motion Controller.

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Now I’ve never been one to put much stock into the speculations of industry analysts but Michael Pachter has a good track record and his latest analysis is one I like, so I shall tell you about it — Pachter predicts that the motion sensing technology from Microsoft currently entitled Project Natal will cost no more than $50.

He elaborates by saying that Natal is just a single camera and when compared to the PlayStation Motion Controller it will most likely cost a great deal less as Sony’s offering is both a controller and a camera.

Whatever the case, Microsoft is going to have to price Project Natal very competitively as it is essentially an add on for the Xbox 360 and they will have to do so to keep up with both Sony and Nintendo.

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While Microsoft is evidently having a hard time implementing Project Natal into pre-Natal titles, Sony is hard at work showing off just how well the Playstation Motion Controller works with older titles. What you see above is a video from this year’s Tokyo Game Show that features a modified version of Resident Evil 5 being played with the said motion controller. As you can see, the person playing the game is holding both a regular PS3 controller in addition to a Playstation Motion Controller wand. There’s no telling if this is actually how games will be played when the new controller ships or if it was just used for demonstration purposes.

What’s even better is this version of Resident Evil 5 will actually be made available for purchase as the game’s Director’s Cut in Spring of 2010.

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Square Enix’s President and CEO Yoichi Wada has recently went on record to say that he strongly believes Nintendo is gearing up to launch their next generation Wii sometime next year. He doesn’t go into much detain but does suggest that the console could possibly feature a completely redone controller in addition to high definition graphics, which would make sense.

Furthermore, Mr. Wada has also said that while the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 motion controllers are cool, they probably won’t make much of an impact. He elaborates by pointing to the fact that game consoles now have a wide array of uses from a network terminal to a Blu-ray player and that the list of things you can do with these new motion controllers is quite small.

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