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At his Tokyo Game Show keynote, Sony's Kaz Hirai has confirmed the DualShock 3 controller for the PlayStation 3, available in Japan in November as a separately sold accessory and in North American and European in Spring 2008. Gamasutra was on the scene in Tokyo to hear Hirai's announcement on this topic, and his keynote commented with regard to this development: "In the PS3 we have the SIXAXIS sensor... however the users had requested that we resurrect the vibration function to this sensor. At the beginning we thought this would be difficult technologically... however we have been able to overcome this difficulty so today we are proud to announce the DualShock 3 controller." According to Hari, there are ten DualShock 3 titles present and playable at Tokyo Game Show: Imabiki, G1 Jockey, Dynasty Warriors 6, Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Ratchet & Clank, Uncharted, Echochrome, Toy Home and Metal Gear Online. Hirai continued: "As soon as the vibration function was added to our platform we had announced this to our partners, however there was very little time before TGS to give them a chance to add this function to their games." He also added: "As for existing titles, through the network you can enjoy updating so you can truly enjoy the vibration features." [UPDATE: Sony has released a list of current and forthcoming titles that will be compatible with the vibration feature, which includes the following: Titles released in North America, Europe - The Darkness - Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - Soldier of Fortune - Resident Evil 5 - Devil May Cry 4 - N-Cube - Warbit - Dark Sector - Turok - Highlander - Kane & Lynch - Burnout Paradise - FIFA franchise - Legendary: The Box - To End All Wars - Rage - WarDevil - Dynasty Warriors 6 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Blacksite: Area 51 - TNA Wrestling - Unreal Tournament 3 - Wheelman - Cops (working title) - Planet One (working title) - Heroes over Europe - Condemned 2 - Iron man - The Club - The Crucible - The Incredible Hulk - Blast Factor* - Echochrome - Elefunk - Folklore* - Formula One Championship Edition - Go! Sports Ski* - Heavenly Sword* - High Velocity Bowling - MLB 08: The Show - MotorStorm* - NBA 08* - Pain - Rat Race - Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Resistance: Fall of Man* - Snakeball - SOCOM: Confrontation - Super Stardust HD* - Toy home - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - WarHawk* - WiepEout HD - GripShift - NBA 2K8 - Destroy All Humans 3 - Stuntman Ignition - Assassin's Creed - Beowulf - Haze - Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2* - Rainbow Six Vegas* - Prototype - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Titles released in Japan - Vampire Rain - Biohazard 5 - Devil May Cry 4 - Dark Sector - Burnout Paradise - FIFA franchise - Bumpy Trot 2 - Dynasty Warriors 6 - Fatal Inertia - G1 Jockey 4 2007 - Metal Gear Online - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Imabikisou - Blast Factor* - Echochrome - Folklore* - Formula One Championship Edition* - Go! Sports Ski* - Heavenly Sword* - MotorStorm* - Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Resistance: Fall of Man* - Super Stardust HD* - Toy Home - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - WarHawk* All titles marked with a star will require a patch for the vibration functions to be added to the game.]