We reported yesterday that Sony were on the verge of unveiling a new DualShock rumble controller for the PS3 and today, at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai confirmed that it will be released in Japan in November and Spring in the US (there was no mention of a European release or price).

A number of journalists at the show have had the chance to use the controller for the first time on EA's Burnout Paradise.

The DualShock 3 controller will look the same as the current SIXAXIS controller, "We have not made any changes to its outward appearance and design, but it does have vibration," Hirai said.

The controller is called Dual Shock because the controller has two vibration motors: a weak buzzing motor, and a strong rumble motor, similar to that of the Nintendo 64's Rumble Pak. Unlike the Rumble Pak, however, the DualShock uses the PlayStation to power the vibration function, whereas the Rumble Pak uses batteries. The DualShock controller was given an Emmy Award for "Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers" by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on January 8, 2007.