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The PlayStation Motion Controller could be codenamed "Sphere" reports Joystiq. Sony haven't confirmed a name for the Motion Controller yet, but Sega developer Yasuhito Baba refereed to the controller as "Sphere" during an interview at TGS in September.

Sony representatives were unfamiliar with the name, so it's likely that this just a development name that won't be used for the public.

We'll check with SCEE.

A2M, developers of WET, have confirmed that it's currently looking at working on more original IP.

"That's definitely something A2M is looking at, so yes, that's certainly a possibility," said Patrick Fortier, WET's creative director.

Ubisoft today announced the acquisition of the development studio Nadeo, creator of TrackMania, the popular multiplayer car racing game for the PC.

Nadeo started up in Paris during 2000 and is well known for its multiplayer technology. TackMania is still reaching over 700,000 uniques players a month and fans have made over 15 million custom tracks since 2008. It was also the first eSport franchise for racing games.

Fumito Ueda has announced he has an "interest" in making first person games.

He also admitted that he has a particular love for Valve's first-person shooter Half-Life 2.

Future instalments of Pro Evolution Soccer could work with new motion control technology, such as the PS3's wand and Microsoft's Project Natal.

This is according to series creator Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka, who spoke to IGN about the matter.

According to several companies that have spoken to GamesIndustry.biz, there is huge concern over the lack of commissions for 2010-11. As things stand, many feel that next year will arrive with a staleness and unoriginality that the industry isn't known for.

As publishers refrain from commissioning new ideas in favour of their core products, we could be in for a dull ride post 2009.

Activision UK managing director Andrew Brown has defended the publishers decision to price Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at £55 RRP.

When Activision originally revealed the price, retailers warned of the effect that the increase would have on consumers, which is £5 more than other Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles on the market.

But Brown is confident that consumers will feel that they are getting a good deal with the content provided by Modern Warfare 2.

Ken Fieldman of Sony Computer Entertainment America, their art director no less, tried "unsuccessfully to convince" God of War's Stig Asmussen to go FPS with number 3.

Fieldman says that Asmussen "didn't see the genius" or the potential of Kratos' "truly badass" weapons in a first-person shooter style. Fantastic news for God of Wars fans.

Publisher EA and Twentieth Century Fox have combined might to get Spore on the big silver screen, with Ice Age director Chris Wedge attached. Spore "provides the potential".

Spore is the creation of Maxis and Will Wright which has players design and control their very own species, and eventually a space faring civilization. EA and Fox see a film in it.

This week's PlayStation Store update is dominated by PSP thanks to the launch of Go this week. So on offer are 13 minis games like Tetris, Alien Havoc, Breakquest and others.

Also going for PSP are full title releases like FIFA 10, Iron Man, Beaterator, God of War, GTA: Liberty City Stories and more for higher price tags. PS3 meanwhile gets Brutal Legend demo!