With the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 both set to receive new motion-tracking controllers next year, it has been revealed that some existing PlayStation 3 software will be updated with enhanced control schemes via patches while Xbox 360 games probably won't.

Though Microsoft has demonstrated the Xbox 360's motion-sensitive Project Natal camera with retrofitted versions of existing titles, such as Burnout Paradise and Beautiful Katamari, project head Kudo Tsunoda told Destructoid that such efforts required a significant amount of code to be changed--presumably more than a patch could. Read more »

Two games, a demo, and several pieces of in-game content were added the PlayStation 3's online marketplace in today's PlayStation Store update.

SCE San Diego's High Velocity Bowling sells for $9.99, offering gamers a number of challenges and playable characters as they replicate the underhanded toss of a bowling ball with the PS3's motion-sensitive controller.

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SCE San Diego's downloadable PlayStation 3 bowling title, High Velocity Bowling, is in the final stages of certification and is hoped to arrive in the PlayStation Store next week. Similar to Nintendo's Wii Sports bowling, High Velocity Bowling has players replicating the underhanded toss of a bowling ball via the PS3's motion-sensitive Sixaxis controller. The game offers up a variety of challenges and numerous characters for players to compete against. "I know I'm pretty excited about it, personally--I'm sick of seeing only my team and our hard working Quality Assurance guys & gals on the leaderboards," senior producer P.J. Snavely wrote on the PlayStation Blog. "I can't wait to see you all get your hands on it!"