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Say goodbye to the Arc or Gem and hello to the PlayStation Move. Sony has revealed the official name for its motion controller, coming this fall in three forms - alone, with the PlayStation Eye, or bundled with a PS3.

The European trademark office spilled the beans a bit early, but that doesn't stop Sony from being excited about the PlayStation Move.

Speaking at Sony's GDC press conference, which we are liveblogging here, Sony's Peter Dille hyped up the Move, saying that "previous motion devices have used controller simply as pointer of mouse — ours becomes an extension of your body."

"We're approaching this like a virtual platform launch," Dille continued, explaining that the Move will be available by itself, with the PlayStation Eye, which it will work in conjunction with,...

ABC 7 WLS-TV reports: A police officer shot and wounded one of two suspects in a drug investigaton at a gas station in Riverdale this afternoon. Both suspects were taken into custody.

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Sony's upcoming wand-shaped PlayStation 3 motion controller, previously code-named the "PlayStation Motion Controller" is now officially titled the "PlayStation Move."

The announcement came during Sony's Game Developers Conference event today, with the company also demonstrating various games.

The PlayStation Move will be available in various forms, including a "starter kit" that includes the device, the required PlayStation Eye camera, and a game. Exact pricing wasn't disclosed, though it was said that the "starter kit" will be under $100.

The device will also be available separately and bundled with the PlayStation 3 console itself. As previously reported, the PlayStation Move works in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye c...

Got a hankering for some historical strategy but not sure if Napoleon: Total War (PC) is up your alley? Then I've got some good news: a demo is now up for grabs on Steam.

The 1990MB download includes two sections, a "War on Land" tutorial and "Battle of Ligny," with the latter offering the option to player as either France or Prussia.

Released back in February, Napoleon: Total War marked the first entry in the Creative Assembly-helmed series to feature day-one campaign multiplayer--the promised multiplayer beta for Empire: Total War arrived...

Sony's press conference at the 2010 Games Developer Conference is about to begin, and Kotaku is there, bringing you the news as it happens. Join us as Sony shares its deepest, darkest secrets with the world.

PlayStation GDC 2010 Liveblog

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Chicago and state officials are moving forward with legislative proposals to improve safety inside the state's troubled nursing homes.

After two hearings, 48th Ward Ald. Mary Ann Smith today introduced ordinance amendments designed to strengthen city inspections of nursing facilities, increase enforcement and penalties and require the homes to make public more details of their financial and safety records.

Her proposed amendments will be considered in the City Council Health Committee before being taken up by the full council in a process that could take "a couple of months," Smith said. "Now we will see how the lobbyists and industry try to play their hand."

Meanwhile, Gov. Pat Quinn's office said it plans to introduce legislation in coming days to implement the recommendations of the governor's Nursing Home Safety Task Force, which was formed in response to Tribune articles on rapes, attacks and murders in facilities that house elderly and disabled residents al...

A man given probation just two days ago for criminal damage to property died Tuesday night after plunging into the Chicago River while being chased by police for tagging a building.

Jason Kitchekeg, 26, of Mokena was one of three men being chased by officers for spray-painting a building on Ashland Avenue, police said. Kitchekeg, a longtime Uptown resident, was likely tagging an abandoned paint manufacturing plant there.

Cops caught two of the men, but Kitchekeg jumped into the river near the 2800 block of South Ashland, officials said. He died of drowning in an accident, an autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner's office found today.

Aided by a helicopter, the police Marine Unit and Fire Department personnel worked for about 30 minutes to rescue the ma...

A Mount Prospect school bus driver was nearly three times over the legal limit for alcohol after she dropped off about 50 children from an elementary school, police say.

Betty Burden, 54, of the 1440 block of Park Drive, was arrested late Tuesday afternoon after police got a call from Vincente Ramirez, the transportation supervisor with Mount Prospect School District 57 around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Another bus driver had smelled alcohol on Burden's breath at 2:30 p.m., before she took off from Lions Elementary School. But school officials said state law prevented either her or Ramirez from confronting Burden.

Instead, Ramirez followed the bus and eventually called police. By the time officers pulled her over around 4 p.m., Burden had dropped off all the children, officials said.