Two quick news stories doing the rounds at the moment. Sony is apparently working on a new controller (again?!), this time explicitly inspired by the Wiimote as it splits into two sections, both of which contain accelerometers to sense motion. There's some talk about the devices coming with straps, so they can be attached to your arms, allowing onscreen avatars to follow your exact movements. With the dust barely settled on the Sixaxis/Dual Shock blueprints, it would be an odd, but not utterly remarkable decision. Some reckon the snap apart Twelveaxis (I made that up) will be unveiled at E3.
Next, Microsoft is thought to be lining up a Mii-style avatar system to replace gamer pictures on Live. This was part of a huge (alleged) leak of Xbox 360 marketing info onto the web (lots of it is here at NeoGaf), where details of an Xbox version of SingStar were located. Named Lips, the game will let players use songs from their MP3 players. There's more at Kotaku.
Hurray for convergence culture.
