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Bookmaker Paddy Power has opened the betting on the race to be the UK’s official Christmas No.1 video game, and the early favourite is perhaps not surprisingly Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. The company is currently offering odds of 1/6 on the game. So far it has only released …

Members of the winning team at the MCV/Xbox 360 Christmas Quiz will each receive the most talked about new product of the year, Kinect. They’ll also receive an Xbox 360 to use it with and a copy of Kinect Adventures to get them started. The quiz takes place at London’s …

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UPDATE: Asda has confirmed that it will have free stock of both the solus Kinect SKU and the Kinect hardware bundle for the launch of Microsoft’s motion device tomorrow. "After working hard with Microsoft to ensure day one availability we have reached a position where we will have stock for …

The XBLIG rack quietly returned to the front of the shop

As well as the celebrity-driven official Call of Duty: Black Ops launch party at Battersea Power Station last night, UK retailer GAME held the official retail launch gathering at its Oxford Street store in central London. Around 300 Call of Duty fans were at hand to be the first to …

Leading global games retail GameStop has predicted that Kinect will emerge as the winner in the fight of the next-gen motion controllers. However, senior VP or merchandising and marketing Bob McKenzie has confirmed that early sales of Sony’s Move have exceeded the chain’s expectations. I’d say right now Microsoft’s Kinect …

CEO of collapsed studio breaks silence

It’s finally here. As midnight struck around the world last night retailers opened their doors to usher in the arrival of what many in the industry is hoping will be the best selling game ever made – Call of Duty: Black Ops. The official Activision launch event, held at Battersea …

Watch out Play and Amazon – Asda wants a slice of your market share. The retail giant told MCV that improving its online offer is key to its plans for 2011. This ties in with Asda’s bid to grow its games market share, which the firm says is already in …