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The 2010 stock allocation for Kinect is just days away from running out, Microsoft has warned US consumers. Speaking at a Web 2/0 Summit in the US, Microsoft’s president of the Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick said that anyone who wants a Kinect this Christmas has been advised by Microsoft …

Xbox 360’s American dream continues with news that Microsoft’s console saw year-on-year sales gains in October 2010. It was the only console in the market to enjoy annual growth, with total unit sales of 325k according to Larry Hryb. That’s a 34 per cent year-on-year increase for a machine now …

The launch of Kinect has more than doubled UK sales of the Xbox 360. Chart-Track figures circulating around the web, corroborated by MCV, show that Microsoft’s console saw a massive boost in sales this week, thanks to the arrival of its new motion controller. Kinect was released in the UK …

Microsoft will unveil a Gears of War title that is designed for Kinect at the Spike TV Video Games Awards, according to rumours on IGN. Coming from a reliable source”, the site claims not to know if it is a brand new title or an existing version of the game …

Microsoft claims it has sold over 1m Kinect cameras in the 10 days since the device first launched. According to Xbox chief Don Mattrick, the firm is still on track to sell 5m units by the end of the year. Kinect launced in North America two weeks ago, and a …

Last week was the biggest-grossing week ever for the UK games market – with 113.8m made in seven days. And the extra effect of this market boom? There are more gamers over here than ever before. According to UKIE, now one in three people in the UK is a gamer. …

A record-breaking performance from Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen it rocket to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. However, the new COD wasn’t the only new release on the market this week – there was the little matter of Microsoft’s Kinect …

The jury is divided on how the fortunes of both PS3 and Xbox 360 will pan out over the course of the next 12 to 24 months. Some believe that Kinect will prove the catalyst for Xbox 360 to reduce PS3’s charge and extend Microsoft’s sales lead over its predecessor. …

Sony and Microsoft want Nintendo's pie, but is this truly motion gaming's next phase?

Microsoft also considering Achievement and leaderboard integration with next XNA