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Any hopes of 3D TV being high on consumer’s Christmas wish lists this year appear to have vanished as a new survey suggests that the appetite for the technology in the UK is almost non-existent. A study from price comparison site Twenga, reported by Reg Hardware, which polled over 3,000 …

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 …

The GAME Group has launched two mammoth Christmas campaigns that aim to attract all possible types of gamer. The marketing plan for GAME is one of the chain’s broadest to date, focusing on the central tagline of ‘Every kind of deal for every kind of gamer’. Ads are already running …

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 …

It may be over a month and a half away, but HMV is already preparing to pull in extra customers in time for Christmas. The High Street and online retailer’s ‘Get Merry’ Christmas marketing campaign kicks off on November 5th, with in-store POS materials, posters, window creatives and bespoke carrier …

Despite the sharp drop in sales that Wii has endured throughout 2010, US analyst Michael Pachter still expects Nintendo’s machine to be the best selling home console over the crucial Christmas buying period. Last month MCV reported that GAME has to date this year experienced a 40 per cent year-on-year …

Forget superstar endorsements – Nintendo has made real consumers the star of its latest ad campaign. While the firm has still commissioned ads featuring the likes of pop act JLS and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren, this Christmas Nintendo has dedicated half of its spend on a celeb-free promotion. Nintendo says the …

Sony has shocked the industry by announcing that long-awaited racer Gran Turismo 5 will miss its proposed November 3rd release date in Europe. It has also been delayed in North America and Japan. The news is all the more surprising considering the lengthy delays already endured by the racer, which …

Christmas can be a dark time for games. For every FIFA or Call of Duty nestled under the Christmas tree, there’s a long line of games left out in the cold. A Beyond Good and Evil or Brutal Legend or Wii Music that couldn’t get heard over the noise made …