[Update: We have added the steps you need to take to migrate your account over] This post marks the exact moment that Xbox Live is officially available in South Africa. It’s just hit midnight and as announced at the Xbox Live / Kinect Launch event, the services are now officially available to Xbox 360 owners. Owners who have Xbox 360’s …

Have you ever wondered how the Kinect is actually seeing and tracking you? Well it’s pretty simple really it just shoots out laser points of light to form a massive grid across your entire lounge and then tracks you moving against them. Granted I am sure there is a little bit more to it than that but as you will …

Microsoft have revised their expected sales figures for Kinect just prior to launch due to the amount of interest they were receiving from retailers. Previously Microsoft had stated that they expected to sell 3 million units before Christmas, a figure that was met with much derision from PS3 fans and Kinect haters alike. Microsoft has responded by agreeing that the …

One of my most anticipated Kinect games was Dance Central, I am a huge fan of the Just Dance series from Ubisoft and I felt that Dance Central would be taking that title and improving it by tracking my entire body. And it does, it’s apparently very good and really quite entertaining but it has a fatal flaw that has …

Not only does the Kinect Sports trailer show happy people, but also once again proves that Microsoft think that everyone in the world has a ginormous TV room. I think that Microsoft’s marketing department are hitting the mark pretty damn well though and even if you don’t find any of this appealing, it doesn’t really matter when thousands of soccer …

Sony has released a video detailing the history of the EyeToy which is pretty interesting in itself but what is more interesting really is the number of off handed comments they send over Microsoft’s way. [pullquote]EyeToy helped us understand that while people definitely enjoy physical interaction and movement, they also want precise control and a simple, fast, reliable way to …

The Kinect launch happened in the US earlier this morning which means that all the embargo’s from the mega sites have been lifted. I’m not going to try report on them all and will rather just stick all the links I find into this post for you to pick and choose from. Overall the reviews are positive but not earth …

Granted there aren’t many in that picture, which was taken by Aaron Greenberg of Microsoft, but that was yesterday. By now the madness could have increased exponentially, and hordes could be jostling with each other to be amongst the first 3000 into the store. Why the first 3000? Well, that’s because Microsoft has all sorts of free loot for the …