Microsoft has released details for a Kinect Star Wars themed limited edition Xbox 360 available in April.

Yep, it is a bit of a phenomenon that nobody really predicted.  Skylanders is the latest craze combining collectable figurines that come to life in the linked video game of the same name.  Here are the bio’s on the next  set of characters due this month.

There is an amazing amount of content available on the disc of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as there is, now developer Bethesda want’s all of us to enjoy the process of creating new Skyrim adventures with the release of an official mod tool for the game.

A story line invoking maximum pain for the main protagonist is on the cards in RockStar Games’ forthcoming Max Payne 3.  The release dates for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC have been announced.

The forthcoming closing chapter in Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy is on the horizon, it’s time to develop the best ways to guide Commander Shepard to save Earth.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a new IP from 38 Studios boldly entering the market strewn with fantasy based RPG’s.  But as Lead Designer Ian Frazier and Producer Sean Bean pointed out to RadioactiveIT, there is plenty to distinguish this game from rest, in particular the rich lore and the Tekken style combat.

There is a significant and dangerous problem with playing the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim .

The Xbox 360 new dashboard update will include a significant boost to content for those that want more media from their games machine.  Along with FOXTEL Australian Xbox 360 owners can now add ABC iView, SBS ON DEMAND , YouTube, Daily Motion and Crackle to their viewing schedule.

This is quite a let-down for the Need For Speed brand, a long running video-game grandfather of a franchise, that over the years has certainly toyed with the emotions of fans.  In recent times however, the Need For Speed branded SHIFT games as well as Hot Pursuit have injected enough white-knuckle adrenalin into the arcade style racing to garner a whole new crop of video-racing devotees.

Microsoft has acquired video search engine VideoSurf for a reported $70 million and plans to add its video tagging technology to Xbox Live.