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Microsoft has announced that it sold 960,000 consoles in the US last week during the Black Friday sales promotional period, making it the “biggest sales week in the history of Xbox,” according to the firm. During Black Friday week in the US, Xbox 360 moved 800,000 units with a 24-hour period, and over 750,000 Kinect sensors were sold in the US when combining standalone and bundled units. “We have seen tremendous excitement from customers for our hot holiday gaming offers,” said Chris Homeister, SVP and GM of Home Entertainment at Best Buy in the press release. “Xbox 360 was among the best-sellers at Best Buy this Black Friday, and is a testament to the continued popularity of the gaming category this holiday.”

Last week, Nintendo announced 3DS sales were up 325% for Black Friday week, and that Wii moved 500,000 units during the period.

Nintendo’s revealed its Black Friday sales figures, confirming it’s been a successful kick-off of the holiday season thanks to titles such as Super Mario 3D Land and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

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The LA Times reports that a San Fernando resident shopping for games at a Walmart Black Friday sale was pepper-sprayed by what he called a “competitive shopper.” Matthew Lopez, 18, was attacked inside the store. By the time he got to the games section, the display was torn down and employees were having to pick up copies of games and DVDs that were scattered on the floor. Another customer said that screaming began when 100 people started shoving over Xbox 360s and Wiis.

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Take advantage of savings this US holiday weekend; we’ve rounded up a very small sample of the best offerings through the break.

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Not content with just dropping the price on some of its retail offerings for Black Friday, Microsoft has also decided to drop the price of content available on Xbox Live as well. Get a highlighted list below.

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Guess what happens next week? Yep. Black Friday. Lucky for us, or unlucky for us – it’s all in how you look at it – we’ll be on our second of three Thanksgiving dinners with family, and stuck inside a house full of food and spirits instead of braving the crowds stampeding for a deal. However, if you’re the brave sort, or just willing to go through anything to save a buck or twenty, Target and Sears have a few gaming-related sales going on you may be interested in, such as: new game releases for $37, console bundles, and older releases for cheap. Joystiq has the fliers and a rundown posted here and here. More Black Friday deals, specifically from Walmart, Microsoft, Best Buy, GameStop and Toys R Us, can be found through a previous post.

Valve should be getting in on the mix with a Steam sale soon, and we suggest you get your bank account padded ahead of time in preparation.

Microsoft has some deals in the works for Black Friday. Get acquainted with the selected savings from the firm and others below the break.

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Walmart wants you to buy games from it so badly, that it has decided to post its Black Friday deals early, hoping you’ll brave being trampled to death in order to save a buck or twenty. Its tactic might just work, because it has some nice deals on offer for both games and console bundles.

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Steam’s weekend sale is in full swing and for the next 20 hours or so, you can get in on some great deals.

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Black Friday sales are everywhere today, and we’ve just got wind of some more deals for PC players.

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Amazon has got the deals. Literally.

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Major Nelson promised today he would list some one-day-only sales for Xbox Live, and he has delivered.

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Sony has posted over on the US PS Blog a nice Black Friday deal of its own for PSP-3000 and PSP go bundles at participating retailers in the US.

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Newegg has sent out a mail detailing its Black Friday sale, and in with the massive offerings for PC, electronics, monitors, televisions, memory storage, cameras, appliances, and home surveillance are some gaming goodies.

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As US police officers prepare for Black Friday by donning riot gear and stocking up on new cans pf pepper spray, Best Buy has revealed its Door Buster deals for the biggest shopping day of the year, and we’ve got the lot listed for you below.

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Namco’s having a sale on games for Android, Apple devices, PC and RIM, and you can get many different titles for under $5 with most of ‘em running you only $0.99.

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Microsoft is holding a Black Friday Sale of it’s own from now until November 29, and there’s some decent deals in there.

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Nintendo of America has confirmed it’s to release new green and orange-flavoured DSi SKUs in the US in time for Black Friday, but Nintendo UK has confirmed it has nothing planned for a release here yet.

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GameStop has put out its Black Friday ads in stores today, and there’s some really nice deals in there.

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Black Friday is next week and Sony wants folks to buy a PS3.

Therefore, to get folks pumped to spend money, it will start airing two new ads tomorrow on television.

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