Avatar Kinect will be available for free to paying Xbox Live Gold members in the spring, Ballmer says.

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Hoy, 30, will compete with Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar, the all-Scottish trio who won gold at the Commonwealth Games last spring.

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Another new feature coming is Avatar Kinect, which Xbox Live Gold members will get for free this Spring.

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The mid-April price decline also came at a key period for seasonal demand due to spring weddings in India, as well as the May 13 Akshaya Tritiya festival, auspicious for gold buying.

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