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EA’s co-op heavy shooter to miss its summer release date and join the Q1 2010 party

The games industry is often guilty of putting a good spin on bad news. Title pushed to next year? Well, it’s just getting more development time to make it better. Consoles not selling as quickly as planned? It’s okay, we’ve got a long-term strategy that doesn’t rely on short-term sales spikes. Yet news that so many bankable games have been pushed away from the busy Christmas season really isn’t such a bad thing.

MCV outlines what titles remain in the fight for Christmas retail supremacy

Joins Wii shooter Red Steel 2 in slipping unitl early 2010

More testing pushes back digital launch of all three DLC level packs for Bethesda’s RPG

Remedy Entertainment licences Umbra's rendering optimisation toolset for ‘faster content creation’

Big IPs get a release date shuffle as part of Take 2’s financial statements

British Retail Consortium says increasing in December will harm important Christmas sales

First stores will not open until Q1 2010 – decision 'unrelated' to US difficulties

February 20th release pushed back to June 3rd to give EA more time to market title

Carl Freer admits last three months have been “touch and go” as project struggles for investors

Cancellation of PS3 version applies to North American market only; release delayed until February 2009

Strauss Zelnick hints that both Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable content and debut DS outing could slip until Q2 2009

‘Product quality’ concerns lead to two-month delay for THQ’s next-gen sandbox title

Upcoming shooter delayed, new Prince of Persia title announced, Splinter Cell rumours dismissed