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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.

2008’s ‘Metal Gear effect’ brings bad year-on-year comparison for Japanese publisher

Boss Riccitiello admits that the industry has become “weaker than originally expected”

Year-on-year dip in software sales but losses decrease; European sales surpass other regions

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

Revenues up 19 per cent year-on-year as Resi and Monster Hunter continue to deliver

PS2 is the only Sony machine to see year-on-year sales rises for quarter ending June 30th

Falling demand for Wii sees firm predict first annual income decline in four years

Chief executive Brian Farrell says numbers are “evidence of a dramatic turnaround”

Pre-owned soars as sales and earnings increase – but recession makes its mark at global games retailer

Success of new title Aion sees sales and net income soar; Korean sales at the heart of numbers

Publisher attributes growth to iPhone and 'solid' demand for Java and Brew games

Net income declines by 32 per cent but Xbox 360 shipments increase year-on-year

Firm speaks of “exceptionally tough environment” as it looks to online for future growth

Like-for-like sales drop of 1.2 per cent in March despite overall growth

Digital downloads site predicts further 100% growth forecast for the remainder of the year

Take 2 chairman pledges to release a limited number of self-owned and developed triple-A titles

But revenues are up following 13m sales of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV

RE5, Street Fighter IV, Dead Rising Wii and Bionic Commando all on the way before the clocks go forward