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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”

But year-on-year losses reduced as Disney remains upbeat about strength of its business

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

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

Q1 numbers up 30% year-on-year but Atari warns industry not to get too excited

Entertainment Division still in the black despite revenue falls; Overall Microsoft performance poor

Sharp rise in download code sales and popularity of free-to-play online titles making its mark on traditional retail

Activision Blizzard’s sandbox superhero outing emerges as the June victor in software market

But Xbox 360 is the only home console to manage year-on-year unit sales gains

Xbox 360 is only climber as June’s figures show 31 per cent year-on-year decrease – the worst since September 2000

Quarterly revenues down 25% for Finnish giant; Sony Ericsson handset sales down 43%

Non-food business sees “modest growth” with total non-petrol UK growth hitting 9.3 per cent

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

Six-month revenue dips, but UK office enjoys slight profit rise; Publisher says it is still on track to meet FY EBITA forecast

8.5 per cent profit increase year-on-year though quarterly performance takes a hit

Net losses for year ending March 31st increase by over 100 per cent, though EA promises better 2010

Eight years of continued growth as 2008 like-for-like sales climb 12.3 per cent

Though like-for-like sales down 4.8 per cent compared to 2007