The holiday season 
has kicked off for the video game industry – and not a moment too soon.
Retail sales of video game software were up 3 percent in September to $630.2 million, a welcome change from the record setting lows of the past three months. The increase was welcome news, though not as strong as some industry observers were hoping for.
For all the talk of film and video game synergy, you 
don’t see a lot of real world applications. Now, Sony’s putting its money where its mouth is.
The company will include a demo for the upcoming “Resistance 3” in the Blu-ray release of “Battle: Los Angeles”. The game is expected to hit store shelves in September.
September is shaping up to be a bullet-ridden
month for the video game industry — with three of the year’s most anticipated shooter games scheduled to land at retail.
Microsoft announced Wednesday that Gears of War 3 will release on Sept. 20. That’s just one week after id Software’s long-in-the-works shooter Rage is expected to hit the streets and a little over two weeks after Sony will release Resistance 3.
Chris Morris: Journalist 