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Analysts EEDAR warn that the days of social gaming may be over, with Cloud Gaming set to take its place. EEDAR CEO Greg Short told the attendees at GDC Europe today, that "he doesn’t know why people are spending half a billion" on social gaming companies. "Cloud gaming could completely …

Next gen consoles will shun retail in favour of digital, says analyst firm Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR). The prediction was made by EEDAR CEO Greg Short duringa speech on the state of the games market, which he deliveredat GDC Europe today. He said that digital is growing at …

Japanese publisher Square Enix has announced what it is describing as a unique sprint-action shooter” called Gun Loco, which will be released exclusively on Xbox 360 in 2011. The company says it’s trying to carve out an all-new approach to the third-person shooter genre” with the sci-fi title. The game …

Though Q Entertainment’s Child of Eden will still support Kinect to some degree when it arrives at retail in 2011, the developer has now claimed that Microsoft’s motion camera is not the central focus of the title. The game, which is being developed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and is being seen …

Activision’s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will arrive in stores on September 24th, available with or without a new customisable guitar controller. Warriors of Rock is the sixth entry in the Guitar Hero franchise – a series that has sold more than 44m units to date. The game features a …

A listing on the site of retailer Play.com has pointed to a 199.99 RRP for Nintendo’s next handheld, the 3DS. As spotted by CVG, though the main page for the device doesn’t carry a price, if a user continues to browse the site the 3DS shows up in their ‘Recently …

Tim Chaney talks Zattikka's recent cash injection and future plans

GDC Europe: Epic Mickey designer encourages inspiration from other media, as long as games donâ??t lose themselves in doing so

This year’s Gamescom event will boast more exhibitors from more countries than ever before. Gamescom 2010 kicks off on Wednesday August 18th at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. MCV will be offering unprecedented coverage of the event and is operating an MCV News Zone throughout the show, with updates and trade …

In this week's column, Lovell look's at how the role of sales has changed in the self-publishing world