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50 per cent of staff laid off as former investor takes full control

Existing OnLive investor Lauder Partners has been revealed as the new owner of the cloud gaming company. The value of the deal is unknown. Although the staff of and investors in OnLive are left with little doubt as to the value of their assets – absolutely nothing. Lauder Partners is …

Baroda-based Team NSD destroyed all opposition on its way to winning the finals of the Asia E-Sports Cup 2012 India finals for Counter-Strike 1.6. AEC 2012 saw 167 Clans from 13 cities participating in the qualifiers, and the finals were held recently in Navi Mumbai. Team NSD beat off competition …

Valve has announced Steam’s top selling titles for the past week, with the latest in the Counter-Strike franchise holding its position at the top of the heap. ArmA II (runner-up) continues to sell as well while in the midst of many happenings for its popular DayZ mod. Elsewhere on the …

A Linkedin profile of a Treyarch QA tester suggests Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be making its way to Wii U. IGN dug up the resume in question that states the employee has been working on both the PS3 and Wii U versions of the game since May. …

Valve has confirmed previous reports and teases that the company is in production on a gaming-related film, unveiling a documentary focused on pro circuit players competing in the annual Dota 2 tournament The International. Gabe Newell revealed that his company is producing the film on GTTV late last week, providing …

The truth about OnLive’s demise will take time to emerge – but already a solid picture is being formed. And at the heart of it are user numbers. OnLive has never given out detailed user numbers, beyond vague statement of phenomenal interest” and growing user bases”. But if the numbers …

After a night of wild rumour and corporate denials, the demise of OnLive in its current form has been confirmed. And as suspected, a new company has emerged as part of pre-agreed bailout deal that will continue to operate the OnLive name and services. We can now confirm that the …

Cloud gaming firm plans to hire 'substantially more people' despite layoffs

Streaming games company OnLive has been forced to publicly deny reports that it is on the brink of closure. It started with a tweet from InXile Entertainment’s Brian Fargo, who bluntly stated that: Just received an email that OnLive is closed as of today!” This was followed by a report …