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Four more games companies have backed this year’s Games Media Awards in association with Grainger Games. These include Sega, cloud gaming service OnLive, digital distributor Green Man Gaming and media company The Games Tribe. They join a range of sponsors for the Games Media Awards 2011 in association with Grainger …
Read More »OnLive and GameSpot reach demo deal
An interesting new agreement between streaming games specialist OnLive and giant consumer games network GameSpot has been announced. It will see the streaming service position playable demos of games within the pages of GameSpot’s reviews. The result is that consumers will be able to try a fully-featured version of the …
Read More »‘Something is horribly wrong in UK triple-A’
Develop Conference: Sumo Digitalâ??s Gareth Wilson casts dire assessment of national triple-A sector
Read More »OnLive: Publishers feel constrained by Xbox 360, PS3
CEO, founder and president of OnLive Steve Perlman has told PCR it will look to work with the current gaming platforms such as Xbox and PS3, though 2005 architecture means they are ‘getting long in the tooth.’ The cloud gaming service works through a mini-console connected to a TV, directly …
Read More »OnLive: ‘We’ll be No.1 for core games’
After the jostling for podium positions at E3, OnLive has declared itself the fourth platform” – and predicted that it will soon be No.1 for core gaming. The cloud-based service, which launches in the UK this autumn, has been live in the US for almost a year. CEO Steve Perlman …
Read More »Onlive open to Xbox and Sony partnerships
Cloud gaming firm 'ready to work with anyone'
Read More »OnLive discussing Xbox, PS3 partnership
Cloud gaming platform OnLive has had discussions with representatives of both Sony and Microsoft over a possible console collaboration for the service. OnLive already has some major publishing partners as well as agreements with key ISPs. Any possible tie-up with either Xbox 360 or PS3, however, would be its most …
Read More »OnLive connects to retail this year
OnLive hopes to be selling its game system in UK stores when the service is launched this autumn – and insists the High Street shouldn’t see cloud gaming as evil incarnate”. The OnLive game system consists of a micro console TV adaptor and a wireless controller. It enables users to …
Read More »Crytek: Cloud gaming could transform the industry
E3 2011: Cevat Yerli lauds potential of the cloud, warns against difficulties to achieve it
Read More »E3 2011: OnLive ready for iPad and Android
OnLive has announced the OnLive Player App to bring cloud gaming to tablets and smartphones. The app, which is due to arrive this autumn, will enable streamed play of virtually all” OnLive games on iPad and Android tablets. It will support both touch control and OnLive’s own Universal Motion Controller. …
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