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Streaming games firm OnLive has promoted one of its key staff to run its new UK office. Bruce Grove, previously the company’s senior director of engineering, has become UK general manager. He has more than ten years of engineering management for enterprise systems, software, gaming hardware and even jet engines …
Read More »New games controller hardware on the way from OnLive
Cloud-gaming service OnLive may be on a mission to eliminate the console, but that isn’t stopping it launching hardware: a universal joypad controller. Costing 39.99 and going on sale soon, the joypad is designed for PC, connected TV and tablet users of OnLive and works with most games in the …
Read More »OnLive goes live for mobile
New mobile apps streaming console-quality games to tablet devices start going live from today courtesy of OnLive. The cloud gaming firm has introduced new software that lets gamers play high-end games on touch-screen mobiles. At the time of writing, exact timings of the apps’ releases are TBC, but Android is …
Read More »OnLive microconsole heads to retail this year
GAME is set to sell the OnLive microconsole in-store in time for Christmas. Others retailers should begin selling the device in 2012. It’s part of a partnership between the US cloud gaming firm and the retailer. OnLive’s microconsole will also arrive in GAME stores first. Other retailers will be able …
Read More »Arkham City hits OnLive, arrives on PC this Friday
Warner’s Batman: Arkham City has gone live on streaming games service OnLive in the US. The retail version of the PC SKU is also available to purchase via EA’s Origin store and GameStop’s Impulse Driven service. A free playable demo is now available on the UK arm of OnLive. It …
Read More »Top OnLive exec quits
John Spinale departs for Disney's social games division
Read More »OnLive VP joins Disney Interactive
One of the leading executives at games streaming service OnLive has quit the firm for a role at Disney Interactive Media. John Spinale, who was until recently OnLive vice president of for games and media, has accepted the role of senior VP of social games at Disney. He’ll have a …
Read More »Microsoft exec: Cloud tech coming to Xbox
Company talks up OnLive and Gaikai
Read More »OnLive challenges studios to ‘blow our minds’
OnLive wants developers to ‘blow their minds’ and create content built specifically for cloud gaming. At London Games Conference today, OnLive CTO Tom Paquin used his experience at Netscape as an example. He said Netscape asked consumers what they wanted and that they all asked for news, sport and weather. …
Read More »OnLive claims UK audience of ‘millions’
THE UK launch of games streaming service OnLive reached ‘millions’ of users, says CEO Steve Perlman. That’s part of an overall global figure in the ‘tens of millions’, he told MCV – but still drew the line at giving any exact figures. OnLive went live on September 22nd and allows …
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