Tag Archives: cloud gaming
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 02:11 BST
Microsoft: Xbox Live cloud storage not yet available
Microsoft has closed down reports from earlier in the week that it silently enabled cloud saves for certain titles.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: cloud gaming, the cloud, xbl cloud
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 | 00:54 BST
Transgaming says “jitters” spell doom for OnLive
Toronto-based streaming games tech company TransGaming has said performance issues will be the death of rival services like OnLive.
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Posted in: OnLive
Tags: cloud gaming, Transgaming, Vikas Gupta
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 | 17:59 BST
Perry: Latency is the biggest challenge cloud gaming faces
Gaikai founder Dave Perry acknowledged latency as “the biggest elephant in the room,” but also claimed that his company has left no stone unturned for trying to mitigate it.
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Posted in: Gaikai, PC
Tags: cloud gaming, dave perry
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 | 01:01 BST
OnLive Independence Day sale
Today, we mark the anniversary of Will Smith defeating the aliens. Or something. Look, do you come here for a history lesson, or to find out what’s on sale? OnLive games are on sale.
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 | 08:20 BST
A flood from the stream: Gaikai’s boss on the turning tide
Cloud gaming may be the future but it’s real now, Gaikai’s Robert Stevenson tells Brenna Hillier. You shouldn’t be setting fire to that physical media just yet, however.
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Posted in: Gaikai
Tags: cloud gaming, Robert Stevenson
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 | 08:24 BST
Perry: Gaikai better than consoles, new deals in works
Gaikai founder Dave Perry has said the cloud gaming company’s tech out-performs existing consoles, and has some major announcements forthcoming.
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Posted in: Gaikai, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, dave perry
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 | 07:35 BST
OnLive lets publishers “design games better”
OnLive’s unique feedback and metrics capacities are drawing publishers in, founder and president Steve Perlman has said.
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Posted in: Development, OnLive, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, steve perlman
Mon, Jun 27, 2011 | 23:10 BST
OnLive said to be “chatting” with Microsoft, Sony
OnLive VP of Engineering Joe Bentley said in an interview that OnLive is “chatting” with Microsoft and Sony about OnLive’s cloud-based game delivery technology. It’s far from an announcement of a potential deal, but his comments are very interesting nonetheless.
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Posted in: Microsoft, OnLive, Sony, Valve, iOS, iPad, iPhone
Tags: cloud gaming, Joe Bentley
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 | 02:36 BST
Former Sony Executive predicts Apple could “be” the games industry
Phil Harrison, former head of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, has predicted the death of physical media and said if Apple continues as it is, it “will be the games industry”.
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Posted in: Apple, Sony, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, Cloud Gaming Service, gaikai, Phil Harrison
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 | 08:10 BST
Head in the Cloud: Gaming’s hardware agnostic future
Expectation says we’re three to four years from the next major console cycle. If cloud gaming has anything to do with it, it may well be the last.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, Cloud Gaming Service, gaikai, onlive
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 10:50 BST
Yerli: Cloud gaming “dangerous” from “business perspective”, OnLive and Gaikai “pioneers”
Crytek boss Cervat Yerli has said that cloud gaming presently is risky from a “business perspective.”
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Posted in: E3 2011
Tags: cervat yerli, cloud gaming, crytek
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 17:32 BST
Dyack: Multiplayer surge due to used game sales “hurting the single-player experience”
Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack believes the surge in games with a large multiplayer component is due to developers and publishers trying to combat used game sales.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, denis dyack, used game sales
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 01:52 BST
Carmack: Cloud-based gaming is “inevitable”
John Carmack, one of id Software’s founding fathers, has predicted cloud gaming will have the biggest impact on the games industry in the immediate future.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: cloud gaming, id, id software, john carmack
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 | 23:18 BST
Cloud-based gaming companies could take years to earn money back, says exec
Cloud-based streaming game services like OnLive and Gaikai may not be ready for prime time, according to one game industry executive.
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Posted in: OnLive, PC
Tags: cloud gaming, gaikai
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 | 06:23 GMT
T5 claims game streaming patent, OnLive says it has “no relevance whatsoever”
Funny thing about big, all-encompassing patents: they leave a surprising amount of wiggle room. And if T5 Labs is right, OnLive may be about to learn that the hard way.
Thu, Dec 02, 2010 | 15:45 GMT
OnLive’s $10 per month flat-rate game plan launches January 15
OnLive Game System shipments have begun, and soon, so will a $9.99 per month flat-rate gaming plan from the service.
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Posted in: PC, hardware, tv
Tags: cloud, cloud gaming, onlive, onlive game system, onlive playpack, streaming games
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 | 06:59 GMT
OnLive announces Netflix-style flat rate for back catalog, begins taking pre-orders for MicroConsole
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Posted in: Hot, PC, hardware
Tags: cloud gaming, MicroConsole, onlive
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 15:30 BST
THQ and others feel Cloud gaming is the future
THQ CEO Brian Farrell is a proponent of Cloud gaming, and believes it has the potential to lower the “entry barrier” into gaming for consumers who don’t wish to spend the cash on a console.
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Posted in: Development, Internet, PC, Retail, THQ, Trade, tv
Tags: brian farrell, cloud gaming, david perry, digital distribution, gaikai, game industry tv, Nolan Bushnell, ted price
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 | 22:29 BST
Gaikai signs EA, moves into 2011
Gaikai has announced it’s struck a multi-year deal with EA to include some of its more popular PC titles when the service launches.
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Posted in: EA, Internet, PC, hardware
Tags: Andrew Gault, cloud gaming, dave perry, gaikai
Tue, Mar 16, 2010 | 16:47 GMT
OnLive subscription service will draw customers to Gaikai, says Perry
David Perry has said that OnLive’s pricing model will cause gamers to flock to his free cloud service, Gaikai.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2010, Hot, Internet, PC
Tags: cloud gaming, david perry, gaikai, onlive
Are Microsoft committing to more than they can handle with Xbox One?