Tag archive: OnLive

As metioned by Kotaku earlier today, Microsoft is reported to be testing a software or hardware method on the next version of the Xbox hardware designed to halt the ability to play used games. While this report doesn't indicate that this feature will definitely be included in the next version, the appeal to developers and publishers is likely incredibly high. This type of solution would make it vastly more difficult for retailers like… Read More

OnLive, which is most easily described as a Netflix for video games, is getting into a new business today: remote Windows desktops and cloud storage. Beginning with the iPad and then expanding to Macs, PCs, iPhone, Android, TV, and Google TV (with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse), OnLive will offer streaming access to a Windows 7 desktop with Microsoft Office apps like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Working in much the same way as the… Read More

OnLive has revealed its plans to bring its streaming video game service to tablets and smartphones. “500 million” iOS and Android devices will now have access to the roughly 200 console games that OnLive console players have had for a year and a half now. In addition, 25 games (including L.A. Noire) have been adapted to fully utilize touch controls. Games can be played over 3G, 4G LTE, or Wi-Fi.  Last week, we had a chance to check… Read More

Rockstar Games moved pretty quickly with L.A. Noire. Usually the developer will release a console game and then wait a year or more before rolling out the PC version. Noire hit stores back in May of this year, and Rockstar already has a release date set for its PC counterpart: November 8 in the United States and November 11 in Europe. The release is actually L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition, and it'll be coming to Windows, as well as the… Read More

Recently, we learned that Netflix will soon completely split up its Instant Streaming and DVD-by-mail services. Netflix will continue to be the home for Instant Streaming and a new company called Qwikster, run by the same guys who have been running Netflix DVD rentals for a decade, will handle DVD-by-mail subscriptions. If you're like us, you're wondering what the heck is going on over at Netflix headquarters. While we'll be… Read More

This is not going to go well for GameStop. A leaked internal memo posted by GameSpy reveals that store employees are being told to open boxed copies of the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and remove a coupon accompanying the game that entitles the buyer to a free PlayPass for it — the equivalent of buying another copy of the game — on cloud gaming service OnLive. You probably don't need the wrongness of this to be… Read More

Both Sony and Nintendo are finally talking about their next-generation gaming consoles, and next week’s E3 show promises to reveal even more details. Over the last few months, I’ve been playing with OnLive, which is being built into some of the next-generation of PCs. We’ve seen the social aspects of gaming drift out of MMOs like World of Warcraft into first-person shooters, and most of the game console makers have started exploring the various… Read More

OnLive is a cloud-based gaming service that delivers high-quality visuals and AAA experiences on any computer with a steady high-speed Internet connection, meaning that even your $100 netbook can be made to run a version of Batman: Arkham Asylum that looks and plays almost exactly like it would on an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. It's the rare “science as magic” tech promise that actually delivers, though OnLive is still… Read More

The Mobile World Congress continues to unfold in Barcelona, Spain this week, shining a lot on the various upcoming mobile products that are set to change the world and make your computing life on the go easier. The HTC Flyer tablet is a 7-incher, running on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and bolstered by the HTC Sense user interface and its many widgets. So far, so standard. Behind the times even, with the newer 3.0 Honeycomb OS… Read More

Could Apple be preparing a move into the digital games business? Engadget thinks so. A “trusted tipster” has informed the site of several references to gaming in the iOS 4.3 beta 3 firmware code. While it is impossible to say for sure, lines like “com.apple.appletv.play.live.thunder” and “.play.archive.thunder,” sprinkled throughout the code may refer to controllers, a leaderboard system, multiplayer… Read More

OnLive is a pretty astounding service, as those who have tried it can attest to. Basically, you're able to play console-quality video games like Batman: Arkham Asylum and Splinter Cell: Conviction on virtually any computer, as long as you've got a reliable Internet connection and, preferably, a USB gamepad. The company's offering of games is admittedly small in comparison to the enormous library available on proper present-day… Read More

Memory cards are already a thing of the past, but soon you may not even need a hard drive to save your games. Sony is telling developers that the PlayStation 3 will soon be able to save games to the cloud, reports Kotaku. The new service means that PS3 users will be able to upload all their game data to remote servers, making it accessible on any PS3 they log into with the same PlayStation Network account. Unfortunately, the new service will… Read More

This is the time to both look back at 2010, which is ending, and look forward at 2011, with hope that we will exit it as well off as we did this one. Given current conditions this, unfortunately, may be an overly aggressive goal. In any case, there is a lot of cool stuff coming next year, I’ll try to pick the things that will play pivotal roles.

Would you like some movies to stream with your games? OnLive is betting you will. The game streaming service is in talks with movie studios to add Hollywood films to its roster of deliverable content, setting it up as a potential competitor to Netflix. The service may launch in early 2011. “Streaming technology is available to anybody,” OnLive Chief Executive Steve Perlman said in an interview. “We want to work with the… Read More

Online streaming gaming service OnLive has announced the availability of a free OnLive Viewer mobile application for the Apple iPad, enabling iPad owners to spectate on any of “millions” of OnLive video game sessions as they are being played by gamers worldwide. And the spectating service isn't just for the iPad: OnLive has also announced a beta version of the OnLive Viewer for Android, with the Galaxy Tab in mind. If… Read More