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50 per cent of staff laid off as former investor takes full control
Read More »OnLive sells assets to new company
Cloud gaming firm plans to hire 'substantially more people' despite layoffs
Read More »UPDATE – Report: OnLive closing down
All staff laid off and new company to be formed, suggests leaked e-mail
Read More »Hirai: Gaikai deal will propel games industry to the cloud
'People are moving to the mobile space, and related to that is shifting things to the cloud'
Read More »DEVELOP AWARDS: David Perry, Development Legend retrospective
VIDEO: Watch our montage video of the Gaikai boss' remarkable time in the games industry
Read More »Sony confirms Gaikai acquisition
Confirming MCV’s exclusive report last month, Sony has acquired cloud gaming firm Gaikai for $380m. At the end of May, MCV revealed that Sony’s rumoured interested in cloud gaming tech went beyond what many had suspected and would lead to an acquisition. Gaikai soon emerged as the front-runner, only for …
Read More »Ex-Activision and Sony execs take HTML5 to the cloud
New start-up PlayCanvas designed to be an end-to-end development and publishing solution for 3D HTML5 titles
Read More »Zynga API unleashed for third-party developers
Zynga's hardware and services now available without local back end servers
Read More »Gaikai on the hunt for buyer
Cloud gaming service Gaikai is reportedly actively looking for a buyer. CNN reports that the company has already hired bankers and is expecting well in excess of $500 million” for the sale. To date Gaikai has raised approximately $45m in venture capitalist funding from companies such as Benchmark Capital and …
Read More »E3 2012: Sony is "looking at what OnLive is doing"
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has admitted that cloud gaming could very well play a part in PlayStation’s immediate future. Specifically, he conceded that Sony is looking at what OnLive is doing”, adding fuel to the recent reports linking Sony to a cloud gaming acquisition. We’re looking at what …
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