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A report has claimed that Microsoft is preparing a universal, cross-platform Xbox gaming platform similar in design to OnLive for launch in 2012. If true it would dismiss the ongoing whispers that Microsoft could snap-up the fledgling OnLive service and integrate into its own operations. ElectronicTheatre suggests that the new …
Read More »Using OnLive downloads around 3GB of data per hour
Estimates from a number of online sources claim that playing games via new streaming service OnLive consumes between 2GB and 3GB every hour. Tech blogs Techbeast.net and The Perils of Parallel estimate hourly usage at 2.9GB and 3GB respectively, while UK’s biggest ISP BT has a slightly lower estimate of …
Read More »ANALYSIS: (On)Live and Kicking
Pundits will have you believe the next generation of games hardware won’t arrive until 2013 or later. However last week, at 12.01am on September 22nd, a fifth home gaming format was activated: cloud gaming service OnLive. At its most basic form this one needs no hardware, no discs, no physical …
Read More »[Correction] OnLive snubbed by Activision dev
Update: Publisher denies involvement
Read More »UK Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps to £27.7m
The UK games retail market generated 27.7m last week, a 136 per cent rise week-on-week and the second highest number this year. Over 900,000 software units were sold last week, up 75 per cent over the seven days before. It’s amazing what two games can do.The market was driven largely …
Read More »Pre-order Arkham City, get OnLive console free
Want to grab the newest games console on the market and access to the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham City for just 27? Of course you do. And that’s exactly what OnLive is offering its customers in the UK. Echoing the deal it is currently running on Saints Row: The Third, …
Read More »Get OnLive console and Saints Row 3 for £24.49
It’s all the industry is talking about today, and new streaming games service OnLive is doing all it can to ensure the public is just as enthused. As well as its any game for 1 deal for new users of the service, OnLive is also offering a fantastic freebie for …
Read More »PopCap, Parker, OnLive and GoG.com join LGC line-up
Digital games experts from around the world will convene in London this November. The final schedule for November 10th’s London Games Conference has been set, with speakers from leading online games firms PopCap, OnLive and Good Old Games plus analyst Nick Parker joining the roster. A full schedule can be …
Read More »Cloud gaming casts over UK as OnLive takes off
GAME, GameStation and BT back the disruptive games service
Read More »OPINION: The OnLive Revolution?
Today is an important day that I have no doubt represents a true change to how we consume games. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the rise of cloud computing will, in the fullness of time, come to dominate our digital lives. Browsing, working, playing – the cloud is …
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