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App opens Windows for iPad, hit by licensing door

Streaming games provider Gaikai has partnered with GAME to offer a streaming demo service on the retailer’s website beginning this spring. GAME says that the move forms a significant part of our strategy to grow revenues from its web and digital business”. There’s no sign, though, of GAME trying to …

Streaming games service OnLive has joined forces with the 14th Annual Independent Games Festival to promote some of the games expected to star at the event. Beginning today and running until March 11st, US and UK OnLive users can play a selection of 16 games that are either IGF nominees …

Demos of 16 IGF award nominees to be made available for next two weeks

Cloud gaming service OnLive will soon be available through devices that feature Google TV. The company will begin rolling out its streaming service with the Viewer App, according to CVG. This allows users to watch what other OnLive members are playing and communicate with friends. The Viewer App was launched …

Tomorrow’s release of the OnLive Desktop app does not represent a move away from gaming, cloud computing firm OnLive has pledged. In fact, speaking to Gamasutra OnLive CEO Steve Perlman has said that the Dektop app – which allows users to stream a Windows 7 PC and a set range …

Streaming games service Gaikai will become and out-of-the-box feature in some of LG’s future 3D TV releases. The company’s Smart TV range will include Gaikai as a menu option, meaning that users will be able to play high-level PC games directly through their sets. Thanks to the internet, you can …

Just hours after streaming film service Netflix launched on both PS3 and Xbox 360 in the UK, rival Lovefilm has reduced the price of its service to undercut it. As of today a Lovefilm account costs just 4.99 a month in the UK. Before the cut it cost 5.99 – …

OnLive appears eager to end its direct competition with the established home consoles, with one of the company’s executives openly encouraging Sony and Microsoft to incorporate the cloud game tech. Bruce Grove, OnLive’s newly appointed general manager for the UK, said the company is willing to talk about provide cloud …

Watch out OnLive and Gaikai – a new rival says it can be the dominant force in cloud gaming. California-based Approxy believes it can better both thanks to its technology, which it claims can stream 1080p 3D stereoscopic games, protect publishers from hacks and save them money. The service allows …