Report: OnLive shutting down and selling shares to Sony
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Sony is tightening its stranglehold on the cloud gaming market, reportedly purchasing shares of OnLive, which is shutting down for the second time.
READ MORE >OnLive is back with CloudLift, a new streaming service that ties into your Steam library
OnLive is back. The service will tie into Steam, with games from your existing library transferring over to CloudLift.
READ MORE >"It's actually bigger than just that. This could be the signal of a shift in gaming business ..."
see all 11 commentsOnLive sold for only $4.8 million
OnLive was sold for only $4.8 million, a creditor letter has revealed.
READ MORE >"That guy who played xcom on his iPad at work streaming from his home PC was the first instance ..."
see all 27 commentsReport: OnLive's former CEO pulled the plug on game deals
Former OnLive employees describe former CEO Steve Perlman as hostile, refusing to work with publishers that could have greatly expanded the service's game offerings.
READ MORE >"Looks like the technology wasn't the hardest thing about OnLive after all."
see all 8 commentsMorning Keefinated! -- Neil, Guild Wars 2, OnLive and #playnice
Ramblings and musings of occasional significance to the Shacknews audience. This is the morning edition for August 27, 2012. Topics include: Welcome to the new morning show; Neil Armstrong has died and as a NASA kid, I cry; as well as OnLive, Guild Wars 2, and other things t...
READ MORE >"Running around the HUUGE Lornar's Pass area.. Level 34, doing fine! Glad to be further on that I ..."
see all 36 commentsMicrosoft seeking former OnLive employees to join Xbox team
OnLive's collapse means that many talented people are currently without a job. However, many of them may find a new home: Microsoft.
READ MORE >"Except in cases like this new-onlive would certainly make sure they re-hire the core talent. ..."
see all 19 commentsOnLive CEO says 'essential people' being brought back
OnLive CEO Ron Perlman talks about why the company reached such dire straits, and how it plans to bring back some employees in waves going forward.
READ MORE >"To be fair, there's been no reports of OnLive missing payroll. It appears no matter what else ..."
see all 23 commentsOnLive assets sold, service to continue [Update]
Game streaming company OnLive has reportedly shut down.
READ MORE >"I'll agree with you that something like OnLive makes sense for demos. For actual games (i.e., ..."
see all 129 commentsOUYA strikes deal with OnLive
OUYA has struck a deal with OnLive to offer the game streaming service over its Android-based console.
READ MORE >"Exactly - it's pretty bad when the best thing you can say is that you're impressed because you ..."
see all 11 commentsField Report: LA Noire Touch Edition
Last week, Rockstar Games released a new version of LA Noire with touch controls. But you'd be forgiven if you didn't know about it--it's a touch version created exclusively for OnLive.
READ MORE >"I'm disappointed to hear the touch controls were less than ideal. In any case, having what is ..."
see all 3 commentsOrion: Dino Beatdown 'VidDoc' series teases March release
Orion: Dino Beatdown--the indie game featuring space marines, dinosaurs, and jetpacks--is planned for a March release, and developer Spiral Game Studios has released the first weekly 'VidDoc' that discusses some more details.
READ MORE >"Wait... They're all mad because the T-Rex looks the same? It's not like you can change the look ..."
see all 5 commentsQUBE coming to Mac; iOS version prototyped
Toxic Games is planning to bring its indie puzzler Q.U.B.E. to other platforms besides PC, including Mac, iOS, and OnLive.
READ MORE >Best of 2011 Runner-Up: Deus Ex Human Revolution
This week Shacknews finally reveals its top five games of 2011. Today we begin with the fourth runner-up, Deus Ex: Human Revolution from developers Eidos Montreal and Nixxies (PC).
READ MORE >"Dues EX deserves this award! BTW any bitching about the boss battles from what I've heard most ..."
see all 27 commentsOnLive now supports Xperia Play
OnLive has now been updated to support the "PlayStation Phone," enabling Play owners to play "almost all" games in the OnLive library.
READ MORE >""An iOS version of the OnLive client is in the works as well." <-- very nice"
see all 3 commentsOnLive expands to Android phones and tablets
Streaming games service OnLive is expanding its offering to Android tablets and phones today, enabling gamers to play modern PC and console games on their mobile devices.
READ MORE >"Ok, it that didn't work for me. I'm guessing I need to root my tablet, and I don't wanna do that ..."
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"you likely lose them unless Sony is feeling benevolent. They don't even stream a bunch of ..."
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