OnLive already lets you enjoy the benefits (and sometimes share in the frustrations) of cloud gaming on PC, Mac, and tablets, but today the company announced a deal that will soon see the service coming to Google TVs and Google TV devices. OnLive has partnered with Marvell and plans to use Marvell's technology to increase the range of its cloud gaming service. The best part? By using Marvell's tech, OnLive subscribers will be able to access the service on their Google TVs without a console.
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Marvell and OnLive team up to bring game streaming to Google TV
Ouya Android device will be a $99 game streaming box
At least one group of people thinks that Android is a solid platform for video games. There is a new device in development that uses Google's mobile OS specifically for game playback on a TV, and it carries the code name "Ouya." It doesn't appear to have an official license from Google yet, and it's unclear if the developers intend to go that route.
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Sony Google TV Blu-ray player drops OnLive support
Sony has axed support for OnLive game playback on its newest Google TV-powered Blu-ray player. Here's the kicker - the player hasn't even shipped yet; it isn't due to release until July 9. But after the company announced that it will acquire Gaikai - an OnLive rival - it seems like an infinitely understandable decision. Incidentally, Sony never confirmed any sort of OnLive partnership.
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So who’ll buy OnLive now?
Sony’s acquisition of Gaikai today closes off one long-standing rumor of a cloud gaming investment, but opens up another: which rival can’t afford to leave OnLive on the shelf? Whispers that Sony was eyeing a cloud specialist culminated back in May with OnLive and Gaikai presumed the most likely candidates for powering the company’s long-standing “Four Screen” strategy, something Sony described as its retort to Apple’s iOS, iTunes and iCloud ecosystem. That leaves OnLive potentially up for grabs, and a number of potential suitors.
Sony grabs Gaikai for cloud gaming and entertainment
Sony has snapped up cloud gaming specialist Gaikai for $380m, the company has confirmed, with plans to roll out a new cloud service for PlayStation and home entertainment. "Sony Computer Entertainment will deliver a world-class cloud-streaming service" Andrew House, president and group CEO of SCE said of the deal, "that allows users to instantly enjoy a broad array of content ranging from immersive core games with rich graphics to casual content anytime, anywhere on a variety of internet-connected devices."
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Vizio Co-Star offers Google TV and OnLive for $99.99
Back at CES 2012, Vizio revealed that it wouldn’t just be pumping out affordable televisions but also Google TV set top boxes. One of the devices at the time held the uninspired VAP430 moniker, but the company has today announced that the box has officially launched, and is now called the Vizio Co-Star. The box uses the latest version of Google TV, features support for the full Chrome web browser as well as apps, and has brought OnLive along for the ride too.
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Sony mulling cloud gaming purchase
Here’s an interesting little rumor: Sony is reportedly looking into streaming game services, and more specifically aiming to acquire either Gaikai or OnLive. Information has pointed towards Sony purchasing a cloud gaming company and announcing the buy at its E3 conference this coming Monday. Sources have told MCV that Sony is poised to sign an agreement with “a high profile cloud gaming firm.”
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NVIDIA enters cloud gaming with GeForce GRID
Cloud gaming seems to be gathering some momentum, with OnLive and Gaikai both providing streaming games for reasonable prices with decent, if not amazing, quality. Now NVIDIA has signed a partnership with Gaikai that would see the cloud gaming company make use of of the new Kepler architecture as well as dedicated video encoding via CUDA.
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OnLive complies with Microsoft licensing terms for virtual desktops
Last month, we talked about OnLive and its virtualized Windows 7 desktop on the iPad coming under fire by Microsoft for improper licensing. Other virtualization companies complained that the five dollar per month paid service offering Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7 on the iPad was a price impossible to meet when paying Microsoft licensing. Microsoft later confirmed that OnLive was licensing the software incorrectly.
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OnLive Desktop app hits Microsoft roadblock
Cloud gaming service OnLive recently released a virtual Desktop app that worked as a Windows 7 client to stream Microsoft's desktop Office suite to users' iPads or Android tablets. The service seemed too good to be true and some questioned whether it was in violation of Microsoft's licensing terms. Well, question no more as the software giant has broached the subject today with an obvious disapproval.
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OnLive Desktop Plus gives iPad superspeed Flash
OnLive Desktop may have stumbled upon the best way to get Flash content on an iPad: host the CPU-hungry tech on a server as far away as possible from your tablet, and simply stream over the results. In an update to the OnLive Desktop remote access app, first released last month, OnLive Desktop Plus adds gigabit-speed accelerated browsing with full Adobe Flash support, delivering what the company says isn't just the fastest full-browsing experience when mobile, but the fastest experience on any platform.
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OnLive Desktop for iPad released
OnLive Desktop gone live in Apple's App Store, offering iPad owners instant access to a cloud-based Windows desktop complete with Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Announced earlier in the week, OnLive Desktop - which is a free download [iTunes link] and currently has no ongoing subscription charges for the basic package - allows documents to be viewed, created and edited, with the promise of more apps incoming soon.
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