Neowin News Feed for: Gaikai

Microsoft hiring for future "cloud gaming" initiative

John Callaham — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:09:27 +0100

Microsoft has posted an online ad looking for a Producer to help with "future initiatives in cloud gaming" that it claims will "drive experiences in gaming that have not been possible before." Read more...

Rumor: PS4 to offer streaming access to PS3 games

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:01:45 +0000

A new rumor claims that Sony's next PlayStation console will offer a way to play current PlayStation 3 games but only by a streaming Internet feature powered by Gaikai, which Sony bought in 2012. Read more...

Onlive reportedly only has 1,800 concurrent users

John Callaham — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:02:11 +0100

A new report, via unnamed sources, claims that the OnLive streaming PC game service just had an average of 1,800 concurrent users, even as the company reorganizes and lays off many of its employees. Read more...

Gaikai acquired by Sony for $380 million

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:36:28 +0100

Sony has bought the streaming game service Gaikai for $380 million, as Sony looks to the cloud as a future way to distribute games. Sony hints that streaming game support is coming to its consoles. Read more...

Gaikai rumored to be for sale; looking for over $500 million

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:15:57 +0100

The PC streaming game service Gaikai is rumored to be up for sale, with the same report claiming that its owners are looking for an offer that is over $500 million. Read more...

Sony rumored to announce streaming game deal at E3 2012

John Callaham — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:13:20 +0100

A new rumor claims that Sony will announce a deal at E3 2012 with either OnLive or Gaikai that would add game cloud streaming features to current Playstation hardware. Read more...

NVIDIA announces VGX cloud-based PC graphics solution

John Callaham — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:28:20 +0100

NVIDIA has announced its plans to launch VGX, a new cloud-based PC graphics technology that it claims will bring higher end graphics and software to low end PCs. Read more...

Gaikai to offer streaming games on Wikipad

John Callaham — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:36:08 +0100

The Gaikai streaming PC game service has announced a new partnership with Wikipad that will allow the upcoming portable gaming device to stream games from Gaikai. Read more...

Gaikai launches streaming PC game demos on Facebook

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:28:14 +0100

Gaikai has launched its Facebook app which allows PC, Mac and Linux web-based users to stream free PC game demos directly from Facebook. The app will work in North America and Europe. Read more...

Stream Mass Effect 3 PC demo now via Gaikai

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:47:08 +0100

Gaikai has launched a streaming demo of the PC version of Mass Effect 3, allowing pretty much anyone to get a taste of the acclaimed sci-fi RPG from BioWare. Read more...

Gaikai to offer streaming PC games on LG TVs in 2012

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:02:56 +0000

The streaming game service Gaikai announced at CES 2012 this week that it has a new agreement with LG to provide streaming PC games to LG's Cinema 3D TV later in 2012. Read more...

Gaikai secures $30 million in more funding

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:26:08 +0100

The trend to offering PC games via cloud-based broadband streaming services appears to be gaining steam, at least as far as investors are concerned. This week one of the two leading streaming game companies, Gaikai,... Read more...

OnLive CEO: Cloud-based games to replace all others in 10 years

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:02:51 +0100

Currently the concept of playing games via a streaming cloud-based service is in its infancy but according to Steve Perlman the CEO of OnLive, playing games via a cloud server could replace all other ways... Read more...

Gaming news round up: July 5

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:40:51 +0100

Everyone enjoy their long holiday? Good, because it looks like there will be more than one big announcement in the gaming world in the next few days. In the meantime check out these news nuggets: The... Read more...

Gaikai gets deal to stream game demos via Walmart.com

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:07:49 +0100

In the business of streaming PC games, OnLive might be the biggest company but its biggest rival Gaikai is aiming to take a chuck of this growing market. Today Venture Beat reports that Gaikai has... Read more...