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First look: OnLive Desktop

Posted January 21, 2012 - 8:09 am

I'm writing these words as I often do, using Microsoft Word. But I'm doing so on an iPad 2, not on a Mac. And I'm running Word for Windows on that iPad, thanks to the new OnLive Desktop client for the iPad.
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Help OnLive get to 62,791 Facebook Likes, get a game for $1

Posted October 20, 2011 - 1:41 pm

Cloud gaming service OnLive is recruiting the dark forces of social media to spread the word about its service -- and if you help out, there could be cheap games in it for you.
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GameStop steals $50 customer coupons from new Deus EX game

Posted August 29, 2011 - 11:25 am

You know those coupons and fliers that come in boxed games? GameStop wants to end that clutter for you, at least when it's for a service they feel competes with a service they're planning. So users don't get free access to Deus Ex: Human Revolution streamed via OnLive when they buy the PC version of the game at GameStop.
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OnLive wants to be inside your PS3 and Xbox 360

Posted July 1, 2011 - 9:30 pm

OnLive is great for people who want to ride into the future. Cloud based gaming eliminates the need for those pesky disks and trips to your local GameStop. But if you have console, you're stuck in the past -- something that OnLive wants to fix.
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OnLive gets connected with Facebook

Posted June 3, 2011 - 1:35 pm

Cloud gaming service OnLive has expanded its social options with new Facebook connectivity. The company will be showing off more goodies at E3, too.
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OnLive gets mobile investor, adds 5.1 Surround Sound to its service

Posted February 9, 2011 - 8:45 am

OnLive, the streaming game service, announced a new feature yesterday: SRS 5.1 Surround Sound. Also announced: HTC is buying a $40 million stake in the firm.
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OnLive's PlayPack launches; $10/month for all-you-can-play gaming

Posted February 2, 2011 - 9:40 am

Ten bucks a month now gets you access to 38 games that you can play without downloading or installing, assuming you've got decent broadband.
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OnLive announces new staff, new partnerships, new updates

Posted January 5, 2011 - 9:06 am

OnLive has been all over the news this week. They've got a new COO, announced a new partnership with Vizio and revealed plans for playing OnLive games on Android.
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OnLive Claims 'Fundamental' Patent on Cloud Gaming

Posted December 16, 2010 - 11:24 am

I hate patents. I don't hate talent, or genius, or inspiration, or the right to benefit from your ideas, or the hand-in-glove right to throw up a basic firewall against others waiting in the wings to cranks out knock-offs. I still hate patents, because they're often filed preemptively by cynical corporations with intent to execute on virtually none of them until someone else comes along, creates something uniquely cool, and, usually without knowing, falls afoul of the fine print in some dust-covered paper abstract.
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Hands-on with the OnLive Game Console: the head cold edition

Posted December 10, 2010 - 9:21 am

My OnLive Game Console finally arrived and in spite of a whopper of a head cold (and all the fuzzy-headedness that entails) I decided to take on the task of some hands-on testing. So who won? The cold or the console? All is revealed inside!
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Netflix cuts deal with Disney-ABC, but competition looms

Posted December 9, 2010 - 8:52 am

Netflix continues to build out its streaming library with an announcement of a deal with Disney-ABC Television that will deliver some shows as soon as 15 days after the original air date. But are Amazon and OnLive getting ready to compete in the subscription-based streaming space?
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Don't believe what you read: OnLive and Netflix

Posted December 7, 2010 - 10:03 pm

Yesterday, news source Reuters ran a story claiming that streaming game service OnLive looked to challenge streaming movie and TV show service Netflix. Turns out, it's not true.
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Streaming gaming services in the news: OnLive, Gaikai, and Gamestring

Posted December 3, 2010 - 8:32 am

A year ago the idea of streaming games seemed far-fetched to many of us, in spite of OnLive's claims to the contrary. Now we've got news from three different game streaming services in a single day. How times change.
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OnLive's MicroConsole gets a release date; will it make a difference?

Posted November 19, 2010 - 8:40 am

The OnLive streaming gaming service works quite well, yet gamers don't seem to be flocking to the service. Now a MicroConsole helps bring OnLive to your TV. Will it also help bring OnLive to skeptical gamers? I think it will.
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Streaming game services: InstantAction shuts down while OnLive reveals strategic partnership

Posted November 12, 2010 - 8:17 am

We've had some ups and downs in the nascent streaming gaming space this week. OnLive finally gives us a peek into how they manage to stream actual gameplay to us, while more traditional service InstantAction has closed its doors.
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Streaming gaming service OnLive drops subs; hardware coming soon

Posted October 5, 2010 - 7:53 am

You know those subscription fees that OnLive deferred for its first customers? It sounds like they're gone for good!
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OnLive monthly membership free

Posted October 4, 2010 - 8:34 pm

The cloud video-game service OnLive announced Monday that it's dropping its plans for a monthly fee.
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OnLive game streaming hands-on: a real surprise

Posted June 21, 2010 - 7:57 am

OnLive's game streaming service launched to a select few last Thursday but account activations seem to be continuing to roll out. My account was activated Friday night, giving me a whole weekend to test the service. I've been highly skeptical of OnLive since it was first announced. It might be time for me to eat my words...
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OnLive launches, but for who?

Posted June 18, 2010 - 9:11 am

OnLive announced a June 17th launch day and according to several sources they hit that launch date. So why can't I access the service?
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OnLive's streaming game service to launch June 17th

Posted March 11, 2010 - 8:37 am

The company claims it can deliver 720P, state of the art gaming to your low-end PC.
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GDC 09: 6 Reasons OnLive Could Be a Bust

Posted March 25, 2009 - 2:57 pm

Are Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo in deep doo-doo when you can click an "on" button and instantly play the latest video games through a browser or set top box near your TV?
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OnLive: Will it beat Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii?

Posted March 24, 2009 - 5:10 pm

Game consoles as you know them could become obsolete sooner than you'd think. Imagine a supersvelte thin-client box that streams HD games in real time over the Internet. Pay a subscription fee and it can run the latest games at reasonably high resolutions on your TV, PC or Mac. We just saw--and tried it--for ourselves. It's called OnLive.
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OnLive, a new game-changing technology

Posted March 24, 2009 - 8:17 am

From the Game Developers Conference comes word of a new video gaming service that will run on just about any system in your house. The secret? Run the code on their servers, and stream the output to you.
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