Updated: Surprise, surprise: Sony drops OnLive support for streaming media player after purchasing Gaikai

[Update: We've updated this story to be more precise. It is still confusing, but we've added the facts as we know them] Sony has dropped the option for the OnLive cloud gaming service in an upcoming media player in the …

OnLive shows up in a Sony Internet Blu-ray player (exclusive)

OnLive hasn’t announced any deals yet to get its cloud gaming service into Sony products. But we’ve spotted a very interesting reference to OnLive in a new Sony product: an Internet-streaming Blu-ray player that comes with Google TV.

As you …

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dawnguard, Zynga Unleashed, and Sega’s ongoing decline

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

New Smart TV device allows game-streaming via OnLive

Consumer electronics manufacturer Vizio announced the launch of the Co-Star today, a digital media receiver that'll come with OnLive.

Leaked Microsoft document details $299 Xbox 720 in 2013, Kinect glasses, OnLive acquisition

A 56-page document filled with Xbox 720 information has leaked onto the Internet. It contains information about a $299 Xbox 720, Kinect 2, and a wearable Microsoft computer. Its authenticity has not been confirmed.

The coolest technologies we saw at E3 2012

E3 was once again like Disneyland for tech geeks. Here's the top 10 cool technologies at the video game industry's biggest trade show.

OnLive’s MultiView spectating entices multiplayer and co-op gamers

Video game streaming service OnLive gets a three-window spectating feature called MultiView, and its competitive, cooperative, and multiplayer advantages immediately stand out.

OnLive gets its cloud gaming service on LG TVs and broadens its service

OnLive is announcing several new deals and enhancements to its cloud gaming service, where users play games that are hosted on web-connected data centers and streamed to client devices.

The first announcement that the company made at the Electronic Entertainment …

CloudOn brings Microsoft Office to Android tablets, gets Google Drive support

After releasing a major update to its iPad app last month, CloudOn is today bringing its Microsoft Office virtualization technology to Android tablets.

And, going alongside support for cloud storage services Dropbox and Box, the company also announced that it …

Gamers: Get the most out of your Android device

We've looked long into the eyes of the Android, and we've come back with 10 must-have games, the best alternative app stores, and other tips for getting the most out of your mobile device.

CloudOn 2.0 brings the power of Microsoft Office to the iPad

The race is on to bring true productivity software like Microsoft Office to tablets. OnLive debuted its Desktop app earlier this year, which lets you command a virtual Windows desktop from the iPad or Android tablets, and now a smaller …

OnLive launches L.A. Noire for Android tablets

Cloud gaming service OnLive is launching Rockstar Games’ L.A. Noire on Android tablets today.

One game may not seem like a big deal. But the move shows that OnLive is still striving to bring high-end content to low-end devices. That …

A roundup of stories from the Game Developers Conference

Our GamesBeat team is exhausted after five days of covering the biggest show for game developers in San Francisco. Here’s a day-by-day roundup of the major stories that we wrote from the Game Developers Conference this week. We’ve also thrown …

Microsoft warns that OnLive Desktop’s Office streaming app violates license

The OnLive Desktop app enables users to run a Windows desktop on an Apple iPad or Android tablet, freeing users from their PCs even if they want to use Microsoft Office. It’s a great innovation from cloud-streaming firm OnLive, but …

Gaikai signs up Warner Bros.’ Lord of the Rings Online game for instant demos

Gaikai is announcing today it has signed up another partner — Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment — for its game-streaming business where it embeds instantly playable game demos in the web sites of its publishing partners.

David Perry (pictured at last …

iSwifter makes iPad game streaming available to all PC game companies (exclusive)

iSwifter found a niche for its cloud streaming service by enabling Flash games to run on the iPad. Now it is extending its platform so that a wider swatch of PC game companies can stream their games to Apple’s tablet.…

Gaikai expanding its streaming demo service to Game retail website

Gaikai, the cloud based gaming service, today announced that it will be streaming game demos directly to online customers of European retailer Game.

In what has been an otherwise awful week for the troubled U.K.-based retailer, this news will help …