OnLive raises big round from AT&T and others for on-demand gaming
OnLive is announcing today it has raised a third round of funding from AT&T Media Holdings, Lauder Partners and its existing partners as it moves toward the launch of its video games on demand service, which will let you play high-end games with no special hardware.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company declined to say how much it raised. But Steve Perlman, chief executive and founder of OnLive, said in an interview that the round was large… Continue Reading
Otoy joins the fray of companies offering video games on demand
When OnLive came out of hiding in March and declared it could let gamers play fast-action games over the network — a futuristic service dubbed video games on demand — a lot of critics said it was impossible.
But now Otoy, a startup with just seven people, says it can do the same thing with even fewer resources. And beyond delivering fast-action games to players on PCs, Otoy says it can deliver fast games to players… Continue Reading
Interview with game developer Chris Taylor, supreme commander of imaginary wars
Chris Taylor is a goofy character in the game business. That’s why he was a fine emcee at our recent GamesBeat 09 conference. But he has a serious side as the founder of Gas Powered Games, a maker of real-time strategy games that has weathered big changes in the PC game business. Taylor’s games –- including Total Annihilation, Dungeon Siege, Supreme Commander, and the recent Demigod — have sold more than 6 million copies. We… Continue Reading
Will OnLive succeed with its video-games-on-demand service?
OnLive created a big stir last week as it announced a video-games-on-demand service set to launch this fall. The service promises to let gamers play high-end games on low-end hardware and would mean you’ll never have to upgrade to a new game console again. Created over seven years, the service has the support of nine game publishers and backers such as Autodesk and Warner Bros. Interactive Studios. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is building its… Continue Reading
Game industry executives react to OnLive video games on demand announcement
Steve Perlman’s OnLive video games on demand service was the talk of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week. Every person I interviewed had an opinion about the story, which broke on Monday night.
The service, launching this fall, lets gamers play high-end games on low-end computers thanks to a new server-based computing design. The games are processed on servers, and game images are piped back to homes where they are displayed on a… Continue Reading
New OnLive service could turn the video game world upside down
Few startups have a chance to revolutionize an industry. But if entrepreneur Steve Perlman’s OnLive lives up to its goals, the company will disrupt the entire video game industry — to the delight of both game publishers and gamers.
Perlman (right), a serial entrepreneur whose startup credits include WebTV and Mova, says his Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has developed a data compression technology and an accompanying online game service that allows game computation to be done… Continue Reading
OnLive, another data and networking storage startup, raises $16.5M
OnLive Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif. data and networking storage startup, has raised $16.5 million in a second funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Wire. Backers include Maverick Capital and Warner Brothers.