Cloud Gaming Hops Across the Pond as OnLive Hits the UK

OnLive is literally a revolution in gaming. The nay-sayers were tremendous, yet the service has been breaking boundary after boundary as cloud gaming becomes a viable alternative to thousands of gamers. Having had the chance to sit down with Product Development Lead at OnLive, Joe Bentley, I was able to scrape some information that leads me to believe that the company is aiming for an even bigger market share. With unlimited access to a growing game library, the pioneer of cloud gaming has set its sights on offering its services in the UK.

Cloud gaming has become a huge prominent part of the internet. Whether it be cloud gaming, cloud computing or cloud security, many believe that this way of accessing data online is going to become bigger and better as technology progress. Being able to access games online with a membership like what OnLive has to offer will help gamers stay away from purchasing illegal downloads of a game and keeping clear and free of online piracy.

This service will be debuted at the EuroGamer expo this year and will launch on the same day; September 22. An OnLive membership is free, and members get free demos of any game instantly, with which they can pay for the full game and continue playing right where they left off.

“OnLive will utterly transform gaming in the UK,” said OnLive Founder
and CEO Steve Perlman. “No discs, big downloads or specialised hardware
needed. OnLive gives you the latest games instantly, anytime, anywhere on
HDTV, PC, Mac, as well as iPad, Android tablets. High-performance gaming as
accessible as streaming video, with unique social features such as massive
spectating with voice chat and Facebook integration.”

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OnLive users have access to several features unavailable on regular consoles.

Just sign up for free at http://www.onlive.co.uk, and get priority
access, starting 22nd September with almost any PC or Mac via a small
browser download, on the iPad or Android tablet via the free app, or on any
HDTV via the OnLive Game System.

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The awesome OnLive controller.

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Charles

Charles is the Founder and Editor In Chief of thegamefanatics.com and even though he didn’t grow up with the opportunity to have as many systems as probably a lot of hardcore gamers did, he always had an avid passion for gaming. He currently does most of his gaming on either the ps3 or pc, and gets irked when people try to discredit the pc as a viable gaming console. He does have a life outside of video games; playing the drums and acoustic guitar as well as playing basketball and football are some of his hobbies. He says the only thing he love more than gaming is being around a community of gamers. Email him, find him on twitter, or stalk him on facebook!