Tag Archives: Gaikai

Geoffrey Tim

What Gaikai brings to the PlayStation 4

February 21, 2013 at 1:00 pm | 58 Comments

We all knew that Sony would be using its recently acquired cloud-service Gaikai in the PlayStation 4 – but our expectations were somewhat pedestrian; we thought we’d just be able to stream games, and perhaps game demos off the cloud. The reality of it far more interesting, and Gaikai brings a host of unique features and services that will be difficult for the competition to replicate.


Geoffrey Tim

Gaikai sued for patents

October 12, 2012 at 10:45 am | 9 Comments

Gaikai, the cloud gaming service created by ex-shiny developer (and Earthworm Jim creator) David Perry is being sued. T5 Labs claims Gaikai is infringing upon its patents. A patent war in technology? No way!


Gavin Mannion

OnLive pokes Sony and yet misses the point

August 1, 2012 at 10:00 am | 5 Comments

OnLive is the cloud gaming service that was apparently going to relegate the console to the history books and revolutionise gaming for all. As such you can imagine they aren’t overly ecstatic about the Sony acquisition of Gaikai and the UK boss has decided to voice his opinion.


Gavin Mannion

Sony kicks OnLive off its media player

July 4, 2012 at 11:30 am | 8 Comments

Well this isn’t really surprising is it but Sony has just confirmed that its upcoming streaming media player due to be released later this month will no longer support the OnLive adaptor as previously announced.


Gavin Mannion

Microsoft doesn’t care about Sony’s cloud

July 3, 2012 at 9:00 am | 14 Comments

 

The big news yesterday was that Sony has acquired cloud gaming service Gaikai for a whopping $380 million which obviously points to the cloud being a major force for Sony moving forward. As such the obvious question was put to Microsoft in regards to what are their thoughts on the move and the cloud?


Geoffrey Tim

Sony Buys Gaikai; will the next Playstation be cloud based?

July 2, 2012 at 9:24 am | 2 Comments

Rumours have been swirling for ages, pointing to Sony getting it’s next-gen console going the cloud-based route. those rumours have just received a shot in the arm - with Sony announcing that it’s purchased OnLive competitor Gaikai.


Gavin Mannion

There is no deal between Sony and Gaikai

June 7, 2012 at 9:00 am | 8 Comments

One of the most anticipated announcements at E3 2012 was that Sony was going to either buy or partner with a major cloud gaming service such as OnLive or Gaikai but that announcement never came and it’s not going to come, at least not with Gaikai yet.


Geoffrey Tim

David Perry : No cloud gaming in next gen would be “insane”

October 13, 2011 at 2:30 pm | 15 Comments

Onlive has recently made some pretty astounding inroads in to the seemingly magical realm of cloud gaming. It’s launched in the US and the UK - and it really works, as if driven by pixie dust. Its premise is simple; instead of buying expensive console of PC hardware all the time, you have a web client or mini console that streams the game you’re playing - running on Onlive’s bountiful servers - off the internet in real-time.

David Perry, formerly of Shiny Entertainment and current head of competing cloud-gaming service Gaikai says it would be “insane” if next generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony didn’t include Cloud Gaming Features.