http://www.onlivegamesblog.com A blog dedicated to the new Onlive Gaming on Demand System Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:21:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can now follow OnLive on Twitter for the latest tweets and updates. http://twitter.com/onlive_fan http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/onlive-on-twitter There was a nice interview conducted by John Callaham of Bigdownload.com. Callaham chats with OnLive VP, John Spinale. Spinale breaks down some of the questions that still linger for everyone in the gaming world. Custom servers were built to handle the processing power on OnLive's end. Their data center strategy ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/onlive-vp-john-spinale-talks-to-bigdownloads There has been quite the buzz on usage based internet pricing, primarily by Time Warner Cable in Austin/San Antonio area as a test market. With the emergance of streaming videos, television, and movies on demand, Internet services providers are starting to see how they can either curb this or capitalize ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/will-usage-based-internet-pricing-affect-onlive Guy de Beer CEO of Playcast Media another cloud gaming technology theorized that OnLive maybe bought out by the likes of Google or Microsoft in the future. Although OnLive has plenty of money and should have enough money to launch and sustain with the buzz around the gaming world. De ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/onlive-potential-buy-out-by-google-or-microsoft We will probably see a bunch of these over time whether they are better or worst than OnLive we will see. GaiKai seems to be a new cloud gaming service that has sprung up.  GaiKai lets you play any game from within your browser. No files, no installation, just a ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/gaikai-onlives-competition Sony has probably been the one of the only ones to comment about the new OnLive Games on Demand system that is set to be released this year. Nintentdo's Reggie Fils-Aime has made general comments but still shied away. In an interview with Edge-online.com Sony's director of corporate communications, Patrick ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/sony-doubts-onlive The Onlive Microconsole seems to be quite a simple system, the specifications allow for four wireless controllers, four bluetooth headsets, two USB controller connections for a possible keyboard/mouse. The the other side of the console there is a Micro-USB for power-in, Video/Audio out (looks to be an HDMI port), Ethernet ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/onlive-microconsole-specifications We stumbled upon this article reporting on OnLive, Inc. receiving $16.5 Million in venture capital funding  with backers from Maverick Capital and Warner Brothers. Little did we know that the "data and network storage" startup would be for storing video game data. The article on Venture Beat was dated October ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/onlive-another-data-network-storage-startup In a report by BBC New Website Technology Editor Darren Waters, the article has Onlive founder Steve Perlman defending Onlive against critiques that say the new game streaming system Onlive Games on Demand will not work because of the lack of bandwidth and the lag. Steve Perlman said critics had not ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/onlive-game-service-will-work Spong.com has reported that Sony has trademarked "PS Cloud" in perhaps a way to counter the upcoming release of Onlive Games on Demand. This is strictly speculation. Sony maybe just trying to protect their brand. Or do they really have something in the works in the cloud and are just ... http://www.onlivegamesblog.com/ps-cloud-sony-trademark-vs-onlive