A Musical Journey Through Dante’s Hell [Gdc]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
As I mentioned in my review of Dante’s Hell, I loved the scoring and sound of Visceral’s take on hell. More »
Archive for the ‘Games’ Category
What Are You Playing This Weekend? [Lazy Sundays]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
Since much of Kotaku will be spending part of its weekend rubbing elbows with game developers, hopefully securing hot inebriated scoops from those developers, there won’t be much time to play games this weekend. We might squeeze something in. More »
Thinking, Not Always Joking, About What Video Games Can Be [Gdc]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
Our guy in Tokyo has descended upon San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference. We asked him for a report. This is what we got. More »
GDC 2010: OnLive to launch free game demo and rental service
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |Filed under: Downloads, Hardware
You thought we were done talking about OnLive at GDC 2010, didn’t you? Well we did too until we learned about the streaming PC game service’s other plan to introduce itself to gamers. Earlier this week the company announced a June 17 launch date for their main OnLive service which will cost $14.95 a month with rentals and purchasing of games representing an added fee on top.
Now OnLive has announced plans to launch OnLive Game Portal. Unlike the monthly main service, OnLive Game Portal will be free to sign into. It will offer free game demos and a select amount of full games to rent. There seems to be a small caveat; according to OnLive, the free demos are ” subject to available OnLive service capacity and whatever usage limits are associated with each given demo”.
OnLive Game Portal is basically OnLive’s version of “try before you buy”. The OnLive Game Portal will launch sometime after OnLive’s official launch.
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Now OnLive has announced plans to launch OnLive Game Portal. Unlike the monthly main service, OnLive Game Portal will be free to sign into. It will offer free game demos and a select amount of full games to rent. There seems to be a small caveat; according to OnLive, the free demos are " subject to available OnLive service capacity and whatever usage limits are associated with each given demo".
OnLive Game Portal is basically OnLive's version of "try before you buy". The OnLive Game Portal will launch sometime after OnLive's official launch.
GDC 2010: OnLive to launch free game demo and rental service originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsThese Fable III Screens From GDC Are All Mine [Gdc]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
This batch of Fable III screenshots from the Game Developers Conference are indeed all mine, at least in the ‘underground area where ore is extracted from the earth’ definition of the word. More »
Time To Put Your Money Where Your iPad Is [Apple]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
Apple is now taking preorders for its “revolutionary” new shiny thing everyone must own. Will you succumb to the large, vibrant screen of the iPad, or are you made of sterner stuff? More »
Be The Butler [Screengrab]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
Two years ago Sony’s Playstation Blogger Lounge was packed with “No In-Shirt Cross Media Bar” shirts. This year’s shirt? Each printed with neat name tags for Kevin Butler, VP of all things PS3. More »
GDC 2010: Another streaming game service, Otoy, to launch this summer
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |Filed under: Downloads, Hardware
While OnLive certainly has the upper hand in terms of media exposure for its upcoming streaming game service for the PC and Mac, another rival service, Otoy, is planning its own launch in the near future. While not as well known as OnLive, Otoy has some big name partners in its venture, including chip maker AMD.
Otoy, who actually first announced their plans in January 2009, ahead of OnLive’s first reveal, now plans to launch its streaming game tech sometime in the summer using AMD’s Fusion Render Cloud Servers as its basis (the servers themselves are scheduled to be ready in the second quarter of 2010) . VentureBeat reports that each of AMD’s supercomputers has 128 servers that can handle 3,000 customers with high-def streaming downloads.
Unlike OnLive, however, Otoy doesn’t have a specific launch date, pricing plan or a list of games it plans to offer on its service. At the moment it looks like OnLive and perhaps even its other rival Gaikai have the momentum going to launch their own services ahead of Otoy.
GDC 2010: Another streaming game service, Otoy, to launch this summer originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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While OnLive certainly has the upper hand in terms of media exposure for its upcoming streaming game service for the PC and Mac, another rival service, Otoy, is planning its own launch in the near future. While not as well known as OnLive, Otoy has some big name partners in its venture, including chip maker AMD.Otoy, who actually first announced their plans in January 2009, ahead of OnLive's first reveal, now plans to launch its streaming game tech sometime in the summer using AMD's Fusion Render Cloud Servers as its basis (the servers themselves are scheduled to be ready in the second quarter of 2010) . VentureBeat reports that each of AMD's supercomputers has 128 servers that can handle 3,000 customers with high-def streaming downloads.
Unlike OnLive, however, Otoy doesn't have a specific launch date, pricing plan or a list of games it plans to offer on its service. At the moment it looks like OnLive and perhaps even its other rival Gaikai have the momentum going to launch their own services ahead of Otoy.
GDC 2010: Another streaming game service, Otoy, to launch this summer originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Friday, March 12th, 2010 |![Click here to read Sims Creator Explains Why Doom Creator "Rocks"](http://cache-08.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/160x120_syrzzc6ijce.jpg "Click here to read Sims Creator Explains Why Doom Creator "Rocks"")
Will Wright, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man behind The Sims, took to the stage at last night’s Game Developers Choice Awards to present John Carmack, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man behind Doom, with a lifetime achievement award. Guess what he talked about? More »
Talk Amongst Yourselves [Official Kotaku Forum]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 |
Let us not speak too much about Metroid fan fiction or, uh, what happened to yesterday’s TAY (You have to hit “publish” on these things???). Can’t we just talk about video games? More »
