Footie Fans, The Competition Starts Now

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 23, 2012 by brucegrove

Soccer. Footie. Whatever you like to call the sport, if you consider yourself a true fan, we’ve got some exciting news: Now you can experience it with unmatched realism anytime and anywhere you like.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 has just launched on OnLive, bringing a whole slew of gameplay improvements (and a kickin’ sweepstakes) along with it. From brand-new Active AI to a cool new Teammate Control system, which lets you command the movements of two players at once (a really fun way to draw away defense, among other things), PES 2012 has taken some impressive steps forward from past games in the series. You not only feel more in control of your team, the animation is better, players’ reactions are more defined and Konami has added some cool details to bring the whole stadium to life.

But what I’m most excited about is playing it on OnLive, and I know I might be biased but hear me out:

  1. You can spectate. With the OnLive Arena, you’ll be able to watch matches between friends and strangers, and even add your own commentary over voice chat.
  2. You can show off. Snap a Brag Clip™ video of the play that brings the crowds to their feet and post it on Facebook for the real world to see.
  3. You never have to stop. Seriously, this is awesome. With the new OnLive app for Android tablets and smartphones, you can stream your OnLive games to almost any device you have on hand and pick up playing wherever you left off. Since we just released our Universal OnLive Wireless Controller, you can even control the action exactly the same way on your PC, Mac, TV, tablet or smartphone by just bringing that one controller with you.

Pretty cool, huh? We thought so, too. So we decided to welcome all true fans onto the service with the PES 2012 Kickoff Play 2 Win Sweepstakes.

Play any time between now and January 31 12:01 AM PST/8:01 AM GMT 31 January and be automatically entered to win incredible prizes! You even get a shot at scoring some pretty sweet gaming packs just for checking out the free demo.

UK fans, get the details on how to enter—and what you can win—here.

US fans, your rules and prizes are here.

Don’t miss out—the sweeps only lasts one week. And we have a feeling our Arena will be popping!

See you there,

—Bruce Grove, General Manager, OnLive UK
OnLive Player Tag: BrooseG

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OnLive: Console-class Gaming Comes to Google TV

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2012 by Steve Perlman

Videogames just took a huge leap into the future with OnLive cloud gaming on Google TV.

With Google TV, you take it for granted that you can stream just about any type of linear media—video, movies, music—on demand and experience it instantly. But, when it comes to the latest high-performance console-class games, you probably still need discs and big downloads to experience them, and gameplay is anything but instant.

With OnLive, the latest high-performance videogames stream just as instantly as videos or movies. It’s really cool.

Download the OnLive Viewer app, fire it up and check out my favorite place, the Arena. What you’ll see are gamers around the world playing top-tier videogames live, some of them approaching the visual realism of live action, and before long, you might even think you are watching a movie. Cheer (click thumbs-up) if you like what you see, and that cheer might appear on the screen of a gamer on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Try friending and striking up some chat. And, definitely watch some Brag Clip® videos, showing the best (and worst!) of OnLive gaming, with the most jaw-dropping and most hilarious moments captured from live gameplay.

As we do with most new platforms, OnLive is starting out with a Viewer on Google TV, so for now, you can just watch and use OnLive social features. But hang in there, OnLive is working closely with Google to enable full gameplay with OnLive gamers from around the world on Google TV.  And more Google TV devices are coming, with OnLive built right in.

In fact, this week at the CES Show in Las Vegas, VIZIO will showcase the first-ever line of Google TV products with OnLive playability built in. With this next generation of VIZIO Internet Apps Plus (V.I.A. Plus) devices, equipped with Google TV 2.0, you can simply power on your HDTV, pick up your Universal OnLive Wireless Controller and play amazing games instantly on demand—no console necessary. Play the first 30 minutes of almost any of OnLive’s 200 games free and buy only what you like, or subscribe to the OnLive PlayPack Bundle for unlimited access to over 140 games. No discs, no big downloads … just like the instant media experience you’ve become accustomed to with Google TV.

Google TV gives you unprecedented choice and control of instant media on TV. With OnLive, you can now add top-tier videogames to the list of media available. I hope you have a great time with it!

—Steve Perlman, Founder and CEO

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OnLive Desktop: iPad Does Windows.

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 9, 2012 by Steve Perlman

We love our iPads. There’s no question. But when you’re on the go with work and a file needs editing—or creating—it’s hard to feel free to leave your computer behind. At least, that’s how it has been.

But starting this Thursday, life is going to change.

OnLive has just re-imagined what’s possible on iPad with the OnLive Desktop app, available Thursday in the iTunes App Store. Launching a brand-new chapter for OnLive (and everyone), OnLive Desktop gives users instant access to a seamless Windows desktop experience, with full-featured Microsoft Office applications and 2 GB of free cloud storage for secure file access anywhere. Need to edit a Word doc with redlines and comments? No problem. Need to give some oomph to that PowerPoint deck for your meeting? Go for it: present animations and slide transitions, edit diagrams and embed videos. Desperate for a pivot table in Excel? Pivot away … Anything you can do on your office desktop, you will be able to do on your iPad—at home, in your hotel, anywhere.

Of course, Windows 7 multi-touch navigation has a different feel than mouse navigation. But it’s actually pretty slick. Because OnLive Desktop is built on the same proven technology as our instant-action game service, Windows responds instantly and fluidly to your touch. Using touch gestures like Aero snap, swipe to scroll, drag, drop, pinch and zoom, you can quickly and easily control both desktop folders and Office applications. Even HD videos and animations play instantly and smoothly (after all, if we can meet the performance discipline demanded by high-end games, why not linear media?). With OnLive Desktop, remote feels local.

Another cool thing? Whatever you create or save on your iPad is accessible (by you) anywhere, so if you do update that impressively media-rich PowerPoint deck on your iPad at home, and need it on your computer at work, it’s simple. You can see all of the files in your OnLive Desktop’s Documents folder when you sign in to desktop.onlive.com and download what you need through your work computer’s web browser. (Or better yet, present it directly from your iPad, onscreen or via an external monitor, since all of the screen transitions, animations and videos in PowerPoint will run cleanly.)

OnLive Desktop is starting with iPad, but it will soon be available on iPhone, Android™, PC and Mac®. Also, you’ll be able to use monitors and TVs via OnLive MicroConsole with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. All of these devices will share your same OnLive Desktop, with instant access to your same files and applications. So, as you move from place to place, and device to device, you’ll always have access to your personal OnLive Desktop and files. Essentially, you’ll be taking your computer with you without having to carry it.

Also coming soon:

  • OnLive Desktop Pro will offer individual subscribers up to 50 GB of cloud storage, priority access to apps, full-featured cloud-accelerated browsing and additional PC applications for $9.99/month.
  • OnLive Enterprise, a variation on OnLive Desktop allowing complete customization for businesses and organizations, including multiple levels of access as well as the integration of custom independent software applications, including inventory and reservation systems.
  • OnLive collaborative services, for both Pro and Enterprise, which will enable thousands of users to simultaneously view, control and discuss a shared media-rich desktop via voice chat. Essentially, this is the Cloud Desktop version of the OnLive Game Service Arena.

OnLive Desktop marks the start of new chapter in Cloud Computing: The era of Instant-Action Cloud Computing, where the response time from the cloud is so fast, you can’t tell you’re connected to the cloud at all. We gave the world a first peek at the possibilities with the OnLive Game Service within sphere of videogames—bringing the immense power of the cloud instantly to your fingertips, regardless of the performance of your local device. But with OnLive Desktop, we’re opening the floodgates to eventually allow any application to leverage the immense power of the cloud, changing the way you think about the potential of mobile devices forever.

With Thursday’s launch of the OnLive Desktop app for iPad, we are pairing the superbly-engineered iPad with as much computing power (and as much applications compatibility) as you need from a high-powered Windows PC that could be 1000 miles or more away. With OnLive Desktop, your iPad literally will be outperforming even most powerful notebook computers, and still be instantly responsive to your touch.

We very much hope you enjoy using OnLive Desktop. Welcome to the future of computing.

—Steve Perlman, CEO and Founder

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Happy Holidays, Free Games and Prizes from OnLive

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2011 by Matt Jensen

Happy Holidays, Free Games and Prizes from OnLive

I have a confession to make. I’m feeling festive.

Perhaps it’s because, as 2011 draws to a close, I can’t help but reflect on all we’ve managed to achieve this year—from expanding OnLive’s library to almost 200 amazing titles, to integrating voice chat and Facebook, to bringing the highest-performing games in existence to tablets and smartphones.

That’s why we’re inviting everyone across the US and UK to join us for a multiday celebration: the OnLive Winter Three-For-All, offering free-play games, sweepstakes and more exciting festivities to last until the New Year! Come one, come all—sign in from wherever you are—and help us ring in the future of gaming with a great big party in the cloud.

TODAY - January 1
Super Street Fighter IV Supercharged Sweepstakes

Come celebrate the launch of Super Street Fighter IV® Arcade Edition with a knockout sweepstakes packing a one-two punch of great prizes:

  • Players who demo the game between 4:00 PM PST today (12:00 AM GMT 23rd December) and 11:59 PM PST January 1 (7:59 AM GMT 2nd January) will be automatically entered to win the Mad Catz Official Street Fighter IV FightPad™ and 95%-off promo codes!
  • Play for more than three hours to automatically become eligible for a Grand Prize trip to Las Vegas to watch the Evolution Championship Series, or a runner-up prize such as the Mad Catz Official Super Street Fighter IV FightStick™ – Tournament Edition, autographed by game producer Yoshinori Ono!

December 28 – December 30
Borderlands Friends Fight Free Sweepstakes

Team up with friends for three days of free play with Borderlands. Play Co-op for a chance to win one of ten OnLive Prize Packs, including:

  • 1 Universal OnLive Wireless Controller (for tablets, smartphones, PCs, Macs and more)
  • A 4-pack of the game of your choice (1 for you and 3 for your friends)

December 31
Saints Row 5-Hour Achievement Sweepstakes

Demo Saints Row: The Third for up to five hours free starting any time on New Year’s Eve and receive a sweepstakes entry for every achievement you earn! Be one of ten winners to receive an OnLive Prize Pack, featuring:

  • 1 Universal OnLive Wireless Controller
  • 1 Free OnLive game
  • 1 OnLive Game System

Be sure to follow OnLive on Facebook (www.facebook.com/onlive) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/onlive) for news on these sweepstakes and more. Details of how to enter can be found here. And whatever you do, enjoy Happy Holidays from your friends at OnLive.

—Matt Jensen, Community Manager
OnLive Player Tag: OnLive_MJ

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OnLive Goes Mobile: A New Era in Gaming

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 7, 2011 by Steve Perlman

Prepare to be blown away.

We’re really excited to announce the OnLive app for mobile: our new free app that makes the latest, highest-performance games available for instant play on millions of tablets and smartphones in the US and UK.  That’s right: gone are the days of needing a console or high-end computer to access top-tier games. With the OnLive app, your tablet or phone is your console, providing instant, on-demand play of AAA titles like Batman: Arkham City, L.A. Noire and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, anytime and anywhere you want to play.

To kick off this historic day in gaming, we are launching with a growing library of over 20 console-class games via touch control, including LEGO Batman: The Videogame, Defense Grid Gold, Dirt 3, Split Second, Darksiders and many more. Just download the free OnLive app and try them for FREE.

Soon, you can also get a grip on your game with the new OnLive Wireless Controller, which is compatible with many tablets and phones, enabling fast-action game play with almost every game in OnLive’s entire catalog of nearly 200 titles.

As always, almost all OnLive games are cross-platform, so you can start a game on your TV at home, continue it on your tablet on the train to work, then sneak in a session during your lunch break on PC or Mac, each time dropping seamlessly into the action just where you left off, with full cross-platform multiplayer and social features. With both Wi-Fi and mobile network support (especially the new low-latency 4G LTE), you have the power to play almost anywhere—on any device, indoors or outdoors.

While we are working as fast as we can to get the OnLive app for mobile working on as many tablets and smartphones as possible, bear in mind that we can’t exactly predict how long it will take to get through app store certification, especially during the holiday season. So, if OnLive is not available on your mobile device today, hang in there. Also, we are working with publishers to expand the library of touch-controllable games. More great games are coming with incredibly creative touch and motion interfaces.

This is a big milestone for gaming: now tablets and smartphones—the fastest-growing category of consumer electronic devices in history—can play the latest and highest-performance games, without compromises, and without big downloads gobbling up local storage. It’s amazingly cool.

Check it out for yourself wherever you are: pick up your tablet or smartphone, get the free OnLive app, and just play.

—Steve Perlman, Founder & CEO

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The Five-Day Frag Feast: Pull Up a Chair and Dig In

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 23, 2011 by Matt Jensen


Tomorrow is a special day in the United States—a day when we give thanks for all the great things in our lives while feasting on turkey and pie. Well, we’d like to give thanks to both OnLive’s US and UK gamers with a special little feast of our own: OnLive’s Five-Day Frag Feast—five days of free-play games, daily deals and a limited-time revival of our $1/£1 introductory offer.

FREE PLAY
From now until Monday, you and your entire family can pull up a chair and play hit multi-player games Homefront™ and Red Faction®: Armageddon absolutely free. With Homefront’s 32-player Large-Scale Warfare Multiplayer and Red Faction: Armageddon’s 4-player infestation mode, there’s room at the table for everyone—just sign in or sign up free on whatever computer’s nearby or using your OnLive Game System to play on the big screen HDTV, select the game and “5-Day Rental,” and dig in. (Reach out on Facebook if you’re looking for Multiplayer sessions to join for either game.)

DAILY DEALS
All weekend we’ll be offering amazing discounts on dozens of top-tier games, including titles from 2K, Ubisoft, Konami, Rockstar, Square Enix and more! Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for updates on each day’s offerings, and act fast! Deals change daily. The Daily Deals will start on Thursday, November 24th at 12:01 AM EST in the US and on Friday, November 25th at 12:01 AM GMT in the UK.

1ST GAME FOR $1/£1
And last but certainly not least, for a short time, we’re bringing back our exclusive introductory offer: first-time purchasers can get ANY game on the service for just $1 (£1 for UK customers)*. This offer is available for a very short time, so don’t wait—launch OnLive, choose a Full PlayPass from the Marketplace and check out to receive your discount! Please note this offer does not apply to pre-orders, but with so many great games available, the hardest part will be choosing which one to purchase!

To find out more about the Five-Day Frag Feast, visit www.onlive.com/go/fragfeast or www.onlive.co.uk/go/fragfeast or follow OnLive on Facebook and Twitter for updates all weekend long

Thanks again from OnLive. Hope to see you at the Feast!

—Matt Jensen, Community Manager
OnLive Player Tag: OnLive_MJ

* Offer does not apply to pre-orders. Cannot be combined with other offers.

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Return to Arkham…

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 22, 2011 by Matt Jensen

It’s time to slip back into your Batsuit, my friends. Batman: Arkham City is available on OnLive—November 22 in the US and November 25 in the UK. Even better, we’re offering a FREE, EXCLUSIVE demo to both US and UK gamers starting November 22. Whether you’re a regular OnLive player or not, OnLive invites you to check out the Batman: Arkham City for free on your PC, Mac or TV. UK PC gamers get to hone their Bat-skills via OnLive for three days before the UK PC release!

We can’t tell you how much we’ve been looking forward to this one. Batman: Arkham Asylum was a phenomenal game, and it left us wanting more. This sequel is even better. Everybody says so! (No really, we mean everybody. Have you seen the reviews? They’re amazing.)

Playing as The Dark Knight, you’re going to face some of your favorite villains from the Batman universe: The Joker, Two-Face, The Riddler, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman… The list goes on. There are plots within plots, double crosses and unexpected allies, betrayals and rescues, old enemies and lost loves, poisons and antidotes…

It’s Batman at his best, and I, for one, can’t wait to dive in.

See you in Arkham City.

—Matt Jensen, Community Manager
OnLive Player Tag: OnLive_MJ

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Saints Row: The Third—So Wrong, It’s Awesome

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 by Matt Jensen

You know how something can be so wrong, it’s more than right—it’s awesome? That would be Saints Row: The Third, which launches on OnLive at 12:01 a.m. EST tonight (November 15, 2011) the very second it is available in the US on any platform.

If you like raunchy humor, rabbits with bazookas, school girl assassins and a game that dares to go beyond social boundaries… Saints Row: The Third is perfect for you.

If you haven’t played with the Saints before, you have a treat in store. Larger than life and ten times as dangerous, it’s a guilty pleasure from start to finish. The character creation alone is so spectacular, you can end up spending your game time creating character after character.

For those who’ve already run with the gang, you guys have a treat in store, too. Saints Row: The Third is taking us to a new city, with new gangs, new characters, new dangers, and a really rocking mayor (we’d have used a phrase from Saints Row there, except it wouldn’t be appropriate for polite company).

Play as the “ultimate badass,” the leader of the Saints. You’re one of the most powerful people in the city, and you’re aiming to be on top. You only have to take out three rival gangs and the Syndicate—the organization behind them all.

Saints Row: The Third is an amazing, over the top, ridiculous experience. We’ve been looking forward to its release and the ensuing Brag Clip™ videos for some time, and we hope you have, too. We’ll be live later this evening with the full game available in the US and launching November 18 in the UK, the same second as other platforms.

US customers can click here for more information: http://www.onlive.com/go/sr3

UK customers can click here for more information: http://www.onlive.co.uk/go/sr3

Just remember to watch your back if you don’t want to get run over by a maniac in a rabbit suit.

—Matt Jensen, Community Manager
OnLive Player Tag: OnLive_MJ

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A Killer Deal, Any Way You Slice It

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 by Matt Jensen

The art of assassination isn’t easy to master. It requires stealth. Intelligence. Nerve. Speed. Hesitate for a second and you might end up on the business end of your own hook blade.

Ezio knows it. Altair knows it. After all, they are master assassins of legend—the wizened heroes of three award-winning Assassin’s Creed games to date. So what could possibly be left for them (and us) to achieve in Assassin’s Creed Revelations?

Plenty. As the culmination of Ezio’s and Altair’s story, Assassin’s Creed Revelations lets you unleash your deadliest slaying skills yet by playing as both legendary assassins at the height of their abilities. Plus, Ubisoft has somehow managed to raise the highly acclaimed series even higher with cool new weapons and abilities (note the aforementioned hook blade), a story full of twists and dark discoveries, a spectacular Constantinople backdrop and an expanded multiplayer experience that piles on new team-based modes, maps, characters and customization possibilities.

Okay, we’re excited. That much is clear. This is an incredibly fun game packed with infinite replay possibilities, and the sound and visuals are so stunning, we think everyone should get to play it in full surround sound on the biggest screen in their house. That’s why we’re actually offering a FREE OnLive Game System with pre-order if you act by November 19.

Pre-order by November 19 and we’ll send you a coupon for a FREE OnLive Game System so you can experience Assassin’s Creed Revelations on your HDTV.

A pretty killer deal for any level assassin.

To pre-order in the US, go to: www.onlive.com/go/assassins-creed-revelations

For our UK customers, go to: www.onlive.co.uk/go/assassins-creed-revelations

See you in the Animus—hopefully before you see me!

—Matt Jensen, Community Manager
OnLive Player Tag: OnLive_MJ

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Race to Finish LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 & Win Big!

Posted in OnLive 2011 with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 10, 2011 by Matt Jensen

I have some magical news to share: LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7 will arrive at 12:01 AM PST, November 11th! We’re huge Harry Potter fans, and LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 has been a casual co-op standout since it came out last year. In just a few hours from now you can enjoy lots more quirky LEGO® goodness while you discover and unlock more than 80 characters in LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7!
Those of you who have been with OnLive since our US launch will remember we celebrated the release of Years 1-4 with a special Gold Brick gathering contest. Well, “The Great OnLive Gold Brick Race” is back! (Yeah, I just made that name up, but it’s catchier.)

Win an iPad2 and a Blu-ray boxed set in The Great OnLive Gold Brick Race!

The first OnLive player to make it all the way through LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7 will win an Apple iPad 2 and the 8-Film Blu-ray Disc boxed set, Harry Potter: The Complete Collection Years 1-7! The next five finishers will also each get the Complete Collection Blu-ray Discs. Here’s how to win:

  1. Collect all 200 Gold Bricks and take a Brag Clip™ video showing the moment you capture your last gleaming brick.  Winning Brag Clip videos must show you have collected all 200 Gold Bricks in the game, with “200/200” on the screen. You must also enable “All players” to view your Brag Clip videos under the Privacy settings.
  2. Send an email to community@onlive.com with your Player Tag (associated with the Brag Clip video of the game completion screen), First Name/Last Name, Address, Telephone Number and Date of Birth in the body of the email as soon as you have completed the game. Entrants will be ranked based on when OnLive receives a properly completed email.
  3. Get a contest confirmation email from OnLive for proof of your validated entry.

The race begins the moment the game is released tonight at midnight PST/3 AM EST, Friday November 11th! This is a US-only contest. We’ll do something special for the UK when the game is released there. For full contest rules and eligibility, click here.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 covers the last three Harry Potter books and final four films as only LEGO® games can. Players encounter new faces, new challenges and new magic, all with easy drop-in/drop-out co-op multiplayer with dynamic split screen. Play through 24 story events, learn all new charms and spells (including the Unforgivable Curses), and master advanced dueling skills as you battle toward the ultimate showdown with the Dark Lord!

We expect more contest-hungry gamers lined up at the virtual “starting line” than runners in the New York City Marathon. So, synchronize your watches, make a Google Calendar event and tell Siri to remind you when it’s midnight PST/3 AM EST, Friday November 11th. Then, get the game and start grabbing bricks! In just a few hours, it’s on!

—Matt Jensen, Community Manger
 OnLive Player Tag: OnLive_MJ

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