OnLive Coming to Belgium
Immediately upon announcing that OnLive was coming to the UK last week, we began fielding inquiries from others in the European Union who wanted to know where else OnLive will be available on the continent.
Today, I’m happy to announce that, through our new partnership with The Belgacom Group, OnLive will be coming to Belgium.
Belgacom, the largest broadband operator in Belgium, has made an investment in OnLive, and has partnered with us to deliver the OnLive® Game Service to their broadband customers. Belgacom has the exclusive right to bundle the OnLive Game Service in Belgium and Luxembourg with their other broadband services, but gamers in these countries also will have the option of ordering directly from OnLive through any Internet service provider.
Belgium is multi-lingual, so OnLive will be offered in multiple languages there. Since OnLive will support multiplayer games throughout Western Europe, as well as community features globally, game players from different countries will be exposed to different languages as they play and spectate with each other.
The experience will be seamless: You might find yourself watching a top gamer playing a version of your favorite game in a different language. And even if you don’t understand what is being said, stealthy and fast-twitch moves alike will require no translation.
As with the UK, we have a lot of work to do for our US launch this summer before we are able to turn our attention to Belgium. As we get closer to our European launch, we’ll be sure to share more details and dates at that time. For now, we are very excited about our partnership with Belgacom, and are looking forward to expanding OnLive’s availability throughout Europe.
—Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder & CEO
