News

There May Not Even Be A PlayStation 4 Or Xbox 720, Says Cloud Gaming Company Gaikai

Brace yourselves, readers! A company whose whole business plan depends on consoles going away says that one of the big platform holders miht be getting out of the hardware business altogether.


November 10, 2011
PC

Now You Can Play Dead Rising 2 In Your Web Browser

Capcom has teamed up with those magical people at Gaikai to deliver a 30-minute timed demo of Dead Rising 2 that runs in your Java-enabled web browser. Ain’t technology a thing?


October 21, 2011
PC

You Can Play A Console-Quality Video Game From… YouTube?

To very little fanfare, the PC demo of FIFA 12 is now playable without a download. All you have to do is go to the game’s YouTube page. Provided you have a decent Internet connection and up-to-date Java, simply clicking a banner puts you on the pitch.


April 20, 2011
PC

Singapore’s Got Its Head In The Clouds. Gaming Clouds.

Singapore’s SingTel kicked off a subscription-based cloud gaming service called ESC, which allows players to play high-powered games over the net via desktops or notebook computers with Pentium 4 chips.


May 4, 2010
News

World Of Warcraft On The iPad? How Can This Be?

Shiny Entertainment founder David Perry shows off a picture of World of Warcraft running on an iPad, made possible by the streaming technology of his newer company, Gaikai.


July 2, 2009
News

With Gaikai, Dave Perry Wants Gaming As Accessible As YouTube

In March, a revolutionary-sounding streaming video game technology called OnLive was announced. And then, suddenly, game designer Dave Perry suddenly said he had something just like it. Today, he told Kotaku what’s the same and what’s not.