Gaikai may not be ready for action just yet (the service doesn't have a release date), but the company was more than happy to drop news of a multi-year licensing agreement with Electronic Arts today. The news appears to be delivering on promises that the company's fearless leader, Dave Perry, made back in April of a big E3 announcement. Among the games Gaikai will be bringing to the web-streaming service are The Sims, the Battlefield: Bad Company series, the Dragon Age series, the Mass Effect series, Medal of Honor and Need for Speed.
"Gaikai's innovations open whole new experiences for both current players and new customers looking for the best of interactive entertainment," EA's Richard Hilleman said of the licensing deal. We're open to both "whole new experiences" and "interactive entertainment," so that sounds just fantastic to us.
Reader Comments (20)
Posted: Jun 18th 2010 1:33AM SenatorSpacer said
Haven't even read the article yet because I just had to say: DEAD SPACE GIRL!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2010 1:37AM Naru now in 3D said
Wait... is this another supercomputer-runs-the-game-and-it-streams-on-your-not-so-super-computer thing?
I thought that Onlive one already proved that this idea isn't really viable yet.
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I thought that Onlive one already proved that this idea isn't really viable yet.
Posted: Jun 18th 2010 1:47AM delicatessen lama said
@Naru now in 3D :: I don't live in a super-broadband place but I have all sorts of trouble playing online games due to servers too far from me (BC2), and host migration (MW2), or bullet detection issues (RDR). One of Onlive's games is Mirror's Edge; good luck beating that with lag, you will definitely want to be within an extremely close range of their data centres to have any hope of success.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2010 1:42AM PilzE wants your mint spaghetti said
DSG, you are my MSG coated MGS from MGM using RGB and DMI.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2010 3:31AM sonicspike41 said
@Undying
Depending on who you ask it's either FPS games, Nintendo/motion controls, casuals, Activision, Guitar Hero, CoD/Halo, pirates, or this magical beast known as the economy.
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Depending on who you ask it's either FPS games, Nintendo/motion controls, casuals, Activision, Guitar Hero, CoD/Halo, pirates, or this magical beast known as the economy.
Posted: Jun 18th 2010 9:23PM SenatorSpacer said
@Undying
DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT ABOUT DEAD SPACE GIRL!
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DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT ABOUT DEAD SPACE GIRL!
Posted: Jun 18th 2010 10:17AM TheBrainninja said
Oh man, it's been a while. I wonder if there'll be a resurgence of DSG now that Dead Space Extraction's coming PS3-ward? Though I'm not sure if it's just a part of the DS2 Special Edition or whatever.
...anyway, yeah. I do like that there are only 2 or so threads actually discussing Gaikai, lol.
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...anyway, yeah. I do like that there are only 2 or so threads actually discussing Gaikai, lol.
Posted: Jul 1st 2010 2:39PM Stravinsky said
Here are some facts:... OnLive is a streamingservice avalible in the US (And NOT in Europe). It will cost you 15 $ a month + an unknown price for each game. You need to buy a box (hardware) som to be part of this...
Gai Kai is a somwhat similar project based in Europe. It may cost a little less and it will feature free demos. You do not have to get extra hardware for this service. OnLive will be running sooner than Gai Kai but I think people in Europe will have as good if not a better system using Gai Kai. Both systems however claim they will bring you "the ultimate gaming experience and give each member access to lots of games orginally made for Playstation, Xbox Nintendo and PC.
I must say I look forward to Gai Kai lauching !
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Gai Kai is a somwhat similar project based in Europe. It may cost a little less and it will feature free demos. You do not have to get extra hardware for this service. OnLive will be running sooner than Gai Kai but I think people in Europe will have as good if not a better system using Gai Kai. Both systems however claim they will bring you "the ultimate gaming experience and give each member access to lots of games orginally made for Playstation, Xbox Nintendo and PC.
I must say I look forward to Gai Kai lauching !
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