Folks who hate wires rejoice! OnLive has announced that its formerly Ethernet-cord-tethered service will be rolling out Wi-Fi beta this September. No word on exact dates, but OnLive tells us that the beta service should be available to select folks on both PC and Mac.
Additionally, OnLive has announced a Labor Day deal, offering 50% off all of the games currently on the service. It'll also be extending its Founding Members Program ("presented by AT&T) which allows qualified members to get a full free year of OnLive Game Service, along with the option to get a second year at $4.95 a month.
It's all good news for folks interested in cloud gaming, which may or may not be our audience judging be the feedback I've seen in our community and comments. Personally, having spent some time with the service, I'm impressed by what it has to offer. I was, however, limited in my usage due to the wired restrictions -- being able to use the service on my MacBook Pro from anywhere in the house sounds like a dream. As to the quality of the streaming games over Wi-Fi, that remains to be seen.
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2:00 PM on 09.02.2010
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also 50% everything already? this service must be dying fast.
kk thx
I played on his account for a bit and it's pretty cool, too bad most of the games on there weren't that interesting (I already played most of the good ones)
yes! let's inhibit the progress of new technology and limit the possibilities of future gaming avenues! What a brilliant idea...
I don't know why I thought all the games would be streamable for free.
I'm right there with ya
I didn't think they would be free, but with a subscription service I would at least expect one hell of a discount.
I signed up for the Founding members program, but if they don't do something about their prices I will cancel my service before the year is up.