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OnLive is a service that for several years has been offering PC owners the opportunity to play any type of games on their own computer via the Internet. The company offers almost every game available on PC/consoles and the interesting part is that regardless of whether you have a Mac or a PC you can play those games through an internet connection. Now OnLive it brings you this experience also on mobile terminals through dedicated applications. In the clip above we have the application for iOS and OnLive has optimized its games to work with the touch interface of tablets and smartphones, but unfortunately there are still functional problems.
Palo Alto, CA – December 7, 2011 – OnLive, Inc., the pioneer of cloud gaming, announced that it is bringing console-class gaming to tablets and phones with the revolutionary OnLive app for tablet and mobile platforms. The latest, top-tier, high-performance games—previously limited to only consoles and computers—will be available for instant play via the free OnLive app on over 500 million mobile devices over Wi-Fi or mobile networks in the US and UK. A growing library of 25 console-class games have been adapted for touch-screen control, including the gritty, award-winning hit LA Noire from Rockstar Games and family titles like LEGO Batman™: The Videogame, which will be given free to anyone who download the OnLive app. Additionally, almost all games in OnLive's growing library of nearly 200 games are playable with the new Universal OnLive Wireless Controller, compatible with many tablets and smartphones.
Although the games seem to work well, there are some moments when problems appear with the graphic interface and of course the touch interface is not yet 100% ready. Basically, the people from OnLive will launch the application in a "beta" version in the near future and if you look at the video clip above you will understand why. The good part is that the application is compatible with a gamepad that allows users to control the game without using the buttons on the screen and you notice that the difference in terms of functionality is very big. Unfortunately, such a gamepad costs $50, so in addition to purchasing the games, you will have to spend another important amount of money.
Finally, OnLive will give us the opportunity to play titles such as LA Noire or Assassins Creed, Dirt 3 or other games of this kind directly on our tablet and we are talking about an extremely important functionality. I tested the OnLive platform on Mac and unfortunately I didn't have such a good experience, the games crashing out of the blue, the control being a little far from being great, but the good part is that I didn't have problems with the lag although the game I was testing wouldn't have worked perfectly on my Mac. In conclusion, OnLive is revolutionizing gaming on mobile terminals, making us forget about Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja or others, but for now the experience is not worth considering.
