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Tomorrow’s Video Game Landscape
Gaikai's David Perry joins a panel of game industry leaders to explore the evolving video games landscape and the trends that will transform the industry over the next 5-10 years. Topics include the meteoric rise of mobile and tablet gaming, the role of consoles, the promise of cloud gaming, new monetization models, the evolution of social games, investment opportunities and challenges, and the "gamer" of tomorrow.
The Darkness 2 Wraps Its Tentacles around Gaikai
"Gaikai has added [The Darkness II] demo to its list of streaming titles, joining the ranks of Dead Rising 2, Orcs Must Die!, The Witcher 2, Spore and others. It's all part of Gaikai CEO and industry veteran Dave Perry's goal to offer pre-release demos of major titles to all..."
The Darkness II Demo Is Streamed, Requires No Installation
"Normally video game demos aren't a big deal around here but, at least in this case, the new Darkness II demo is just that because it doesn't require installation (or download) of the game in order to play....Surprisingly, the game uses very little CPU, GPU or bandwidth and ran extremely well. Could this be the next big thing when it comes to game demos?"
Gaikai Realises Streaming Goals with Darkness 2 Demo
"Gaikai has launched an instant trial of 2K Games' upcoming title The Darkness II - marking a significant step towards CEO Dave Perry's goal of pre-release streamable demos for all major titles."
The Darkness II Demo is Now Streaming on Gaikai
"Demos were...released in the days leading up to the game’s release....If you haven’t tried it yet, you can head over to Gaikai’s website and play the same demo that’s found on PS3 and Xbox 360. The only difference is that Gaikai streams the demo straight from the cloud....When I tried it via Gaikai, the wait time was less than a minute. I was also thrilled to see how well The Darkness II played over my internet connection. I usually stay away from first-person shooters in the cloud because a split second of latency hinders the entire experience....I don’t know how Gaikai does it, but this company is giving cloud gaming a good impression."
The Interactive Cloud is Coming
Gaikai have been generating a lot of noise with their unique business model and use of the cloud in the video-games Industry. CEO David Perry talks about how Gaikai's cloud strategy will allow you to reach more players and increase profits.
Player Acquisition in the Cloud
As core games make it onto the cloud, new marketing strategies are needed to hook players in and different gameplay to keep them interested. Gaikai's David Perry joins a session exploring how games can be built and marketed to maximise the cloud gaming opportunity.
The State of The Games Industry
Gaikai's Nanea Reeves addresses a panel on gaming's transition to a digital future. What does it take to make a game successful across platforms? What emerging gaming platforms will dominate? How do you make money in a complex gaming universe where new digital platforms compete for customers' time and pocketbooks?
The Impact of Cloud Computing on Entertainment Industries
Gaikai's Robert Stevenson speaks on a panel addressing how cloud storage and distribution will affect the ways in which content rights-holders manage their intellectual property, realize new cost savings, and implement new business models in the cloud.
Gaikai thriving with streaming game demo deals from Best Buy and others
"Gaikai, the game streaming company, has kept a low profile recently, but a quick survey of the web shows that the company has scored some big deals with online retailers. Among those that have quietly adopted Gaikai are BestBuy.com, YouTube, Capcom and Ubisoft in its online UbiShop, VentureBeat has learned."
Gaikai to Dominate Cloud Gaming, Steal Growth from Consoles, says Analyst
"EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich forecasts that the HD gaming market will remain essentially flat through 2015, in part because cloud gaming firms like Gaikai will be taking away any potential growth from consoles, he told IndustryGamers. 'Gaikai we truly believe will be the dominant company delivering cloud based games in the future.'"
Gaikai partners with LG to power Smart TV gaming service
"Gaikai...has announced a partnership with electronics giant that will bring its cloud platform to your home theatre. Gaikai's servers will be backing in the new Smart TV cloud gaming service, which will permeate LG Cinema 3D TVs launched in 2012."
Gaikai to Bring Cloud Gaming to LG Smart TVs
"Gaikai has announced a strategic partnership with LG Electronics to bring an integrated cloud gaming service to the firm's connected TVs from this year. A prototype version of the Gaikai service on LG Cinema 3D TVs is currently being demoed at the CES 2012 show in Las Vegas."
LG's 2012 3D Cinema TVs to Have Gaikai Cloud Game Streaming Built-in
"Previous systems like this either required a computer or piece of hardware that you connected to your TV to play the game from, but now it looks like we'll just have this hardware preinstalled in TVs. The companies say 2012 3D Cinema TVs will have the feature, and LG has a prototype system on display here at CES."
LG and Gaikai to bring cloud gaming to 3D televisions in 2012
"The company’s cloud platform will be a part of LG’s game portal service within the Smart TV ecosystem and will allow consumers to use their Smart TV log-ins to seamlessly play a broad range of games, including some of the lastest award-winning releases."
LG And Gaikai Partner Up To Bring Cloud Gaming To Smart TVs In 2012
"If you're not familiar with Gaikai, they're an awesome technology company that lets gamers play new games instantly on any web browser, mobile or internet-connected device. There are no games to download or install and you can just click and play their offerings instantly."
Green Man Gaming Partners with Gaikai
"Customers can now stream and play Gaikai game demos through any of the retailer’s sites, including its flagship UK store and recently launched portals in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and Switzerland."
Gaikai Studio Profile – VIDEO
"Miri gets all the details on Gaikai, a new studio focused on cloud gaming."
The Game Is On with Try Before You Buy
"This is no low-grade dodgy pirate copy you’re playing – it’s the real deal. It's free, high-quality gaming in the browser of your choice."
Website of the Day: Gaikai
"The phrase “try before you buy” is something most people look for before making any significant purchase. You wouldn’t buy a car without driving it. You wouldn’t move in to a new house without having a good look round. You wouldn’t even buy a new pair of shoes."
Stream Games with Gaikai on Eurogamer.net Right Now
"Do you like playing games? Do you especially like playing games without having to move from exactly where you are seated reading this news story?...You can now stream best-selling PC game demos right through your browser, and all without having to step outside Eurogamer.net."
Eurogamer Ties Up with Gaikai - Web Gaming for 5 Million Visitors
"Using Gaikai, visitors to Eurogamer.net, one of Europe’s largest videogame news sites, will be able to play demos for full-price games without leaving their web browser....The ability to provide an immediate demo without the time and storage costs of downloading the entire game engine is obvious, both for gamers and for content partners."
Eurogamer Launches Gaikai Game Streaming
"'The ability to pull a lever and have a million people play your game is something that's crazy to even think about today. That's a very difficult problem, yet with cloud gaming that will be really quite straight forward. A normal way of thinking will be, 'I want another million and another million.'"
Gaikai Game Streaming Service Launches on Eurogamer.net
"A selection of best-selling titles from leading publishers are now available to play with more to follow over the coming months...With an audited ABC audience of over 5,000,000 monthly unique users, Eurogamer will also begin streaming Gaikai-powered games across its local language editions in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Czech Republic soon."
Gaikai Powers Streaming Dead Rising 2 Demo
"We're never going to to be comfortable with the kind of alchemy Gaikai is capable of. Capcom has partnered with the company to offer a demo of Dead Rising 2, right in your browser."
Gaikai Brings Dead Rising 2 Demo to Your Browser
"Got thirty minutes to kill? Care to spend that time killing hordes of zombies in a number of wacky and gruesome ways? Thanks to a promotional partnership between Capcom and the game streaming service Gaikai, players can now relive Chuck Greene's Fortune City adventures by playing a half hour of Dead Rising 2 from the safety of their computers."
Dead Rising 2 Demo Hits Gaikai
'Capcom has launched a 30 minute Gaikai demo of Dead Rising 2, allowing players to try out the game in their browser. The developer and publisher announced that it had signed up to the cloud gaming service back in July."
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? ... As we've seen previously with games like Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm, and The Witcher 2, gameplay is pretty much lag free, and you don't have to worry about downloading and installing anything."
Dead Rising 2 Demo Now on Gaikai
"Gaikai has updated its catalogue of browser-based triple A demos to include Dead Rising 2....Other available demos include Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm, and Magicka."
Play Dead Rising 2 in Your Browser for Free with Gaikai
"Capcom has released today that Dead Rising 2 Gaikai is now available. For those of you that do not know what Gaikai is, it is a service that allows you to stream video games through your web browser."
Announcing Dead Rising 2, Right in Your Browser
"Great news for zombie lovers (or haters)! As of today, we are launching Dead Rising 2 Gaikai. “What’s Gaikai?” you ask? It’s Capcom’s next step in our foray into the wonderful world of digital distribution. With Gaikai, you’ll be able to instantly try out Dead Rising 2, right in your web browser."
Gaikai Delivering FIFA 12 Demo through YouTube (Or: The Future Cometh!)
"When you're done, take a few minutes to remind yourself it's still 2011, and you weren't controlling the game with a bioport installed on your spine."
Gaikai-powered FIFA 12 Demo Now Available on YouTube
"This is the first time a full 3D game has been available on YouTube, and could have profound consequences for developers who will be able to get their games out to a very wide audience quickly."
Right Now You Can Play a Console-Quality Video Game from … YouTube?
"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....Seriously. Go to the EA Sports Football YouTube page and try it for yourself."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – Lars Buttler
"Lars Buttler, founder and CEO of MMO game publisher Trion Worlds and former VP for Global Online at Electronic Arts, sets out to answer "Why can't online games encompass all the big genres of videogames?""
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – Kevin Chou
"All of that's changing in this world of connected devices and Internet in a cloud, where we can put a game in the cloud so anybody whether it's on a PC, laptop, mobile device, or inside Facebook or some other platform that consumers use. They can get into that game very quickly from a technology perspective with no downloads. It just works."
GDC Online: Cloud Gaming's Fast-Approaching Future
"At a panel during GDC Online in Austin, TX, experts addressed the future of cloud gaming, and how it can change gaming and game development. Cloud gaming has been a hot topic in the games industry in recent years... It eliminates the need for large client downloads and doesn’t require users to have the latest and most expensive CPUs and graphics cards."
Level 3 Powers Gaikai's State-of-the-Art, Cloud-Based Streaming Video Game Experiences
""We've built the fastest, lowest latency interactive network in the world, and plan to expand the capacity to reach even more gamers using Level 3's incredible array of IP services," said David Perry, CEO of Gaikai."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – Kakul Srivastava
"Tiny Speck's Kakul Srivastava has served as VP of Product Management for the Communications & Communities Division at Yahoo! and was the General Manager of Flickr. She shares her thoughts about the future of gaming in this exclusive interview."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – John Mamais
"Polish publisher CD Projekt RED, maker of the cult hit Witcher franchise, has recently entered the cloud with Gaikai, following large game publishing companies like Electronic Arts and Capcom. Head of production John Mamais gives his thoughts on cloud gaming."
Video Game Industry – Cloud Gaming Interviews
"30 months ago Cloud Gaming was too early to interview people about. Today, it's interesting to see luminaries, publishers, investors all starting to seriously think about it."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – Chris Bergstresser
"He was the SVP of publishing and online entertainment at Atari, and he is now the Executive Vice President and Commercial Director for Miniclip. Chris Bergstresser shares his views on Digital Distribution."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – Pete Hines
"Bethesda Softworks has emerged as one of the premiere game publishers in the industry....Pete Hines, vice president of PR and marketing, talks about the future of games in this exclusive interview."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – Ed Fries
"Video game veteran Ed Fries has worked in the video game industry for over 30 years, creating and building out Microsoft Game Studios, and consulting a broad range of publishers and developers around the world. He talks about the future of games and what role the cloud will play."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – Donald Mustard
"Chair Entertainment, an Epic Games studio, has shifted its focus in recent years to digitally delivering game experiences....Donald Mustard, the creative director and co-founder of Chair Entertainment, believes in a digital future."
Video Game Industry – Luminary Interviews – American McGee
"American McGee has been a creative force behind some groundbreaking games, including Doom, Doom II, Quake, and Quake II while he was at id Software....The veteran game designer talks about the role cloud gaming will play in games moving forward and what the American games market can learn from what's already happened in China."
Intel Capital Bets on Future of Cloud, Gaming
"Intel Capital has long been a model of a company using its capital clout to feed its future. Thursday, the investment arm of the world’s largest chipmaker gave an indication of where it thinks the future of startups lies..."
Gaikai receives new investment from Intel
""These investments in best-of-breed software vendors play an integral part in Intel's software strategy by fueling the creation of compelling and unique user experiences across devices." The decision to invest in Gaikai was motivated by its ability to stream game demos to any website, which matches Intel's, "compute continuum and visual computing strategies for delivering games to any client that supports the display of video.""
Intel Invests $24 Million in Seven Software Firms
"Trends like cloud computing and mobile computing are shaking up the technology landscape and requiring Intel to work with developers and customers in new ways."
Gaikai Signs CD Projekt Streaming Deal
"“Gaikai’s streaming service will allow us to bring The Witcher 2 to an impatient and increasingly connected audience,” said Michal Nowakowski, VP of business development at CD Projekt. “Gaikai's Affiliate Network of game industry sites will allow millions of gamers all over the world to play and share the game like never before.”"
Gaikai to Feature The Witcher 2
"Gaikai has gained a major title to add to its library. CD Projekt has announced their intent to stream their new game, The Witcher 2, over the cloud gaming service....“The Witcher franchise is an excellent example of the high quality games we are adding to the Gaikai portfolio,” said Robert Stevenson, SVP of Interactive Entertainment, Gaikai."
GDC 2012: Perry, Castle, Yu On Business Trends To Watch For
"'We were looking to find out what helps them make the decision to buy video games. Number one was trying the product -- interestingly, all the expensive stuff like TV advertising and billboards were at the bottom of the list. Those systems are great at creating brand impressions, but lousy at getting a decision from someone who has hesitated.'"
Cloud-Based Game Streaming Service Gaikai Raises $30M from Qualcomm, NEA and Others
"Game streaming company Gaikai has just announced a new $30 million round led by NEA, with Qualcomm, Benchmark Capital, Rustic Canyon and Intel Capital participating in the investment."
Capcom Teams Up with Cloud Video Game Company Gaikai
"Cloud gaming company Gaikai has landed another game-publishing client, Capcom, and plans to begin streaming future games via the service. The games will be available on Gaikai's affiliated network of sites, as well as sites approved by Capcom."
David Perry on Launching Gaikai
"For an article on the service in the current issue of Edge, we caught up with company founder David Perry to discuss the challenges of rewiring the gaming industry, how it all works and why FarmVille deserves your respect."
A Flood from the Stream: Gaikai’s Boss on the Turning Tide
"Cloud gaming may be the future but it’s real now, Gaikai’s Robert Stevenson tells Brenna Hillier."
Gaikai Targets 10 Million MAUs Through Affiliate Scheme
"Game streaming service Gaikai is looking to add 10 million monthly active users by this autumn through it's affiliates programme. That's on top of the users it intends to attract for its retail partnerships."
Gaikai's Nanea Reeves
"Hired for her background in e-commerce, Nanea Reeves joined Gaikai last November from Electronic Arts' global online business, and at E3 this year she met with GamesIndustry.biz to discuss expansion at Gaikai, as well as demoing various instances of the streaming service working on web-connected TVs, tablets and embedded in Facebook."
Gaikai Scores a Whopper of a Game Distribution Deal With Walmart.com
"Game-streaming startup Gaikai has scored a major deal to stream high-quality video games for Walmart.com, the online division of the world’s biggest retailer."
Gaikai Hires Former Netflix & Capital One Business Intelligence Expert
"Gaikai Inc., the innovative cloud based game streaming service today announced the appointment K. Wayne Peacock as Senior VP, Business Intelligence."
This Year's Coolest Technology at E3
"Gaikai embeds games in Facebook. The company showed off the technology by letting companies render their high-quality games like Dead Space 2 in Facebook."
Play Games on Eurogamer Using Gaikai
"'We've been beta testing in Europe for over six months and are extremely excited for Europe's No. 1 gaming site to be our first media affiliate,' said Gaikai boss David Perry."
Scaleform Founder and CEO Joins Gaikai
"Brendan Iribe, the founder and former president of UI specialists Scaleform, has joined cloud gaming service Gaikai."
Gaikai Affiliate Network Launches with ‘The Escapist’
"Beginning today, 'The Escapist' will utilize the power of Gaikai's Open Cloud platform to stream demos like Electronic Arts' 'Dead Space 2' and 'Mass Effect 2' to their audience. Throughout the rest of the year, major video game publishers will make their latest games available in the Gaikai Affiliate Network."
Harrison, Kaminsky Join Gaikai Advisory Board
"General partner at London Venture Partners and former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Phil Harrison, and Robin Kaminsky -- an expert in building consumer and technology companies with 20 years experience -- have joined the advisory board of cloud-based streaming game service Gaikai."
Bigfoot Networks Allies with Gaikai to Deliver Super-fast Game Streaming
"Latency is the enemy of online gaming. If you fire a gun, you want to see it hit the target instantaneously, not miss the target because your computer and online connection are too slow. Bigfoot Networks and Gaikai, two very different game startups, are teaming up today to 'crush latency'."
Gaikai Launches Game Streaming Beta Tests for Four Electronic Arts Games
"The demo shows that you can play heavy-duty games on a computer where you haven't installed the games. This cloud-based gaming system, where the games are stored and executed on remote servers, offers a new way to both play and promote games."
GDC 2011: Gaikai's Cloud Gaming Now Live With Four EA Demos
"Gaikai announced that its cloud-based games streaming service is now live with a public beta, and has made demos for four popular Electronic Arts-published titles available for users to start playing in their browsers."
Gaikai Beta Goes Live, Brings Mass Effect 2, Dead Space 2, Sims 3 and Second Life Demos to Your Browser Window
"Remember Gaikai, the cloud computing service that lets you demo video games in your browser window without downloading a thing? It's live, meaning it's no longer just us tech journalists that get to give it a thorough try."
Gaikai Cloud Gaming Service Goes Live
"Gaikai CEO David Perry announced the launch of his company's cloud gaming service on Friday. Designed as a platform to allow game publishers and others to embed streaming gameplay trials on their Web sites, Gaikai has been in development since 2008."
Gaikai Live Trials EA Games, Plans Advertising Focus
"Browser-based gaming service Gaikai is now available in 12 different countries worldwide, with Gaikai boss David Perry suggesting that the company's aim is to have a data centre in every major city."
Gaikai Live in 12 Countries
"Following a beta late last year involving 11,000 users, cloud gaming service Gaikai is now live in 12 countries, with a number of EA games available to play online. For those not in the know, Gaikai mastermind Dave Perry describes it as "a revolutionary new technology that lets you play any game online in your browser""
Streaming Games: Gaikai's David Perry on Cloud Computing
"David Perry's latest venture, cloud-computing service Gaikai, promises to revolutionize interactive entertainment by letting players enjoy almost any electronic amusement online with a single click."
Gaming Deja Vu Radio Interview
"Host Peter Biddle and guest, David Perry of Gaikai.com, talk about some of the biggest recent news in gaming!"
David Perry will Change How You Play Games
""We think we can get more people to play games," Gaikai Co-founder David Perry said, with all the confidence of a man who's already seen the future."
Cloud Gaming Revenues to Top $400m in 2014
"Cloud gaming from services such as OnLive and Gaikai could generate revenues of around $411 million in 2014, according to a new report by Screen Digest supplied to GamesIndustry.biz."
VentureWire's FASTech Conference Spotlights Most Promising Start-Ups
"Dow Jones VentureWire examined hundreds of young technology start-ups that have raised venture capital during this challenging economy and chose 50 of the most promising ones to watch."
Big Names Headline London Games Conference
"Luminaries from some of the most innovative and important companies in the games market have been confirmed for the London Games Conference on Thursday, November 4th."
Game Changers: Gaikai
"Gaikai's vision of accessible high-end cloud gaming is a simple, bold concept born from founder David Perry's belief that distribution has a lot to learn from other industries."
BBC Gaikai Clip
"Wouldn't it be great if you could try before you buy? From one of the world's gaming meccas, Dan Simmons reports from L.A."
Intel Invests in Gaikai's Cloud Gaming
"'Transforming the future of gaming' says chip giant. Cloud-gaming company Gaikai Inc has announced that Intel Capital is among the companies that have invested in it, with the chip giant insisting it is backing the transformation of gaming."
Understanding Next-gen Streaming Game Services
"Just like floppy disks gave way to CDs, then CDs to DVDs, followed by USB flash drives and SD cards, the time of game discs has an end in sight."
Dave Perry on the innovation of Gaikai
"All of the questions about Gaikai and OnLive have revolved around whether the streaming technology actually works. Can a company actually process your games on a remote server, and then stream them to you in a playable format? For Gaikai's CEO Dave Perry, there's no question: It works."
Cloud Gaming: WoW Demoed On iPad, Xbox, Facebook
"...They were just expecting to see some streamed games, but we actually showed them the concept of ubiquity, which means that games can be everywhere." The demo showed gamers playing World of Warcraft together on numerous devices, many of which aren't powerful enough to run the game."
Gaikai Aims to Rescue Devs from Demo Purgatory
"Studios may soon be freed from the demands of building customised demo builds. Gaikai can help game demos become more of a viable option for development studios, says the co-founder of the cloud gaming company."
Gaikai's Reality Check
"Co-founder Andrew Gault on how the service is shaping up ahead of its E3 push. Gaikai is heading to E3 with its most important year ahead of it. The cloud-gaming company has continued to impress a huge chunk of the industry with closed-door demonstrations and explanatory videos."
Cloud Gaming to Transform Retail
"Gaikai says it's in discussions with both publishers and retail about possible changes to the market. This year's launch of online streaming service Gaikai will offer publishers and retailers a chance to outdo each other on the emerging digital battleground."
Gaikai Raises $10M as Digital Distribution Hits High Tide
"This is the year of digital distribution in the video game business. That helps explain why Gaikai is announcing today it has raised $10 million in a second round of funding. The Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based company, headed by gaming pioneer David Perry (pictured right), has created a game streaming service that feeds games stored in the internet cloud to gamers over broadband connections."
Interview: Gaikai's CTO Talks Technology, Lag, 'Gaikai-Powered' Apps
"Gaming on the "cloud" is supposed to solve some of the major problems associated with traditional earthbound methods of gaming. Cloud-based technology is poised to greatly reduce the need for expensive high-end hardware, curb piracy, circumvent the middle-man known as retail and provide greater accessibility to a publisher's titles."
Gaikai Server Building Has Begun!
"The latest Intel 6-Core CPU's have started to arrive in batches. All our Gaikai servers are hand-built with great love. So it won't be long before you're checking out streamed games (completely for free) on these amazing chips."
World of Warcraft on the iPad
"...The latest one is Gaikai which promises fast, low latency streaming game play with no installations, all you need is Adobe Flash player which most people have. No word of cost as of yet but they are open to Beta sign ups so make sure you check it out."
Cloud Gaming Service Gaikai Raises $5M
"Gaikai, the cloud processing-based streaming game service co-founded by Shiny founder and former Acclaim creative director Dave Perry, has raised $5 million in venture capital funding, according to a U.S. SEC filing submitted this week."
Interview: David Perry's Gaikai
"Once known for Earthworm Jim and then for bringing Korean MMOGs to the west, David Perry could soon be known best for creating Gaikai, a streaming game service that works in your web browser. We caught up with him at Develop to discuss the project, the realities of lag and publisher attitudes to a technology that could revolutionise the way games are bought, sold and played."