Aliens vs Predator heading to OnLive

By Robert Purchese Published 25 May, 2010

Rebellion deal a precursor of SEGA support?

Rebellion boss Jason Kingsley has confirmed Aliens vs Predator for cloud computing service OnLive, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

SEGA hasn't commented, but AVP could signal the publisher's support of OnLive. EA, Ubisoft, Take-Two and others have already pledged allegiance.

"I think there are quite a lot of walled gardens that have grown up in the industry, and people like Sony and Microsoft are very used to controlling a certain sector of the market - and have been very successful in doing that," said Kingsley at last night's IBIS/LBS Videogames Investment Network event in London.

"I definitely think there's an opportunity there, and different people are trying different things around concepts like cloud computing. We're working on something with OnLive at the moment, which enables you to play one of our games, Aliens vs Predator - but you don't actually have to own a copy of the game, you can play it remotely.

"Now there are some very interesting issues there - I don't know how that's going to scale, for example, and we're looking at the technology right now. But everybody's got a TV in their living room... so you've got a massive market there potentially."

Kingsley said his priority was to get games out to consumers; what format they arrive on and how they arrive doesn't matter to him.

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Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • cianchristopher #1 2 years ago

    "Kingsley said his priority was to get games out to consumers; what format they arrive on and how they arrive doesn't matter to him."

    He needs to make better games. If AvP is considered a major catalogue title for onLive, then it needs a healthier catalogue...

  • MiniAmin #2 2 years ago

    @ Cian +1

    I don't understand how they expect to flourish when consumers are weary of digital ownership, let alone streaming as a primary means of playing games. It'll be a hard sell especially when the PS3, 360 and Wii all have huge, brilliant exclusives.

  • INSOMANiAC #3 2 years ago

    You can just imagine the EA games on it, youll be halfway through a race and itll pause 'To finish this track please add £3.00 to your account'

  • Deckard1 #4 2 years ago

    will it still be shit?

  • Amblin #5 2 years ago

    lol OnLive is about to get DP'd. Literally. Gaikai is on the move and Google have just announced their Smart TV move and you can be sure that gaming is going to be built in. AvP was pish, so if I were Onlive, I would not be that excited to try ansd use it for marketing. They need some AAA or exclusive titles to hype thier product.

    Sega will go digital soon though, regardless of format. They have long since learned the lessons of making loss leading consoles. Shame they seem to be in the business of making loss leading games these days.

  • RodHull #6 2 years ago

    Best news never

  • lockload #7 2 years ago

    "I think there are quite a lot of walled gardens that have grown up in the industry"

    And youve just joined another one lol

  • el_pollo_diablo #8 2 years ago

    Go easy on AvP lads, it wasn't that bad.

  • bad09 #9 2 years ago

    el_pollo_diablo is right AvP is cool, I still play the SP on Nightmare (still trying!).

    Such a shame the MP has died on PC I did like it. It actually got me playing MP games again, I had such a ball online when I could find no games (or games with just 1 or 2 people) I needed a frag fix.

  • Caimbeul #10 2 years ago

    Hmm, OnlLive. One word: Lag.

    @ bad09 - That's the trouble these days.There are so many games out there but unless they are amazing they will die off quickly. This is the prime reason why BOTS ARE ESSENTIAL.

    Maybe...hell yep im gonna say it. There are too many games being released these days. no time to spend on each.