Google TV will be receiving a new videogame presence according to a press release from OnLive, Inc.
The OnLive cloud gaming service will be integrated by Google as a standard feature on all Google TV devices. OnLive Viewer, the program behind OnLive’s social features, is available right now, while full functionality will be coming “soon.”
OnLive Founder and CEO Steve Perlman talked about how this new partnership is big news for the videogame medium.
“OnLive integration into Google TV is a huge leap forward for video games,” he said. “Consumers have come to expect instant gratification with music, movies and video. Now, with OnLive, players in the US and soon in the UK can just as easily stream the highest-quality games to their Google TV devices for play instantly on demand, without discs or downloads.”
Time will tell whether this move proves successful for Google and OnLive.
