OnLive On-Demand Cloud Gaming Launches in UK Today

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OnLive On-Demand Cloud Gaming Launches in UK Today

LONDON, September 22, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

   
         - Play top-tier video games on demand from Internet-connected
                         TVs, PCs, Macs and tablets
 
          - Free membership, free demos, exclusive massive spectating,
                       Facebook integration and more
 
           - BT launches its partnership with OnLive and an exclusive
                     promotion for broadband customers
 
          - OnLive announces strategic partnership with GAME Group plc
               for both retail and digital service offerings
 
            - First OnLive game just GBP1 at onlive.co.uk in special
                             launch promotion!
 
                 - FREE OnLive Game Systems at Eurogamer Expo!

    OnLive, the pioneer of cloud gaming, launches its breakthrough on-demand
video game service today at the 2011 Eurogamer Expo in London, bringing
amazing new gameplay experiences to the UK. Gamers across the UK can sign up
for free at http://www.onlive.co.uk and instantly play about 150
top-tier games via almost any broadband Internet connection on their HDTV,
PC or Mac(R), and soon on iPad(R) and Android(R) tablets.

    BT is the first internet service provider in the UK to offer cloud-based
gaming to customers through its exclusive partnership with OnLive. BT is the
UK's leading high-speed, low latency broadband provider with relationships
with 11 million households. To mark the launch, BT is giving its 5 million
broadband customers three months free access to 100+ games when customers
sign up at: http://www.bt.com/onlive. OnLive traffic will not count
towards BT broadband customers usage allowances until the New Year,
regardless of their broadband option. BT looks forward to announcing more
exciting initiatives with OnLive in the near future.

    OnLive is delighted to announce a strategic launch partnership with GAME
Group plc ("GAME"), UK's leading videogame retailer. As the first games
retailer in the world to become a strategic launch partner for OnLive, GAME
will introduce the OnLive(R) Game Service to millions of customers in the UK
and eventually across Europe and elsewhere, starting with GAME's ecommerce
sites game.co.uk and gamestation.co.uk later this year. The OnLive Game
System, OnLive Universal Wireless Controller and OnLive Game Service digital
offerings will then be extended through the Group's 615 UK stores and
integrated with the Group's popular loyalty schemes, the GAME Reward Card
and gamestation Elite card.

    OnLive is a revolutionary new concept in video games, instantly
delivering the latest high-end games on demand through the Internet to
virtually any device, regardless of its performance capabilities, with the
simplicity of streaming video. No console, no high-end computer, no discs,
no huge downloads. Plus unprecedented community features like massive
spectating, Facebook integration, Brag Clip(R) videos and spectating voice
chat, both throughout the UK and across the Atlantic.

    "OnLive is incredibly excited to bring instant-play, on-demand cloud
gaming to the UK," said Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder and CEO. "OnLive is an
entirely new way of experiencing top-tier video games, anywhere, anytime and
on virtually any connected device, whether TV, PC, Mac or tablet, with
awesome cloud-powered features and community unlike anything you've ever
seen before. UK gamers, welcome to OnLive!"

    A flurry of UK launch promotions* are in store for new UK OnLive
members:

   
    - First-time OnLive purchasers can get their first OnLive
      PlayPass Game for just GBP1, a GBP39.99 value
    - BT broadband customers can get 100+ PlayPack Games for FREE for
      3 months in addition to the OnLive PlayPass GBP1 game offer, a GBP20.97
      value
    - Eurogamer Expo attendees can get a FREE OnLive Game System
      (while supplies last), a GBP69.99 value

    *Promotions subject to terms, conditions and limitations

    Be the first to check out the latest games through OnLive, with new
titles typically released the same second they are available on consoles and
PC: no disc to purchase, no download and no update to wait for. Just click
and play. You'll find top-tier games from over 50 publishers in every genre,
like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, DiRT 3,Homefront, F.E.A.R. 3, Assassin's
Creed: Brotherhood and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Play single player or
multiplayer with a variety of voice chat modes. Rack up achievements and
snap Brag Clip videos of your greatest (or most hilarious) moments and
automatically post videos and notifications on your Facebook wall. Spectate
(and chat with) thousands of players live throughout the world. And, with
web-accessible parental controls, parents can decide exactly what games are
okay for their kids to play-or even watch their kids play from a remote
computer or tablet and chat with them. OnLive isn't just great games on
demand. OnLive is a vibrant, live gamer community from kids to adults.

    "We're excited to bring an incredible range of social features to the UK
that are unique to the OnLive world," said John Spinale, OnLive VP of Games
and Media, "OnLive UK gamers will immediately find themselves immersed in
OnLive's international massive spectating and voice chat community, which
adds an unprecedented dimension to the gaming experience."

    OnLive membership is free at onlive.co.uk, with free demos and free
social features. New-release games can be purchased individually at
competitive prices starting at GBP1.99, or members can sign up for OnLive's
100+ game (and growing) PlayPack Bundle program for just GBP6.99 a month,
featuring recent multiplayer games like F.E.A.R. 3, Homefront and
Borderlands as well as top classic and indie games like Batman: Arkham
Asylum,Saints Row 2, Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition and World of Goo.

    For a limited time only, new OnLive UK members can purchase their first
individual OnLive game for just GBP1. OnLive is also delighted to announce
that BT, OnLive's preferred broadband partner, will be offering three months
of the OnLive 100+ Game PlayPack FREE to BT broadband and BT Infinity
customers.

    Come see OnLive at Eurogamer Expo at Earl's Court, and get a FREE OnLive
Game System, while supplies last. Try out great new games coming soon to
OnLive, including Warner Bros.' Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and try
out OnLive games on tablets, both with touch and with OnLive's
soon-to-be-released Universal Wireless Controller.

    OnLive is available through http://www.onlive.co.uk on virtually
every PC and Mac through a simple browser download, on HDTVs via the OnLive
Game System, and soon on iPad and Android tablets. OnLive games are
available across all devices with no additional charge, so your games are
available where you are, on whatever device is at hand.

    Find out more at http://www.onlive.co.uk and see the accompanying
list of new and upcoming OnLive games.

    About OnLive

    OnLive is the pioneer of on-demand, instant-play video game services,
delivering real-time interactive experiences and rich media through the
Internet. With groundbreaking video compression technology, OnLive harnesses
cloud computing to provide the power and intelligence needed to instantly
deliver the latest, premium game titles to any HDTV via the OnLive Game
System or nearly any PC and Mac(R) via a small browser download. The OnLive
Viewer app is available for the iPad and Android tablets and playable
versions will be available soon. OnLive is available in North America and
the UK and will be expanding into more of Europe later this year. OnLive
technology is backed by hundreds of patents and patents pending. The company
is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. OnLive investors include Warner
Bros., Autodesk, Maverick Capital, AT&T, British Telecommunications (BT),
The Belgacom Group, HTC and Juniper Networks. More information is available
at http://www.onlive.com and http://www.onlive.co.uk.

    OnLive and Brag Clip are registered trademarks of OnLive, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    OnLive's UK launch and coming soon titles include:

   
    Launch Titles
    4 Elements
    Aaaaaa!
    AC-130: Operation Devastation
    Advent Rising
    Alarm for Cobra 11 Nitro
    Alien Shooter: Vengeance
    Alien vs. Predator Classic 2000
    Aliens vs. Predator
    Alpha Prime
    Alpha Protocol
    Amnesia: The Dark Descent
    A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
    Around the World in 80 Days
    Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
    Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Deluxe Edition
    Assassin's Creed II
    Batman: Arkham Asylum
    Bloodrayne 2
    Blowout
    Borderlands
    Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition
    Braid
    Brain Challenge
    Ceville
    Conflict: Denied Ops
    Darksiders
    Darkstar One
    Defense Grid: Gold
    Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
    Deus Ex: Human Revolution
    Dimensity
    DiRT 2
    DiRT 3
    Disciples III: Renaissance
    Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
    Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time
    Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon
    Duke Nukem Forever
    Elements of War
    Elizabeth Find, MD: Diagnosis Mystery
    Evil Genius
    F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
    F.E.A.R. 3
    Faery: Legends of Avalon
    Fate of the Pharaoh
    Fishdom 2
    Flatout 2
    Frontlines: Fuel of War
    GearGrinder
    Glyph 2
    Grand Ages: Rome
    Hitman: Blood Money
    Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
    Homefront
    Homesteader
    Infernal
    Just Cause
    Just Cause 2
    Kane & Lynch 2
    King's Bounty: Armored Princess
    King's Legacy
    Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
    LEGO Batman: The Videogame
    LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
    Luxor 2
    Madballs in Babo: Invasion
    Mafia II
    Men of War: Red Tide
    Metro 2033
    Mini Ninjas
    MLB 2K10
    MX vs ATV Reflex
    NBA 2K10
    NBA 2K11
    NecroVision: The Lost Company
    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    Ninja Blade
    Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
    Osmos
    Pathologic
    Patrician IV
    Port Royale 2
    Prince of Persia
    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlord
    Red Faction Guerrilla
    Red Faction: Armageddon
    Remington Super Slam Hunting: Africa
    Royal Envoy Premium
    Saints Row 2
    Shatter
    Shaun White Skateboarding
    Shellshock 2: Blood Trails
    Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
    Star Wolves 3: Civil War
    Super Granny 6
    Supreme Commander
    Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
    Syberia II
    The Ball
    The Bard's Tale
    The Maw
    Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
    Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
    Tomb Raider Anniversary
    Tomb Raider: Legend
    Tomb Raider: Underworld
    Trapped Dead
    Trine
    Tropico 3
    Tropico 4
    Unreal Tournament III
    Vegas: Make it Big
    Virtua Tennis 2009
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
    Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
    Wheelman
    World of Goo
    Zombie Shooter 2

    Coming Soon
    Assassin's Creed Revelations
    Assault Heroes 2
    Batman: Arkham City
    Bulletstorm
    Call of Juarez: The Cartel
    Civilization V
    Driver: San Francisco
    F1 2011
    Fallout Tactics
    Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
    Football Manager 2012
    From Dust
    Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
    LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
    Limbo
    Might & Magic: Heroes VI
    MLB 2K11
    NBA 2K12
    Operation Flashpoint: Red River
    Orcs Must Die
    Red Bull X Fighters, International Freestyle Motorcross
    Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
    Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
    Saints Row the Third
    Sniper: Ghost Warrior
    Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition
    Trine 2
    Wargame: European Escalation

Source: OnLive

James Beaven, Indigo Pearl for OnLive, Inc., james@indigopearl.com, +44-020-8964-4545, or Brian Jaquet, Director of Corporate Communications for OnLive, Inc., brian.jaquet@onlive.com, +1-(415)-235-4844

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