Engadget: This is Mass Effect 2, running on a netbook -- a stock Eee PC -- with a single core Atom CPU that wouldn't dare to dream of actually processing the game. It works because the sci-fi opera's not taxing that silicon at all, but rather a beefy server miles away, streaming processed and compressed video frames direct to the 10.1-inch screen. It's called Gaikai, and if you're thinking it sounds just like OnLive by a different name, you'd be half-right.
Gadgehit.com writes: "Sony Computer Entertainment has agreed to purchase the Gaikai cloud gaming service for a price tag of $380 million. Rumors of the purchase were rampant before the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this year, where everyone expected an announcement from Sony."
Samsung and Gaikai have announced a partnership to for Samsung Cloud Gaming and bring the service directly to your Smart TV. Read on at Fueled.com to find out how this could affect your smartphone gaming experience.
Engadget - At this point, most people (in the tech world, at least) are quite familiar with Gaikai's cloud gaming platform, which lets users have a not-quite-console quality gaming experience on any device. The technology has found its way onto Facebook and in LG TVs, and now Gaikai's bringing gaming to Samsung TVs, too.
