OnLive Partners with Samsung to Bring AAA Games to New Galaxy devices
Cloud gaming company OnLive revealed today that they are working with Samsung to offer three free months of the company's PlayPack subscription service to anyone who buys the Galaxy Note 4.
OnLive claim that users will be able to "stream PC and console-quality games from OnLive’s high-end gaming optimized servers to their Galaxy Note 4 for play anywhere if they have a Wi-Fi or 4G connection"
In addition to the free three-month subscription, also on offer is a seven-day free trial of their CloudLift system. This enables access to a user's downloaded games via the cloud, allowing them to be streamed to other devices while out on the go.
It's been a busy time of recent for OnLive, last month the company announced deals with both Phillips and Green Man Gaming. While in June, Mad Catz announced they would be including OnLive on it's new M.O.J.O micro-console for Android.
Full press release:
Mountain View, California — October 16 2014 — OnLive, the leader in cloud gaming, and Samsung Electronics, today announced a new partnership that will offer Samsung GALAXY Note 4 users three months of unlimited OnLive® gaming for free.
With OnLive, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 customers will have the power of a high-end gaming PC in the palm of their hands. Using the OnLive Android app (available to download free from the Samsung Galaxy Apps store), users can stream PC and console-quality games from OnLive’s high-end gaming optimized servers to their Galaxy Note 4 for play anywhere if they have a Wi-Fi or 4G connection. Their prepaid subscription will give Galaxy Gift members unlimited access to a large catalogue of premium games from OnLive’s PlayPack™ game service bundle.
“OnLive lets gamers play the games they love, anytime and anywhere, through the power of the cloud. The addition of the OnLive app to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 makes high-end games available that normally can’t be played on an Android tablet. We’re excited to give Samsung customers a taste of cloud gaming with the gift of 3 free months of unlimited gaming,” said Mark Jung, Executive Chairman of OnLive.
The prepaid OnLive subscription will be featured as part of the Galaxy Gifts Package, a comprehensive, lifestyle-focused content offering that provides exclusive, premium rewards from the world’s top brands to Galaxy Note 4 users. The 3-month subscription, valued at $28.95 USD (17.22 GBP, 21.66 EUR), will give Galaxy Gifts members unlimited access to premium games from OnLive’s PlayPack bundle.
Users can play on their new Galaxy Note 4 and pick up their game instantly across all their devices, including tablets, computers and HDTVs that would normally lack the processing power to run their games. Users can also access a 7-day free trial of OnLive CloudLift™, which allows users to access and play PC games that they already own be means of OnLive’s proprietary cloud-streaming technology, allowing for instant play anywhere and anytime.
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