Microsoft is rumored to unveil a new handheld device at E3. Called the ‘ZuneX,’ the device may feature Xbox Live Arcade, media player capabilities, and support for OnLive. Microsoft has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of the ZuneX. Link

Ken Brown from Nvidia has some positive things to say about OnLive: Actually we think this is a good thing for the industry. Given the targeted resolution and image quality, it seems a good potential benefit for the 50% or so of the market currently stuck with sub-par integrated graphics. The server-side GPUs will want [...]

Christoph Hartmann, the founder of 2K Games, is a supporter of server-based games and believes that it is the future of gaming. “What we think the future will be is the market will shift to more server-based games – similar to the movie business where most people just rent instead of view films in the [...]

Daily Fidelity received an e-mail from OnLive that simply said, “We will support VOIP.” Link

Mercury News has an interview with Steve Perlman, founder of OnLive, where he gives the benefits of his game service over console systems. One major issue is the skyrocketing cost of developing games for the console. At one point in time, it cost only about 1 to 3 million dollars to create a game. Now [...]

An interesting article that outlines why OnLive will fail, drawing some comparisons to the Phantom. One major issue is that OnLive’s biggest asset, the internet, may also be its biggest downfall. Another is the lack of commitment shown by their current roster of publishers. They have promised games this winter, but nothing more. Link

Time Warner Cable, the nation’s second biggest cable company, is planning on charging for the amount of bandwidth you use. This would affect gaming companies like Sony, Microsoft, and to a larger degree, OnLive. Perlman, however, isn’t concerned. Link

A summary of this year’s Game Developers Conference and the significance of OnLive’s investors and partners. Link

Imagine playing Halo 2 on your iPhone or on a dinky little netbook. OnLive’s technology makes this very possible since games are processed entirely from remote servers. Link

Spectrum has an interview with Perlman that discusses how OnLive came into being, his thoughts on his competitors, and how often OnLive will update its hardware.