Friday, August 17, 2012
OnLive not shutting down, but massive layoffs reported
The Verge is reporting that OnLive, the popular cloud-hosted gaming service, has shut its doors. This is sad news for all of the upcoming Android gaming devices that were going to support the service, such as Ouya and Vizio's Co-Star devices.
As of the time of this posting, the official website mentions nothing of this news but since there are no employees to update the website, this isn't exactly surprising. I'm sure the owners are busy with more important matters.
The Verge discovered that OnLive could be closing down when veteran video game developer Brian Fargo told them he received emails from former employees warning of the company's demise. According to emails, the company will no longer exist as of