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OnLive Beta is now open. go see what it's all about
Destructoid — ... we told you about yesterday, and rightfully so -- there's something to be said for the end of driving to the game store to buy a game, isn't there? Hot on the heels of all this discussion, the OnLive site has opened applications for beta testers, so if you have any interest in all in this service, I'd say you ought to scoot on over there and get yourself registered. ...

GDC 2009: OnLive web site goes live; beta sign-ups begin
Big Download Blog — ... The biggest news story (so far) for GDC 2009 is the announcement of the OnLive online gaming service. In case you didn't see our story on Tuesday, basically it claims it will use Internet compression and distant servers to allow PC and Mac gamers ...

OnLive Website Launches, Beta Signups Available
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... Want to get your hands on OnLive early to see if its really as awesome as it sounds in concept? Head on over to their website, OnLive.com and sign up. Luckily, you don't need to really provide much in terms of information to them other than your email address, platform, and connection details. ...

OnLive website live, sign up for the beta now
Gaming Nexus — ... and check out more info on the service.  There's more information about how the system works as well as a place for you to sign up for the beta of the service. ...

OnLive Beta Signups
Blue's News — ... cloud gaming service, and accepting signups for the OnLive Beta Program , which is slated to get underway this summer. Word is: "You need to be at least 18, based in the US and have a broadband-connected PC running Windows Vista®/XP®, or an Intel®-based Mac." Also, ...

More OnLive at GDC09: Yeah, This Could Change Everything (video)
A wall of text on mmo gaming — ... is 50 miles away but what will it be like when the data center is 500 miles away? This small demo shows alot, but it still doesn't answer the questions that many skeptics have. Hopefully beta will bring some more information out to the masses. By the way, you can sign up for beta here , so go check that out. Looks like beta is where the rubber meets the road. Much remains to be seen, but I hope it can be worked out. If this becomes a reality it changes things radically, for the better. Again, the devil is in the details of implementation, but the more I see on this the more I ...

OnLive Beta Signups Now Being Taken
The Escapist : Latest News — ... and several others. The beta test isn't running now but is scheduled to begin in the summer of this year. Testers must be at least 18 years old with a broadband-connected PC running Windows XP or Vista, or an Intel-based Mac, and have to live in the U.S. If that sounds like you, put your name in the hat here . Source: ...

OnLive still targeting summer for beta
That VideoGame Blog — ... Their site indicates that beta testers would be chosen this summer, but is the planned beta going to be this summer? According to a rep for OnLive who briefly to talked to ...

OnLive beta still coming this summer, get ready
Destructoid — ... at this year's GDC, and then, much like a real explosion, slowly dwindled into a small fire that no one paid much attention to. Their lack of presence at E3 was disappointing despite the fact that they had working demos of the service at a condo in downtown LA near the event. Post E3 we've heard practically nothing, but their site has continually claimed that beta testing (which ...

OnLive Public Beta: It's On [Beta]
Kotaku — ... , OnLive founder and CEO, announced the beta today on the service's official blog. Beta registrants who signed up early should keep an eye peeled for an e-mail, but latecomers interested in testing the streaming games service should still take the opportunity to sign up. ...

OnLive beta program is on, live
Joystiq — ... has announced today that it's opening a public beta of its impossible-sounding game streaming service. Users who have signed up on the website (and, the announcement suggests, users who do so soon) will be asked for "general information about your ISP, your computer configuration and your location" so OnLive can build "test groups" of users working under various conditions. ...

Game Streaming Service OnLive Opens Beta Testing Program
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... It’s certainly an ambitious endeavor, and one that the gaming world has been keeping a close eye on for some time. But what fun is reading about something when you could just use it for yourself? Precisely! And that’s why you’ll be pleased to know that OnLive is now accepting submissions for beta testers on its site. ...

OnLive begins closed beta test
Big Download Blog — ... In his post on the OnLive blog site, the company's CEO Steve Perlman goes into detail as to which outside gamers from their pool of applicants will be selected to join the beta test and also says it's not too late for anyone else to apply for the beta. He states, "As testers interact with the service and play games, OnLive will be constantly logging technical data, and then afterward, we'll ask testers to give us feedback about their personal experiences with OnLive." We will have to see if OnLive will stick to its previous target of launching the service before the end of 2009. ...

OnLive Beta
Blue's News — ... ). They are still collecting beta sign-ups , and here's word on testing: When you sign up for OnLive Beta, you tell us some general information about your ISP, your computer configuration and your location. We use this information to organize Beta testers into test groups so that our engineering team can focus at different times on testing different situations. If you are a potential fit for a particular test group, we’ll send you an invitation email, asking you to run a detailed Performance Test on your network connection and your computer configuration. The results of the ...

OnLive cloud computing service now in closed beta
Oklahoma City PC Examiner — ... , the cloud computing service, is now opening their closed beta doors to those that have signed up for beta testing. You can still sign up for the beta over at the official site . According to ...

OnLive Begins Closed Beta
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... to a very skeptical world many months ago, however today, they have entered into their closed beta test period. Signups for the beta test have been available since the announcement was made (and are still available here) so if you're one of the lucky folks, let us know! Thanks ...

OnLive’s beta opens up
BeefJack — ... and all the other web-based applications, where the server that hosts the files does the processing and storing, and your local PC just interprets whatever is going on as a viewable web page. That’s OnLive’s goal, but with PC games. A server somewhere will render all the graphics and sound, send it to you, who in turn plays the game. Hopefully, you wont experience any lag time, especially in games that are reflex sensitive. Luckily, they plan on testing it, as they’ve opened up beta signups for the program, to see how it does and hopefully have it ready. I have no idea if the ...

OnLive Goes Into Open Beta
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — ... situations as we can As testers interact with the service and play games, OnLive will be constantly logging technical data, and then afterward, we ll ask testers to give us feedback about their personal experiences with OnLive Another important goal of the Beta is to shake out bugs so we can fix them. Beta is an awesome milestone for OnLive, capping many years of work. We re really looking forward to hearing what you think. Those interested in taking part in the beta can still apply to do so .

OnLive Enters into First Beta Stage
/gamer — ... . “I’m very excited to say that we are now opening the OnLive Beta to outside gamers who signed up on our website,” wrote Perlman. “It’s not too late to sign up if you haven’t already. We are very much looking forward to hearing from gamers all about their experience with the OnLive Service.” “[The] beta is an AWESOME milestone for OnLive, capping many years of work. We’re really looking forward to hearing what you think,” he later wrote. ...

OnLive Beta Now Online
Playstation ThEvolution — ... on-demand game-streaming service which recently was introduced at GDC 2009 will be hosting a beta to a select few lucky gamers. All you need to do is sign up for the beta at OnLive’s official website. Winter 2009 was the rumored launched date of OnLive, However, no set release date has yet to be announced. Please be sure to head over to the official OnLive site to definitely sign up for the beta, you might be one of the lucky gamers chosen.

An OnLive public beta is happening
Destructoid — ... that selected applicants must respond to, including running a “detailed Performance Test” on their Internet connections and computer configurations. Not bad, but it is a little extra work. The goal for the new beta is to, d’uh, test out the streaming videogame service on a variety of platforms and connections. Both PC and Macintosh owners with an array of different speed of Internet connections are being considered. What are you waiting for? Sign up. Go go go!

OnLive Public Beta Opens
Gamer Limit — ... Prince of Persia Bioshock Hey, not a bad line up of games there. The recent uproar over Microsoft’s games on demand might have taught the devs at OnLive a thing or two about reasonable pricing and accessibility to games. Altghough its probabally not the only thing that OnLive has learned from Microsoft… “BTW, my screen name is “Steve Perlman”. Hope to see you OnLive.” Sign up for the beta here.

OnLive enters it’s Open Beta
Video Game Blog, Video Game Reviews, Video Game News — ... . The beta is only  available to 18+ US Residents, though. If you are interested in signing up for the beta (and live in the US) you can do so by visiting this link. ...

Streaming Game Service OnLive Enters Beta
The Escapist : Latest News — ... , the service has entered semi-open beta testing, offering anyone who signed up on the website a chance to see if everything is as amazing as it sounds. Even if you didn't sign up already, the post claims there are still a few beta slots open, so head over to the official website and drop your name in the virtual hat . You better believe I signed up, hoping against hope that there is really something to this OnLive concept and that I'll never again have to cringe at a $3,000 price tag while solemnly handing over my debit card. If any of you are in the beta, let us know how it ...

OnLive Beta Starts Today
MassiveDamage — ... Steve Perlman, CEO and Founder of OnLive, announced today that the closed beta program has been opened up to gamers outside of the OnLive team who signed up via their website.  According to Perlman’s latest blog post, it isn’t too late to sign up for the beta.  For those of you unfamiliar with OnLive, it is essentially a program to allow people to stream games to their PC.  You install the OnLive client and then browse through their library of available games.  Upon purchasing a game (or perhaps purchasing some time with one — PC game rentals, ...

The Daily GameDev.net
GameDev.Net — ... . Cloud-gaming is an interesting concept - it'll be interesting to see how it is received in the beta. The service will continue it's beta into the US after the European hardware is configured, so our Stateside readers shouldn't feel left out. Besides, you already have the chance to test rival service OnLive . As Promit reported yesterday, the PS3 Slim has been a success for Sony with the units just flying off the shelves. A new PS3 rumor is making the rounds that ...