Last week, Gaikai’s CEO David Perry revealed the cloud gaming service will be coming to Facebook very soon. Gaikai’s goal is to help publishers put their games in front of as many people as possible by providing a near-frictionless experience. Gamers are able to start playing one of Gaikia’s games instantly without downloading anything. At more »

During CES 2012, OnLive introduced a new app that uses its cloud streaming technology for purposes other than gaming. The OnLive Desktop app is now available for the iPad. With this app, iPad users to can access a suite of Windows 7 applications without needing to own an actual copy of windows.

Music streaming services have gotten very popular in the United States with companies such as Rdio, Spotify and Rhapsody. Similar services are also used in Japan because the public is less inclined to purchase individual albums these days. For the gaming crowd, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has just started a new service called PlayStation Game Music that’s used in conjunction with streaming music services that are already available.

On Wednesday evening, OnLive released its app for Android devices. It’s not the same app that was released a while ago for the iPad either. The Android app is the first to bring OnLive’s entire cloud gaming experience to mobile devices. OnLive is going all out with this thing by selling a new OnLive Wireless Controller for $49.99 as well.

Yesterday, it was revealed that Big Fish Games earned Apple’s approval to release an app that would require users to pay $4.99 a month to stream dozens of the companies games. It would have been the first time a videogame company moved away from the a la carte business model in the Apple App Store. Unfortunately for Big Fish Games, Apple has had a change of heart. Without explanation, the subscription app was pulled from the App Store.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is one of the latest titles to find its way into Gaikai’s growing library. The Witcher 2 is currently listed besides the likes of Crysis 2 and Dragon Age II on Gaikai’s home page. Unfortunately, the demo is not yet available.

GameStop is serious about rolling out its own cloud gaming service. The company purchased Spawn Labs earlier this year to lay the groundwork for this initiative. According to GamesIndustry.biz, GameStop is testing streaming PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 games in a closed environment in Austin, Texas.

During Sony’s E3 2011 press conference, SCEA president Jack Tretton said the PS3 accounted for 30% of Netflix streaming. A new report from Nielson begs to differ. According to the report, the PS3 is not the dominant Netflix streaming console. However, the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii combined bring in half of Netflix’s streaming audience.

Sony will bring a brand new music service to the PlayStation Network later today in the US, Austrailia and New Zealand. Music Unlimited is a cloud-based music service that Sony created to give consumers access to millions of songs from a wide variety of music labels. Some may choose to view Music Unlimited as a competitor to iTunes. Instead of downloading content to your computer and syncing devices through iTunes, Music Unlimited will connect a bunch of Sony devices to single account.

The streaming movie service VUDU has received a notable update on PS3. The service now streams 3D movies right to your console. Should you happen to own a 3DTV and are dying to see a movie in 3D, check it out on VUDU. Renting 3D movies from VUDU costs $1 extra to rent than 2D movies. The application will be automatically updated the next time it’s booted up on PS3.