We’re still about a month away from OnLive dropping the green flag for American gamers who want to stream their games over the internets, but already the company is looking to colonize. It has reached an agreement with BT that sees the artist formerly known as British Telecom acquiring a 2.6 percent stake in exchange for exclusive rights to bundle the OnLive service with broadband packages. However, this startup doesn’t like to be tied down, so will still be offering its unique abilities on the side to anyone with a fat enough pipe — that’s download speeds, dig? OnLive isn’t saying exactly when its service will launch in the UK (or anywhere else in Europe, for that matter), just that the company is “completely focused” on the US release first. As well it should be; it has some mighty skeptical gamers to win over.
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