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Gaikai to Stream Machinima Content Direct to Samsung Smart TVs
Published on Thursday, 14 June 2012
Gaikai cloud gaming service has formed partnerships with Michinima and Samsung, to make 
higher quality content more accessible to more users, across more devices.
| Gaikai cloud gaming service and Machinima have formed a platform partner deal to make content from Machinima’s video entertainment network for gamers available for license via Gaikai’s open platform, for integration across all Gaikai-powered devices. |
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The partnership is an opportunity for Gaikai to improve and expand content and a chance for Machinima to extend their reach through Gaikai’s open cloud platform and other platform partners. Machinima’s online global video entertainment network boasts an astounding 168 million unique gamers, who viewed more than 1.61 billion videos in April 2012, making Machinima the most popular entertainment channel on YouTube. Machinima properties are found across distribution platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, iOS and Android and will be launching this fall on Xbox. |
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| Gaikai and Samsung have also joined forces and have introduced Samsung Cloud Gaming, which makes video games playable through Samsung Smart TVs, connected via the Internet. This service uses Gaikai’s cloud-based streaming system to deliver video games to game players without long download times, extra hardware or wiring. |
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| Gaikai says they are aiming to provide the same access to video games that consumers have to TV shows, movies and music by using Samsung Smart TVs to instantly supply console-like experiences, including video games and other content. Game titles will launch directly from the Samsung Smart Hub environment in the Samsung 7000 series and up 2012 LED Smart TVs, and can be played using game controllers in combination with the Samsung Smart TV. Over the past three years, Gaikai has been designing and building a fast interactive cloud network able to immediately deliver games without extra custom hardware or software. With the relationships they have with video game and development partners, Gaikai has a large catalogue of games they can provide across the web, including social networks like Facebook, or on Internet-connected devices including televisions, set-top boxes and tablets. www.gaikai.com |
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