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Intel Invest in Gaikai

By james_fudge

Intel's investment arm is apparently keen on Dave Perry's streaming game technology company. According to Mercury News, Intel Capitol plans to invest an undisclosed amount of money into Gaikai, which is set to launch later this year. The company also revealed that online content delivery infrastructure Limelight Networks will be making an investment of some sort.

Gaikai is all about streaming content, with a particular focus on games. Earlier this year Perry showed off World of Warcaft playing on an iPad - much to the delight of WOW addicts. Gaikai's platform was developed by company co-founders Andrew Gault and Rui Pereira.

While financial terms of the deal were not revealed, Gaikai CEO David Perry said his company is relying on servers running Intel's Six-Core processors. Perry added that Intel's chips allow them to stream more games simultaneously while offering users a premium experience."

"Having Intel Capital buy into our vision as much as we buy into their processors makes this a great deal for both companies," he said. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 20, 2010 (boomark / email).