Unity in the Cloud

This week brought news that Unity Technologies and Cloud based game delivery experts ‘GameString’ are collaborating to bring a new platform for online streamed gaming from Unity developers like you.

Cloud based services are growing in popularity as bandwidth and processing power for servers have increased in the past few years. More widely publicised services such as Gaikai – founded by industry stalwart Dave Perry of Earthworm Jim and MDK fame – have brought cloud gaming to the fore and it is only recently that this once unattainable service is becoming not only a reality but indeed a likelihood. With Unity already the strongest game engine in web browser game development, it is understandable that Cloud services such as GameString would be keen to partner up. Read more about GameString at their site - http://www.gamestring.com/

Read more on this story at GamaSutra-

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33206/

and read more on cloud gaming and Gaikai here -

http://www.develop-online.net/features/544/David-Perry-Cloud-nine