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LONDON — 22 September 2011 — GameSpot UK today announced it is changing the way gamers find, evaluate and play games by launching instant games demos directly from the GameSpot UK game pages, resulting in a try-before-you-buy experience.

Following on the heels of a similar announcement made in the U.S. and powered by OnLive, the on-demand, instant-play demos give gamers access to more than 100 games and are playable within seconds, merging the process of learning about a game with the experience of actually playing it.

“At GameSpot UK we’re incredibly excited to offer our users a genuine try-before-you-buy experience with the launch of the OnLive Game Service,” said Ben Howard, Publishing Director, Games & Entertainment, CBS Interactive UK. “We are continually trying to evolve the way we engage our audience around the gaming experience – the ability to instantly demo a game from within GameSpot UK is the perfect next step for that and gives an unrivalled hands-on experience for our users.”

The GameSpot UK enhancements will go live on 22 September to coincide with the official launch of OnLive UK at 2011 Eurogamer Expo in London.

“By integrating OnLive-powered instant game demos, GameSpot has deepened its user experience and further distinguished itself as a premiere gaming destination,” said OnLive Vice President of Games John Spinale. “We streamline the process of sampling a game, making it an integral part of discovery and evaluation by the GameSpot reader—not a disjointed one that forces the customer to go down to the store or wait several hours for something to download to his or her hard drive.”

Game demos are available instantly, without any cumbersome downloads or credit card data. A sampling of the over 100 OnLive game demos that will be available via GameSpot UK include:

Homefront Large-Scale Warfare Multiplayer
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction
FEAR 3 Multiplayer
Duke Nukem Forever
Borderlands
Just Cause 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
Dirt 3
Saints Row 2
Metro 2033
Red Faction: Armageddon
MX vs ATV Reflex
Unreal Tournament III
Aliens Vs. Predator
Mafia II
Tropico 4

In addition, GameSpot video content such as game reviews and in-depth interviews will be included in the OnLive Service, providing OnLive users with a trusted point of view as they go through their own discovery process. The enhancements are part of OnLive’s continuing efforts to provide players with the fastest, most convenient and most advanced gaming platform in the world, seamlessly integrated into their overall gaming experience.

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About OnLive

OnLive is the pioneer of on-demand, instant-play video game services, delivering real-time interactive experiences and rich media through the Internet. With groundbreaking video compression technology, OnLive harnesses cloud computing to provide the power and intelligence needed to instantly deliver the latest, premium game titles to any HDTV via the OnLive Game System or nearly any PC and Mac® via a small browser download. The OnLive Viewer app is available for the iPad and Android tablets and playable versions will be available soon. OnLive is available in North America and the UK and will be expanding into more of Europe later this year. OnLive technology is backed by hundreds of patents and patents pending. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. OnLive investors include Warner Bros., Autodesk, Maverick Capital, AT&T, British Telecommunications (BT), The Belgacom Group, HTC and Juniper Networks. More information is available at www.onlive.com and www.onlive.co.uk.