GameFly is stepping up and joining the ranks of online streaming services by offering games on Amazon Fire TV.
In doing so, GameFly joins companies, such as Nvidia and Sony, who also offer similar competing services.
The idea is that, like Nvidia Grid and Sony's PlayStation Now, GameFly will offer "packs" of games for a $7-per-month subscription that can be played on lower-end devices, like smart TVs. As the games are run in the cloud, that means that something like Amazon Fire TV could offer a good selection of games for those who have Amazon Fire products.
"Our goal with GameFly Streaming is moving forward to position cloud gaming, in the short and medium-term, as a compliment to console gaming, and in the long term, as the new technology," says GameFly CEO David Hodess in an interview with Ars Technica. "Nobody I speak to these days believes that there'll be another set of consoles as successors to the current ones."
So far, GameFly hasn't separated itself in its offerings from its competitors, but it's likely the company will go beyond what Nvidia and Sony do and expand to other smart TVs and OUYA.
Here's a full list of packs available upon launch of GameFly Streaming:
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Action Pack: F.E.A.R. 3, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Red Faction: Armageddon, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Mafia II, Sleeping Dogs, Hitman
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Adventure Pack: Dark Void, Overlord II, Darksiders, Darksiders II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins
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Speed Pack: Ace Combat, Dirt 3, GRID, GRID 2, MotoGP13, Ridge Racer Unbounded, WRC 4
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Fun Pack: Flock!, PAC-MAN Championship Edition, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures, LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams,Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
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Lego Pack: LEGO Batman, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, LEGO Lord of the Rings, LEGO Harry Potter 5-7, LEGO Marvel: Super Heroes, LEGO The Hobbit
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Gamer Pack: F.E.A.R.3, Red Faction:Armageddon, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Sleeping Dogs, Hitman, Darksiders, Darksiders II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins, Shank, Shank 2, Dark Void, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Mafia II, Overlord II ($10/month.)
GameFly Streaming also expects to change out the titles in each pack from time to time, but so far, the company hasn't specified how often these packs will see refreshing.
Photo Credit: Gamefly
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