Newsbrief: Gaikai has launched its cloud gaming services via Facebook, allowing users of the social network to stream the likes of
Saints Row: The Third and
Magicka via their web browsers.
The launch marks the first time a cloud gaming app has been available via Facebook, with the beta version now ready for trial by Facebook's more than 400 million gamers. The Gaikai streaming service
originally launched last year as a public beta.
Demos of seven games in total are available from
the Gaikai Facebook page:
Saints Row: The Third, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Magicka, Sniper: Ghost Warrior, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Orcs Must Die! and
Farming Simulator 2011.