Onlive - 2 FREE INDIE GAMES - Space Pirates & Zombies / Spacechem
Our Second Indie Weekend Giveaway is here, with FREE PlayPasses to TWO indie games that are truly out of this world. This weekend only, SpaceChem and Space Pirates and Zombies (S.P.A.Z.) are free.
Here is this week’s challenge: If we get 2,000 Shares AND 2,000 Likes of this Facebook post, we will give out 4 games next weekend!
To redeem your codes:
1. Follow the links based on your region
a. United States: www.onlive.com/indieredeem/US2FORND
b. United Kingdom: www.onlive.co.uk/indieredeem/UK2FORND
c. Belgium: www.onlive.be/indieredeem/BE2FORND
2. Follow the instructions on the code redemption page to redeem your first game
3. Click the “Redeem another game” link to redeem your second game
Warning: These codes will not be redeemable in the OnLive application. They are only fully redeemable through the links provided.
For complete details visit: http://blog.onlive.com/2012/08/17/indie-weekend-2-twice-as-nice/
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Jump to unread Post a CommentInstructions say to press "Redeem another game" link. Got the two.
Thanks OP heat added.
HEAT from me
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/8/17/3250066/onlive-cloud-gaming-service-closing-staff-laid-off
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/8/17/3250066/onlive-cloud-gaming-service-closing-staff-laid-off
[UPDATE: OnLive's head of corporate communications Brian Jaquet has replied to GamesBeat with the following statement when asked if the company was shutting down (emphasis ours):
We don’t respond to rumors but of course not.
The exciting news is that the first VIZIO Co-Stars (Google TV stream players) with the OnLive app built-in have just arrived in customer homes, and our second of three 'Indie Giveaway Weekends' is going on now. OnLive users can get a free copy of the award-winning games Space Pirates and Zombies and SpaceChem (more details on our blog here: blog.onlive.com).
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/breaking-employee-email-says-onlive-is-closing-its-doors-today/#kPgqycUuZzs651eH.99
It's a bit unclear what's really going on, however. GamesBeat is hearing secondhand reports that OnLive employees are going through exit interviews right now. OnLive says it's still in business, so it's possible the company is going through some major layoffs or looking at a potential buyout and rebranding that it wasn't ready to announce just yet. We'll keep you posted as more information rolls in.]
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/breaking-employee-email-says-onlive-is-closing-its-doors-today/#kPgqycUuZzs651eH.99
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/17/on...ased-by-unkno/
Quote:
OnLive let go "at least 50 percent" of its staff today, Engadget learned, and the company was purchased by an unknown third-party. A former employee confirmed layoff reports that popped up earlier this afternoon and recounted the events that lead to today's firings.
A meeting held this morning by CEO Steve Perlman informed employees that "at least 50 percent of the staff" were to be cut, effective as of 4PM PST today. Employees affected in the layoffs are said to have not been offered severance.
Moreover, OnLive was purchased by an unknown third-party, and an unknown amount of employees will be offered jobs at the newly formed company. It's unclear why OnLive is suddenly shedding so many employees, but the former employee pointed out monthly operating costs of approximately $5 million as at least part of the reason.
For its part, OnLive isn't confirming any layoffs. "We don't respond to rumors, but of course not," a company rep told Joystiq earlier today regarding reports that the company's entire staff was laid off. Reps wouldn't confirm whether other layoffs have occurred.
OnLive's Co-Star player is the latest product from OnLive – it's unclear how, if at all, it will be affected by today's layoffs, not to mention the purchase of OnLive by a third-party
http://gamepolitics.com/2012/08/17/f...-hands-meeting
Quote:
A former OnLive employee (who spoke on the condition of anonymity) described to GamePolitics the last meeting the cloud-based subscription gaming service will ever hold. Earlier in the day this source confirmed a rumor that the company had laid off its entire staff and ceased to exist as a company.
First, our source describes the meeting where employees learned that they had all been let go:
"So there was an 'All-Hands' and we're in this big open space.. he [referring to OnLive founder, CEO, and president Steve Perlman] literally had a presentation that he pitched to us and the punch line was '…and under this variation of bankruptcy which is valid in California the company as of this moment does not exist and portions of it are being acquired by a brand new entity but what that means is all of your options are gone.'"
"The most surreal part of the whole meeting is that he does the entire presentation, he gets to the end and typically at an 'All-Hands' meeting you clap, right? Because that's just the right way to finish a meeting. I think because nobody knew how to react, everybody clapped. It was bizarre... because you're clapping to thank him for taking the easy route out of the company. I think it was because everybody was in such shock that they just didn't know what to do. So I'm sitting there laughing because I'm watching people clapping because they don't know what else to do..."
When we asked our source if anyone inside the company saw today's events coming, they said:
"Anybody keeping score within the company knew that money was getting tight. There were signs of it because budgets had been slashed and there were very long holds on getting business terms signed off on... but the expectation was "oh Steve's going to go and get another round of funding. There were a few people hoping for the acquisition because that's really the end game, but if you were reasonably smart you knew that the likelihood of that was pretty low."
We asked if anyone was getting a severance package from OnLive:
"No. we just got paid for the first half of August. We got 8 hours for the couple of hours we worked into the second pay period. We got our PTO." One thing that is lost under the bankruptcy is contributions to Federal Savings Accounts that employees made: "A lot of my colleagues put money in the FSA for child care, health care, whatever .. they did not have an answer for us, but it sounds like the person that makes the most noise will get reimbursed."
We asked our source what the aftermath of today's news is to employees, and if any of OnLive's employees will be carried over into the new as-of-yet-unnamed entity:
"There were few people who had been given a one-month agreement with the new entity, which he did not explain. basically by using this form of bankruptcy there's a certain amount of protection from the creditors... obviously he lands okay and everyone else is on their own."
Finally we asked our source how many people are going to this new company from OnLive:
"A very small number.. I have no idea what the number is, but i would guess that a few people would stay to keep the service running because if you lose the content the value drains out of the company very rapidly. So they must be keeping enough people around to keep the service running. He'll keep around his core engineering team and people's he's worked with for years I'm sure are staying... and the one guy who knows how the analytics database works for financials (he does all the reporting and everything so) I'm certain he has a position. I'd guess 20 people.
The treatment of their now former employees is aboslutely horrific.
And those not re-hired? Their stock is worthless, no severance pay. Ruined.
At least gaikai looks to be going strong