Gamers can see what the indie world offers via exclusive offer

Feb 28, 2012 13:35 GMT  ·  By

OnLive, the on-demand cloud gaming service, has announced that, as a sponsor of the 14th Annual Independent Games Festival, it will be working with the organizers to launch a two-week Indie game Showcase.

Thus, it allows gamers who live in the United States and the United Kingdom to play through 16 of the games that are part of the competition.

OnLive also encourages gamers to rate the experiences they like best, and on March 12 it will announce which indie title was the best liked.

Steve Perlman, the founder and chief executive officer of OnLive, stated “We love bringing innovative new game experiences to our users, and helping independent developers get their games out to a broad audience. The OnLive Indie Showcase lets gamers everywhere share their enthusiasm for these leading-edge games.”

OnLive is designed to allow gamers to experience modern games without regard to the hardware they use.

The IGF line-up includes Atom Zombie Smasher, Be Good, Botanicula, Dear Esther, Dustforce, English Country Tune, Frozen Synapse, FTL, Lume, Nitronic Rush, Once Upon a Spacetime, POP, SpaceChem, To the Moon, Toren and WAY.