

If you’ve been following AFTVnews for a while, you may remember when Playcast Media began beta testing their new cloud gaming service on the Amazon Fire TV nearly a year ago. It was a big deal and reviewing the service proved it to be a very enjoyable experience. Playcast has now merged with GameFly, the video game rental company, to officially launch GameFly Streaming exclusively on the Fire TV. The service promises to “bring high end PC and console games directly to your Fire TV.” Cloud gaming works by running games remotely on high end servers and streaming the game’s video to your Fire TV. Your Fire TV then sends your controller input back to the server running the game. The back-and-forth transmission of controller input and video stream happens in a fraction of a second in order to make you feel like you’re playing the game locally.

The biggest hurdle for cloud gaming is lag. If your controller input or the video stream is delayed by too long, the gaming experience falls apart and is not enjoyable. That’s why it’s important that you have a fast internet connection and are physically as close to their servers as possible. They recommend a 5Mbps or greater speed and suggest that you use the Fire TV’s wired ethernet connection instead of wifi.

The GameFly Streaming service allows you to try every game they offer for free. To continue playing, you must purchase game packs which start at $6.99 per month. Game packs give you unlimited access to the games included in the packs. See the list of currently available game packs below.

Action Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month F.E.A.R. 3 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Red Faction: Armageddon Red Faction: Guerilla Mafia II Sleeping Dogs Hitman

Adventure Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month Dark Void Overlord II Darksiders Darksiders II Batman: Arkham Asylum Batman: Arkham City Batman: Arkham Origins

Gamer Pack (16 titles) – $9.99/month F.E.A.R.3 Red Faction:Armageddon Red Faction: Guerilla 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

Speed Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month Ace Combat Dirt 3 GRID GRID 2 MotoGP13 Ridge Racer Unbounded WRC 4

Fun Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month 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

Lego Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month 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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