Geekscape Mobile: Hatch Aims To Bring Netflix-Style Game Streaming To Android!

Briefly: As a gamer who typically owns thin, light, and not overly powerful mobile computers, back in the early 2010’s I was a huge proponent of OnLive, which was an ahead-of-its-time cloud-based gaming service that would simply stream games over your internet connection.

This meant that I could play games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution on a device that could otherwise never run it, on a platform that wasn’t even supported. OnLive also offered something called a ‘PlayPass’, an inexpensive monthly subscription that would allow you unlimited streaming of dozens upon dozens of indie and big-budget titles, a strategy that you can see emulated today in services like Playstation NOW.

Today, Angry Birds creators Rovio revealed Hatch, a new cloud-based gaming platform coming to Android devices in 2017. The company’s vision for the platform is “an instant game collection on demand, carefully curated to provide the highest quality gaming experiences, from arcade classics to modern masterpieces,” and based on the already announced titles, this is already a service that I’m interested in.

“It’s not just about playing games, it’s about sharing new experiences with the people in your life,” says Hatch Founder and CEO Juhani Honkala. “Hatch represents a new social frontier and a new beginning for mobile games. We are soft launching in 2017 for Android users, but ultimately our intention is to bring Hatch to other platforms such as iOS as well. Our mission is to bring everyone together over the games they love.”

As an iOS user… that ultimate intention can’t happen soon enough.

The company notes that they’ve secured early partners such as BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, TAITO Corporation, and Ubisoft Mobile, and already announced games include some of the best mobile titles available today, such as adland, Broken Age, Cut the Rope 2, Dokuro, The King of Fighters ‘98, Leo’s Fortune, Monument Valley, Pac-Man CE DX, Rayman Fiesta Run, République and Space Invaders Infinity Gene.

Hatch is set to soft launch on Android in the first half of 2017, and is definitely a company and platform that I’ll be following. I’ve missed OnLive dearly over these past few years (especially as they shut down shortly before releasing an iPad-optimized player), and as cloud gaming is something near and dear to my heart, I’d love to see this become successful.

Have you every used anything like OnLive or Playstation NOW? Are you open to the idea of a mobile version? Sound out below!

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