OnLive app – review

Apps may offer plenty of excellent, graphically impressive games, but they still can't match a console for processing power. OnLive (free, android/kindle/iOS) changes that. The service, which streams games to PCs, Macs and TVs, is now available for tablets (although the iPad version is still awaiting Apple's approval at time of going to press). Download the app (which for now comes with the excellent Lego Batman free), and there's access to a plethora of new and old releases that would otherwise be beyond the device, streamed directly into it, in much the same way as BBC's iPlayer operates. Games can be bought, rented or accessed through the PlayPack bundle (free for three months to BT Broadband customers). Some adapt for touchscreens (such as the upcoming LA Noire), others use the default onscreen pad, but all work with the Bluetooth OnLive controller (£39.99). It's dependent on a solid wifi connection, but offers unparalleled mobile gaming; full-sized consoles may be living on borrowed time.