Nintendo Wii owners were recently left feeling a little under appreciated with the news that Playstation 3 owners will be getting Netflix broadband video streaming next month. Blog rumblings indicate that Netflix streaming will be coming to the Wii eventually, but may not arrive until next year with the shipping of a modified, HD-capable Wii variant. This image was sent out to some Wii owners in a survey last march, and the console owners have been eagerly anticipating the streaming service ever since. The blog's leak sources insist that it's not entirely impossible the launch could also happen before the holidays.

Back in March a company by the name of OnLive unveiled their new broadband gaming service, which aims to replace the traditional game console with what's essentially a broadband-connected dumb terminal. Under the system, which has been proposed in various forums for years now, major title games are completely streamed over your broadband connection -- for a monthly subscription fee.

Initial demonstrations were on closed networks, and of course everyone wants to see this service in the real world -- where the company admits you'll need to live within 1,000 miles of a data center. For Standard-Definition gaming, OnLive says it needs a 1.5 Mbps connection.

Back in March a company by the name of OnLive unveiled their new broadband gaming service, which aims to replace the traditional game console with a broadband-connected dumb terminal. Under the system, which has been proposed in various forums for years now, major title games are completely streamed over your broadband connection -- for a monthly subscription fee.

Initial demonstrations were on closed networks, and of course everyone wants to see this service in the real world -- where the company admits you'll need to live within 1,000 miles of a data center. Those interested should know the company just entered open beta and is looking for broadband volunteers, who'll need to obviously specify their system and broadband connection specs before participating.

As Australia's plans to filter the Internet grow ever more expensive and ridiculous, the Sydney Morning Herald reports that video games are in the government's crosshairs as well. Australia's planned $125.8 million Cyber-Safety filtering system -- opposed by most ISPs as impractical and technically impossible -- includes two blacklists -- one which filters illegal material (no opt-out) and another that filters material deemed offensive by the Australian government (users can opt out). Australia's game rating system is notoriously stingy, meaning any game that's beyond the country's MA15+ rating designation would be filtered. story continues..

Back in March a company by the name of OnLive unveiled their new broadband gaming service, replacing it with a broadband-connected dumb terminal. Major title games are completely streamed over your broadband connection -- for a monthly subscription fee. Initial demonstrations were on closed networks, and of course everyone wants to see this service in the real world -- where the company admits you'll need to live within 1,000 miles of a data center. For E3, the OnLive folks rented an empty Los Angeles home and demonstrated the service to Joystiq using a Time Warner Cable broadband connection -- somewhat amusing (or frightening) given Time Warner Cable's recent ambitions. The service is currently entering closed beta and will jump into open beta this summer.