Electronic Arts teams up with Tokyo’s G-cluster to provide games over the cloud (exclusive)

Tokyo cloud-gaming firm G-cluster has struck a deal with big game publisher Electronic Arts. Under it, EA will deliver high-end video games to consumers through G-cluster’s cloud service — even if they don’t have a game console.

That’s a big vote of confidence for an emerging technology. G-cluster is creating a white-label service that uses web-connected data centers, or the cloud, to deliver games via broadband networks to consumers homes. Those games can be displayed on televisions and controlled with ordinary game controllers. No console is necessary. Carriers are G-cluster’s primary partners.