Rainway

Rainway
The Rainway logo
Type of site
 Video game streaming service
Available in English
Website https://rainway.io
Alexa rank Lower rank (relative increase in site traffic) 150574 (29 April 2018)
Registration Required to use service
Launched January 20, 2018 (2018-01-20)[1]

Rainway is a video game streaming service. Rainway allows users to run games on their PC and play them on other devices over an internet connection. The beta launched on PC on January 20, 2018.[1][2]

Compatibility

Rainway is compatible with games purchased from Steam, Origin, Battle.net, and Uplay. The service can run in web browsers and will also be compatible with iOS and Android mobile phones, as well as Xbox One consoles. The developers of Rainway also plan to support the service on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 (with approval). Rainway's web service can be used through the Nintendo Switch's internal web browser, which has been used by the Rainway developers for testing the service on the Nintendo Switch, although it is not yet known whether or not Nintendo will allow the Rainway application to be distributed on the Nintendo eShop.[2][3][4]

History

Rainway was first announced in March of 2017, by Andrew Sampson, with a beta planned for May 5th. The announcement was made on the official website for Ulterius, another streaming service worked on by Sampson which used similar technologies, but focused on desktop remote access rather than game streaming.[5][6] However, Rainway did not gain significant attention until April, when it announced its plan to support the then-newly released Nintendo Switch console.[7] During E3 2017, Rainway reiterated that its streaming service would be made available for the Nintendo Switch console, and announced that the Rainway beta would launch on November 25.[2] The release of the beta was later delayed again, to January 20.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ready. Set. Uh, Wait?". Rainway Blog. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Parrish, Kevin (2017-06-14). "Rainway's PC game streaming service will also support the Nintendo Switch". Digital Trends. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  3. ↑ Siegal, Jacob (2017-08-08). "Watch 'Half-Life 2' running on a Nintendo Switch with the Rainway app". BGR. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  4. ↑ Whitehead, Thomas (2017-10-16). "Rainway Streaming App Continues to Push the Switch Version, Teasing Cuphead Footage". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  5. ↑ Adams, Robert (2017-03-11). "Borderless Gaming Developer Andrew Sampson Announces Rainway". TechRaptor. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ulterius | Remote desktop inside any web browser when you need it". Ulterius. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Aernout (2017-04-24). "Rainway App Allows 60FPS PC Game Streaming To Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & More". Wccftech. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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