When cloud-based video game streaming service OnLive suddenly closed, many gamers looking for an easy way to bring games to their screens via the Internet found themselves left in the dark. At the time SiliconANGLE found four good alternatives for gamers to migrate to, but now there’s a few more available.

Below are listed three more alternatives to the now-defunct OnLive, with the addition of an interesting small-market (only for special customers in Kansas City and Texas) streaming service. Included is the video game rental service GameFly Inc., Sony Corporation’s PlayStation Now for PS and Sony mobile gaming customers, and GameNow (Ubitus Inc.).

GameFly

GameFly offers game streaming which means no downloading necessary. All you need is a Smart TV, a supported streaming device like the Amazon Fire TV, a minimum bandwidth of 5Mbps, and wireless connections using 5 GHz (802.11n standard) only.

GameFly’s service currently available in the U.S. and Canada–Amazon Fire TV, France–Bouygues Telecom and Bbox games, Portugal–Portugal Telecom and Meo Jogos, Korea–CJ Hello TV and X-games. Support for Samsung TV will be coming soon to U.S., Canada and South America. Some of the titles available include Lego and Pacman games, Hitman, Sleeping Dogs, to name a few, and new titles are added each month.

GameFly streaming available for Samsung TVs internationally, Amazon Fire TV and others. Credit: GameFly Inc.

To use GameFly players need a minimum download of 5 Mbps (and at least 8.5 Mbps forHD quality gaming and 10 Mbs recommended) and all games are transmitted at 30 frames per second (about the same as most YouTube videos). For down time between games, GameFly also streams movies to supported devices.

Streaming packs start at around $6.99 a month and each pack unlocks unlimited play for seven games in a given genre; another pack for $9.99 per month bundle called the “gamer” pack delivers 16 games across the GameFly library. The service also rents and sells video game DVDs in a model similar to Netflix for gamers interested in going the traditional receive it in the mail route.

PlayStation Now

Sony Computer Entertainment acquired Gaikai in 2012 for $380 million and transformed it into a cloud platform for Sony branded entertainment devices such as the PlayStation 4, PS3, PS Vita, PS TV, Sony smart TVs and Blu-ray Disc, and select Samsung smart TVs.

Sony believes that PlayStation Now can provide PS4 console owners access to PS3 games they might not have played via cloud streaming. Credit: Sony Corporation

PlayStation Now allows people to directly stream games to the mentioned compatible devices as well as start gaming on one device and continue gaming on another. The service is currently available as a subscription for one month at $19.99 or three months at $49.99. New customers can get a 7-day free trial to start off.

Subscribers gain access to a massive library of PS3 games that include action, shooters, RPGs and other varieties of games. Sony believes this would also be a great way for PS4 owners who never had a PS3 to access and play games launched for the previous platform.

GameNow

This cloud gaming service is available for LG Smart TV, Google TV, Verizon, and computers running Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8,Windows 8.1,and OS X.

GameNow video game streaming service brings a wide variety of games to numerous Internet connected displays for an instant gaming experience. Credit: Ubitus Inc.

Available game titles include Lego Harry Potter, Ghostbusters, Street Fighter vs Tekken, Batman Arkham City and more. You can sign in using your Facebook, Twitter or Google+ account or create a GameNow profile by providing some information such as name, email add, birthday and creating your own password.

Play a game for free for 20 minutes before deciding if you really want to purchase that game.

Shinra Technologies, Inc. (beta)

Do you live in Kansas City, Missouri and have Google Fiber Gigabit Internet or happen to be a Verizon FiOS customer in Texas? Then you should look into a beta cloud gaming service named from Shinra Technologies, Inc. This game streaming service is currently being launched in beta and provides high fidelity games via cloud streaming for a small number of titles–but it takes a lot of bandwidth to do this so it’s only available to a small number of customers.

Featured image credit: Photo by Sergey Galyonkin