Testing games for free can become much easier with Playruo
In the world of video games, innovations often concern development processes, hardware or even technologies such as cloud gaming. The user experience part is often put aside by players, although certain proposals deserve attention. The Playruo initiative is one of them.
Unveiled last month, Playruo is “the first click-and-play offer on the market”. To put it simply, it is a cloud gaming solution, but exclusively dedicated to free demos, accessible with a simple mouse click. The company's goal is to offer players an easy-to-access gaming session, without installing a demo file or downloading, and for free. To top it all off, Playruo promises us low latency, flexible and high performance streaming technology, based on VLC and FFmpeg.
Demos everywhere and for everyone
On paper, it sounds like a dream. But it is above all in its practical use that Playruo becomes even more promising. Indeed, it is not yet another website on which you can make your purchases such as Steam, the Epic Games Store or even GOG. The goal is not to sell directly to the consumer, but to make free access to certain titles much simpler, without having to create an account. Making yourself visible and useful is therefore very important for society.
Integration can be done in different ways, which could in each case revolutionize the discovery of a game for the user. As can be seen on the site, Playruo links and buttons can theoretically be added anywhere; from a live broadcast, to a home page, through the advertising inserts of a siteeverything can become a potential game launch platform.
For the moment, Playruo is mainly dependent on whether studios and platforms such as Twitch are willing to work with the company. A priori, all PC games could be compatible. Studios and publishers only need to be willing to partner with Playruo to provide game sections for testing. The trial can be limited in time or stop at the end of a mission depending on the studio's wishes, but please note that no saves can be recovered following this trial if you decide to purchase the game That's the whole point with a click-and-play service without creating or connecting to an account. The company Old Skull Games, which has developed a plethora of mobile games, as well as Cryptical Path.
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