Parsec | BlogA couple weeks ago Blizzard introduced a change to their End User License Agreement (EULA) that prohibits gamers from playing Blizzard games on cloud gaming PCs. As of two days ago, they started handing down 30 day account suspensions for violating this term of the EULA. With the new WoW expansion coming out, please heed […]
Chris Dickson is the co-founder of Parsec and leads our technology and product development. He’s hosting an AMA on one of the largest Subreddits focused entirely on the game industry — r/Games. This is a great opportunity to ask questions about our technology and software directly. We’re looking forward to the conversation!
With Parsec, you can play local-only multiplayer games online. You can invite your friends to join you on your PC and play any game together via our friending system or link sharing. Building online multiplayer for local couch co-op games was inspired by Chris and Jamie’s desire to play games together despite living more than […]
Several large companies in the technology and gaming industry have made announcements in the past few months that they’re investing in or investigating if they can use the cloud to stream video games to consumers. We expect more news will be made at E3 this year about the technology at the foundation of cloud gaming […]
The co-founders of Parsec, Chris and Benjy, sat with Bob from RetroRGB to talk about the technology behind Parsec, some of the plans for expanding the value of game streaming, and how Parsec helps make retro videogames more fun with online multiplayer. It was a fun conversation, and we hope it gives you all some […]
Troels, better known as Space Quest Historian online, has been an avid adventure game player since the 80s and early 90s when he’d swap floppy disks with buddies at school. He found Parsec one day when he posted on Twitter that he was looking for a way to play an adventure game with a friend. […]
By Benjy Boxer Parsec allows gamers to invite their friends to play offline multiplayer games over the internet, access a cloud gaming PC, or remotely control their gaming PC from anywhere. In game streaming technology, we believe your experience is dictated by three main metrics — a consistent 60 FPS stream, latency, and video quality. A lot […]
By Benjy Boxer A lot of people are using Parsec to play offline games with their friends online. We’re constantly introducing new features to make this experience better, like our matchmaking system (Party Finder) and Approved Apps. At this moment, thousands of people actively use Parsec daily to play games via the Parsec game streaming […]
Last week, we came across a post on Reddit from Ninlilizi about her experience playing FFXIV on the train with her Android Tablet. In the post, she mentioned that she uses Parsec to stream the game from the cloud over a 4G connection. Abigail (Ninlilizi’s real name) lives in the UK where they seem to […]
Simplay offers one of the best values for cloud gaming on the market. You can subscribe to their service and receive a gaming PC that supports 60 FPS gaming for just $19.99 per month. Since Simplay focuses on and offers one of the best price-to-performance ratios in gaming, we’re excited that they are now fully […]
Whenever someone plays games on their gaming PC through Parsec, we collect diagnostic information to help identify issues with the connection. On an aggregate level, it can be quite interesting to see what the most common hardware platforms being used in the Parsec Community. For instance, we know that Nvidia GPUs are the most common […]
Closing the distance with Parsec Acidhog and his girlfriend, Jenny met online about 6 years ago in a Sonic Drawing Group. They started talking and eventually fell in love over their shared interests. Unfortunately, however, they live almost 5,000 miles away from each other. Acidhog lives in England, and Jenny lives in Texas. They spend plenty […]
When a child leaves for college, parents typically try to find ways to stay connected despite the distance. For one father and son who shared gaming as a favorite past-time, they were looking for a new way to share the gaming experience just like they were sitting on the same couch. Parsec helped them re-connect […]
The new SNES Classic is out and available (if you can get your hands on one). We thought it would be fun to add a little magic to it and make it capable to host online co-play. This requires a serious amount of patience, tinkering, elbow grease, a gaming PC, and Parsec. But if you […]
Playing games with friends is better. Co-op platformers and other offline co-op brings back memories of days when we’d sit down on the couch with a bunch of buddies and face-off in the Stacks of Goldeneye. These games brought us together, but there hasn’t been a great option for 60 FPS 1080p co-op over the […]