THE FUTURE: EA nearing deal to STREAM GAMES TO COMCAST TVS

Fuck ya’ll! And fuck ya’ll gaming consoles! That’s what Electronic Arts and Comcast are saying, as they near a deal to stream EA games. It’s the Future, yo. It’s getting weird. And I’m liking it.

EA and Comcast are close to signing a deal that would make EA games available on Comcast’s X1 television operating system, Reuters reports. The X1 is an HTML5-based streaming platform for TVs, offering apps, internet, cloud services and DVR.

According to the report: “After two years of testing, Comcast and EA are close to reaching an agreement to stream video games such as FIFA and Madden into the living rooms of some of Comcast’s more-than 22 million customers across the United States, said the sources, who declined to speak publicly before a deal had been struck.”

Comcast wants casual and family games on its platform first, with shooters and action games added later, based on user feedback. [Joystiq]