Dave Perry's ambitious cloud-based game service will be getting a European beta test later this very month, the veteran gaming man has confirmed today.

"Over 30,000 people have already signed up to help test and many came from Europe, they were really bummed that they would be left out of our launch plans," Perry reveals. "Gaikai is all about reaching a massive audience, so we are embracing right away."

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Apparently, Gaikai will actually be initially tested in Europe before the US, although later phases of the launch process will seemingly happen stateside first.

"After we choose the configuration in Europe, our next phase will be our Nationwide Network Test, that will be using 8 Tier-1 Data Centers, getting hammered by Closed testers," Perry explains. "During that process, will be identifying the other data centers we need to include to blanket the USA in a low latency array. Phase 2 of that is Europe, in exactly the same test."

Gaikai vows to let users play a selection of top-notch games without the need for high spec, local hardware. Everything will rather be 'operated' within the - opening up epic possibilities for low spec PCs, mobile devices and more. You can register online now.

By Luke Guttridge