Walmart’s unannounced cloud gaming service codenamed ‘Project Storm’ has been detailed in confidential emails shown during the Epic Games vs. Apple trial.
Although its unclear whether Project Storm has since been shelved by Walmart, Mark Rein was evidently interested in the idea of a streaming platform that he believed would have undercut some of the competition.
Back in 2019 it was rumored that Walmart had been courting developers and publishers with a view to breaking into the game streaming business, and now an email chain from Epic co-founder Mark Rein has confirmed those reports.
In an email thread sent in April 2019, as highlighted by The Verge, Rein explained he’d been hands on Project Storm and said the “experience felt like playing on PS4 and superior to playing on Android or iOS.”