OUYA Gives Back With its #FreeTheGames Program

In 2012, a Kickstarter campaign was started to fund the creation of OUYA, a microconsole utilizing a version of the Android operating system.  Earning $8.5 million, the campaign became Kickstarter’s second-most-backed project, and the energy surrounding OUYA and its vision … Read More

Indie Game ‘Toto Temple Deluxe’ to release on OUYA

This Thursday, July 24th, Juicy Beast will release the 2D multiplayer “party” game Toto Temple Deluxe exclusively for the OUYA gaming console. In Toto Temple Deluxe, up to four players complete to grab the goat and hold on to it … Read More

Kickstarter Highlights

It’s already been well over a year since Double Fine Adventure first appeared on Kickstarter and arguably paved the way for all the successful video game crowd funding campaigns that followed. The game’s initial Kickstarter success proved that crowd funding … Read More

OUYA to offer $1M matching funds to developers on Kickstarter

OUYA, the game console that got its start on Kickstarter by raising over $8.5 million, is now going to launch its own Kickstarter campaign with $1 million to help Android game developers. It’s been a year since OUYA’s campaign (one … Read More

Towerfall Preview: Out of the Bramble Thicket

By the time you’ve read this I’ve most likely re-written it half a dozen times.

I’m not usually a perfectionist but as someone who’s played a game as fantastic as Towerfall I feel it’s only right to do it justice and put more than a modicum amount of my time into helping you understand what makes this game so damn fun.

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Ouya delays retail launch — fixing sticky controller

For those of you anxiously awaiting the Ouya’s arrival to stores on June 4th, you’ll have to wait another 21 days until Tuesday, June 25th. The original drop date has been delayed by the startup game company, giving Ouya a chance to manufacture more units but also to fix a sticky controller issue Kickstarter backers have complained about. The problem, apparently, was due to the size of the hole the button sits in under the faceplate (exactly which button(s) not specified). Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman told JoyStiq, “we’ve increased the size just a little bit, so now the buttons don’t stick under it.” Ouya backers can request replacement controllers from the company’s customer service. Read More

Spotlight on Ouya: The Games That Will Sell

As we get closer to the June 4th consumer release date for Ouya, the question on everyone’s mind is about the games that will be available. It’s well known throughout the video game console industry that what … Read More

Spotlight on Ouya

Ouya and the independent game scene

The summer of 2013 will bring us all something that we haven’t seen in a while: the breakout of a new game console to compete against the big three that have ruled the … Read More

Ouya console launch to include Final Fantasy III

Square Enix is getting on board the Ouya train and bringing Final Fantasy III with them to the $99 Kickstarter-funded console when it launches. That means it’ll be the first time gamers outside of Japan can play FFIII (in HD, … Read More

OUYA controller and console photos released

Today the OUYA team has revealed new revealing photos of the controller and console. Not that we should not expect some slight tweaks to the designs, but according to OUYA they “couldn’t hold out any longer.” The controller is … Read More