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Problems with Ouya units sent out to early backers will be eased come the official launch in June, the company has insisted. A review of one of the first available Ouya units on The Verge was full of criticism, highlighting hardware quality issues, the UI, the game installation process, the …

The new Xbox will be simply called ‘Xbox’, will require an always-on internet connection, and will be revealed on 21st May, claims established tech bloggerPaul Thurrott. Thurrott made several claims about the new Xbox console on thetheWhat The Techpodcast, reportsAll Games Beta. One of the most important ofThurrott’s claims about …

A fan of 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme and Kylie Minogue flick Street Fighter? Then today is a very good day for you. A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched that hopes to create a real-life Street Fighter themed TV series. Unlike the ‘90s movie, however, this looks like it might …

Flipkart, India’s largest online retailer and the country’s leading games retailer, has announced the Flipkart Marketplace, which will allow third-party retailers to offer products through its platform, much like Amazon’s Marketplace. Contrary to what’s been reported in some media, however, Flipkart will not stop its own retail operations, and will …

Readers of The Consumerist are expected to today name EA as the ‘Worst Company in America’ for the second year running. MCV wrote the following after EA scooped the unadmirable title last year. The arms trade? Oil companies polluting the planet? Bankers bringing us to our knees? Companies that sell …

Durango will use development tools and APIs similar to those for Windows 8

Pixie Software's Stephen Caruana on the interview etiquette that frequently goes overlooked

Jennifer Jones and Rob Blackmore will get married on April 23rd – Dead Island style. Back in January publisher Deep Silver announced that it was launching a competition that would see it pay for a couple’s entire wedding – provided it carries a zombie theme and features plenty of Dead …

Hardware expected to reach backers by the end of June

COO admits publisher 'severely fumbled' the launch of SimCity