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Tiny Android console slips past June 4th release date
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Nvidia amongst wave of new backers for Android console
Read More »Ouya to miss June 4th launch
Crowd-funded Android console Ouya will not launch at the beginning of June, as was originally planned. Instead, it will land on shelves a few weeks later on June 25th. Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman claimed the console was delayed in order to meet retail demand, according to Joystiq. "We’ve had incredibly …
Read More »Ouya strikes 10,000 developer partnerships
Kickstarter-funded Android console Ouya has signed 10,000 developers worldwide. Ouya’s head of developer relations Kelle Santiago revealed the milestone to Games Industry, with the news coming just a month after CEO Julie Uhrman confirmed at GDC that the console had already signed on 8,000 devs. "It’s really awesome, especially at …
Read More »Low-cost console Ouya attracts 10,000 developers
Santiago and company hit milestone for crowdfunded hardware
Read More »Ouya tech "is a generation old"
The tech housed in the upcoming Android console Ouya lags significantly behind many other modern Andorid devices. VentureBeat reports that results using benchmarking software Futuremark suggested that Ouya ranks 73rd in the Android power league table. That’s ahead of the likes of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet but behind devices such …
Read More »Can Ouya crack digital retail riddle?
When it comes to Ouya, much of the excitement has focused on the physical box itself: a cheap 99 Android console made famous on Kickstarter. The hardware launches on June 4th, will be stocked by GAME, and will launch with hundreds of smartphone games rebuilt for TV. But the platform’s …
Read More »Ouya downplays early criticism
Early Kickstarter units are not indicative of final product, says spokesperson
Read More »Ouya team responds to early hardware criticisms
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 …
Read More »GDC 13: New directions and the search for enlightenment
Develop's EIC reviews the major trends in San Francisco last week
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