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Final Fantasy III coming to Ouya

, Jul 31st 2012 Discuss [7]

This week we saw Ouya gain support from OnLive, the online game streaming service, and now the company has found another ally in the gaming industry. Ouya has taken to its Kickstarter page to announce that it has partnered with Square Enix, with the developer intending to bring Final Fantasy III to the Android-based console when it eventually launches. Ouya say that this is the first time gamers outside of Japan will be able to play Final Fantasy III on a television via a console. Read The Full Story

OnLive pledges support for Ouya Kickstarter console

, Jul 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

Kickstarters flocked to the Ouya gaming platform when it was announced, with the project recently surpassing $5.5 million in funding. Now the console has scored a major content partner in the form of OnLive. Streaming games will be available on Ouya from launch thanks to the creation of an OnLive app for the console, which is running a modified version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Read The Full Story

Out of Print tablet jackets hit Kickstarter goal

, Jul 25th 2012 Discuss [2]

There is no lack of creative ideas waiting to receiving funding through Kickstarter, but this one is just plain cool: a company called Out of Print has come up with the idea of sticking your tablet inside a jacket that looks just like a classic book. That way, when you're reading eBooks, you can make it look like you're reading an actual book instead of staring at your tablet. Sure it's an idea that doesn't add any new functionality to your tablet, but to the book-obsessed, it will likely be an idea worth some money nonetheless. Read The Full Story

Pebble smartwatch won’t make September ship date

, Jul 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Pebble smartwatch caused quite a stir across the internets when it was announced, breaking Kickstarter records and ultimately reaching $10.2 million in funding. The original goal was to create 1,000 Pebble watches and have them delivered to customers into September, but the company behind the watch has warned of delays thanks to the sheer demand. Full production is now planned for 85,000 watches, but ramping up for that kind of volume will mean Kickstarters will have to wait a bit longer to get their wares. Read The Full Story

First Wasteland 2 screenshot revealed

, Jul 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

It's been a while since we've heard from Wasteland 2 and the folks at inXile. Ever since the game's Kickstarter campaign wrapped up on April 17, things have been mostly quiet, but Brian Fargo recently changed all of that by sharing the first screenshot for Wasteland 2. Sure, we've had a glimpse at concept art before, but this is an actual screenshot from within the game. Have a look at the screen below. Read The Full Story

Kickstarter updates design layout for project pages

, Jul 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Kickstarter updated the design layout for project pages today, announced by CEO Perry Chen on the blog. It was said that project pages are the “heart and soul” of the entire site, which drove nearly 60 percent of pageviews over the last month. The average visitor should find that information is easier to locate on all project pages with the updated changes. Read The Full Story

OUYA poaches Amazon Kindle engineer

, Jul 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks behind the Android-based gaming system OUYA have revealed this week that they've been holding back a "secret weapon" of sorts in their bid for Kickstarter supremacy: Muffi Ghadiali of Lab126 from Amazon. This fellow worked on the Kindle product line in both software and hardware and was responsible for interacting with engineering, product design, industrial design, supply chain, QA teams, and operations. Now that the OUYA project has more than $5 million USD in funding via Kickstarter before it's even launched AND they've got the support of a proven winner, what's to stop them? Read The Full Story

OUYA Kickstarter blasts past $5m mark

, Jul 17th 2012 Discuss [2]

This week the Kickstarter phenomenon known as OUYA has reached $5 million dollars pledged for their Android-based gaming console with 22 days left to go. This amount of cash for a project such as this is fantastic on its own, but given the group’s $950,000 goal at the start of the project, it’s become a whole new animal since it started less than a month ago. With more than 5 times their original seed money request, it’s time for the developers and engineers behind the project to seriously reconsider their futures in their respective fields – things are looking up!

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OUYA begins talks with NVIDIA and pledges more rewards for investors

, Jul 13th 2012 Discuss [4]

This week the Android-based HDTV connected gaming device known as OUYA has blasted past its initial Kickstarter goal straight into the news media's eye for up-and-coming powerhouses in the mobile universe. As such, each time they send out an update as large as what they've just pushed, it's time to pay attention. Today's update includes their first meeting with NVIDIA on how the quad-core Tegra 3 processor plays into this whole fabulous situation. Read The Full Story

Ouya hits $4m while Pandora device creator pans the idea

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [16]

This week the meteoric rise of Kickstarter-started Android device Ouya has been the subject of some massive amounts of attention - today the doubts begin. It's Craig Rothwell, part of the team that created the ill-fated open-source handheld gaming device Pandora. His trip down terror lane with the development and production of both the software and the hardware for said device have allowed him to lend some knowledge today to Pocket Gamer on how hard the team behind Ouya are about to have it, $4 million dollars in funding or not. Read The Full Story

Blink USB light can be programmed to alert you of just about anything

, Jul 11th 2012 Discuss [2]

This is an interesting little gadget called the blink USB. This is a little USB dongle has a RGB LED in the end that can glow different colors. The small light slips into a USB port and has lots of programmable functionality that can be used as a status light just about anything you can think of. The device will work with Windows, Mac, or Linux operating systems allowing it to work with just about any computer you might have in the home or office. Read The Full Story

Ouya Android console open to suggestions as it blasts past $2m

, Jul 11th 2012 Discuss [5]

Android console project Ouya has already smashed through the $2m backer point on Kickstarter, more than doubling the original pledge goal and posing a challenge as to what exactly to do with all that money. Having already met its target within the space of hours, Ouya has opened up the floor to backers for suggestions as to what the next steps should be.

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