Ouya, the much anticipated Android game console that took off on Kickstarter, moves closer to launch. Early backers are already receiving their boxes -- word to Ouya: I am still waiting. Now the company announces a new round of funding and an official launch date next month. Company CEO Julie Uhrman tells us the console maker is "thrilled to share that OUYA has
Many of us play Angry Birds, but are frustrated by the issues that arise when we change devices. There are options for getting around this. In fact, there are at least two backup and restore apps available in the Play store, both of which I have used. There are also options for doing a complete backup using a service like
It looks like EA may have learned something from the SimCity fiasco! One of the many problems with the launch of SimCity was that players were having difficulty being able to access the game. This was, to make a long story short, due to problems that EA was slow to resolve regarding their servers. Many have said that things would
Last week Rovio released its Angry Birds Friends tournament -style game to the mobile world, making the popular bird-slinging, pig-killing game available to a wider audience. The Friends version had previously only been available on Facebook, but has now moved to both iOS and Android. Today, the first full tournament gets underway -- new ones will begin each Monday. Today though,
Two popular Valve games, Portal and Portal 2, have arrived on Steam for Linux. The two games, released in 2007 and 2011 respectively, have previously been available for the Windows and Mac platforms. This latest Valve game release for Linux is very good news at a time when Steam for Linux usage has been sinking. The April figures for the Steam
It has taken quite a bit of time, but Rovio finally brings its popular Angry Birds game to the Windows Phone platform. The original game -- the version that launched the craze -- lands in the store today. "Good news for all of our fans who play Angry Birds on Windows Phone, we have a brand new version of the
Greenheart Games has done something unique, and fascinating, with the release of their brand new game. They released a cracked version of Game Dev Tycoon that contained something that the real version did not. The results show that even people who pirate software become frustrated when someone pirates from them. Game Dev Tycoon is a Sim game where you run