When the Ouya Android gaming console hit Kickstarter last year, PCMag questioned whether project managers had enough experience producing hardware to actually bring it to market, despite raising more than $8.6 million from private backers.

Fast forward several months, and the console looks like the real deal. Ouya just published additional photos of its controller, with a revised design. Sure, it's still a prototype, but the hardware looks a lot more promising than a few months ago.

Ouya, a Los Angeles-based startup, is developing a sub-$100, Android-powered video game console that offers free-to-play titles that currently dominate the smartphones and tablet gaming world. Designed to challenge the likes of Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, the love letter to console gaming includes an Nvidia Tegra3 quad-core processor, 8GB of flash memory, 1GB RAM, Bluetooth connectivity, and an HDMI connection to the TV, with support for up to 1080p HD.

The console is not only attracting ports of existing games, but also custom Ouya-designed versions and even original titles (or at least derivatives of planned games). So what's hot for the Ouya? Check out the slideshow for screenshots of several upcoming games for the Ouya platform.

At this point, we don't have pricing information, but they should be available from Ouya's online store once the console ships to consumers. Software development being what it is, there's no guarantee that they'll be released on time. But with Wikipedia listing 24 titles for the platform, it's a safe bet that Ouya will have a decent portfolio of games at launch, currently scheduled for March 2013. If developers believe in Ouya, it certainly helps the case that we should, too.


1. Ouya’s New Controller Image) At the request of its community, Ouya’s new controller includes a "cross" design to eliminate those pesky accidental diagonal moves. (

2. Final Fantasy III Image) This remake of the original NES game has already appeared on the iPhone and on Google Play, with a scheduled release date of March. Pricing has not been announced. (This is a shot of the iOS version.) (

3. Pier Solar Remake Image) Pier Solar was a "homebrew" game, released, of all consoles, for the Sega Megadrive in 2010. A Kickstarter campaign to bring the game to the PC, Mac, Xbox360, Linux, and the Dreamcast was expanded to include the Ouya after $175,000 was raised. (

4. Gunblitz Rapture Games Studios’ shoot-em-up is also an Ouya lauch title, due in March. Indiedb claims that the game will have unlockable abilities that must be carefully managed to clear the levels.

5. Rival Threads Last Class Heroes Image) Rival Threads is an upcoming side-scrolling game for Ouya, iOS, Linux, and Windows. Players play as Puppeteers, challenging Puppeteers in side-scrolling battles designed to increase their reputation. This will probably make perfect sense to JRPG aficionados. (

6. Shadowrun Online Image) Another Kickstarter-funded game , Shadowrun Online will feature two major parts: the action map, from which you and your friends do missions, and the city overview map, where players prepare for missions. Think Jagged Alliance, but in a cyberpunk world. (

7. Human Element Prequel Image) Human Element, developed by Robotaki, will be released on an undisclosed number of consoles, roughly in 2015 or so. Robert Bowling, a community manager at Infinity Ward (think Call of Duty: MOW3) formed Robotaki. The formal Human Element game will involve the "human element" of a zombie apocalypse, forcing players to do "unreasonable things" to survive. A prequel will be released on the Ouya, although no release date has been set. (

8. Positron Tron. (Image) Retroburn Games’ Positron, due in March, is reminiscent of the lightcycle scenes in. (

9. Saturday Morning RPG Image) Saturday Morning RPG is a shout out to those classic cartoons and commercials, and the game is retro inspired in multiple ways. The gameplay revolves around turn based strategy encounters where you perform various moves, and defend against your enemies’ attacks. Mighty Rabbit Studios plans to release the game in March. (

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