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#ouya No discussion about the exciting new open-source Ouya console passes without someone inevitably comparing the Kickstarter sensation to a mobile phone or Android tablet without a screen. More »

What a coincidence! Final Fantasy 3 was just released for Android, and now Square Enix has announced a version for the rapidly Kickstarting Ouya console, bringing the game full circle from its console (Famicom) roots. That development took Final Fantasy 3 through a circuitous path of "console to handheld to phone to phone to console."

"This will be the first time gamers outside of Japan can play FFIII on their televisions through a console," the Ouya team points out. It's also the first support for the unreleased console from a major publisher. We expect to see other big names follow suit in porting their Android games to the console.

OnLive will be available when the Ouya console launches next March, giving access to hundreds of current-gen titles.

#ouya Amidst all the talk of the fancy new Ouya console, and all its promise and possibilities, the more specific, physical aspects of the machine have gone largely unnoticed. More »

Up at Noon's Brian Altano sounds off about the new hacker friendly console and why it deserves to be ignored.

#kotakuliveqa We've interviewed Julie Uhrman, the driving force behind the Kickstarter-funded $99 hackable Android console Ouya. On Thursday, it will be your turn. Uhrman will be taking Kotaku reader questions live—and answering them live—from 1:30-2:00 PM (ET). More »

#ouya Ouya sprung onto people's radar recently with an incredibly desirable, or at the least incredibly interesting pitch. The would-be console makers offer a cheap alternative for gamers to play, and even hack and mod their way through the hardware and games potentially offered on the platform. More »

What is "Ouya," besides an amusing onomatopoeia? It's reportedly the concept for a $99, Android-based game console that has some very interesting backers.

We've got original Xbox cheerleader Ed Fries, and acclaimed designer Yves Béhar. The former is said to be serving as an advisor on the project, while the latter is said to be developing the device. The supposed task is to develop a game console that can be connected to a television with an open development platform; better yet, all its games will be free.

This is all according to a listing on startup website AngelList (since pulled, detailed on The Verge), which apparently counted a variety of other big names on its masthead. Several images are also available (including the one above), but it's worth noting that they're all concepts for now. The various games seen on the console's dashboard are, naturally, Android titles.

We reached out to Ouya representatives, but haven't heard back as of publishing.

#ouya Leaks are springing, and word is out that a new mystery home video game console called Ouya is in development. This is a real thing. More »