There’s no shortage of ways to play classic Nintendo games these days, but most of them rely on emulation and/or illegally downloading game ROMS from the internet. The TinyNES takes a different approach. It’s a brand new micro-console that has the same processors as the original Nintendo Entertainment System, which means it has native support […]
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Arduboy Mini is a tiny, open open source game console (for people with good eyesight)
The Arduboy is a small handheld game console that uses open source code and which has a strong community of developers who have created 100+ games for the platform. But the upcoming Arduboy Mini is smaller, more fragile, harder to use, and… kind of cool anyway. Arduboy creator Kevin Bates has shared an early look […]
Razer is shutting down its game store for Ouya, Forge TV, and Mad Catz MOJO
A few years back companies thought the next big thing in console gaming was… small. And cheap. And Android-based. That future never really arrived. And now gaming hardware company Razer is putting another nail in the coffin and shutting down the services that would have powered the Ouya, Razer Forge TV, and Mad Catz MOJO… […]
Razer acquires Ouya (Android game system startup)
Gaming accessory maker Razer has acquired Android game console maker Ouya. Rumors had suggested Ouya was looking for a buyer, and recently we’d heard that Razer was close to reaching a deal to acquire the company. Now investment bank Mesa Global has confirmed that the deal is done, with the bank acting as and advisor to […]
Razer Forge TV is a $100 game console running Android TV
Gaming company Razer offers gaming PCs, accessories, and tablets. Now the company is launching its own game console for the living room. The Razer Forge TV is a small box with the guts of a high-end Android smartphone which is designed to bring Android games to your TV. Not interested in playing Android games on […]
Snail Games OBox: Tegra K1-powered Android gaming box
Chinese gaming company Snail Games has unveiled a new Android-powered game console that has the same processor as NVIDIA’s Shield Tablet. The OBox is a small gaming box with an NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor, 4GB of RAM, 4GB of flash storage, and a hard drive bay for a larger amounts of storage that you can use […]
Mad Catz M.O.J.O. game console gets 4K support through software update
Mad Catz is rolling out a software update for its Android-based M.O.J.O. game console. As expected, the update brings support for an Ouya app letting you use the $200 game console as if it were… Ouya’s $100 game console. That might not sound exciting, but it does give you access to a game store with […]
Ouya All-Access Pass: Play most games for $60 per year
Ouya has announced a new limited-time promotion that lets customers play most games in the Ouya store for one annual fee. Pony up $60 per year for a subscription and you unlock the ability to bypass any one-time purchases worth $30 or less, including full games or level add-on packs. What you don’t get are […]
Razer will launch an Android TV game console this fall
Razer plans to launch its own game console this fall, and it’ll be based on Google’s Android TV platform. The company unveiled the micro-console today during the Google IO developer conference, but details are scarce at the moment. Razer is best known for making PC gaming accessories, but in recent years the company has been […]
TCL T2 is an Android game console with an Allwinner A31 chip
Chinese electronics maker TCL is launching its first Android-powered video game console. It’s called the TCL T2, and it’s a small box with an Allwinner A31 quad-core processor, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean software, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. It also comes with a wireless game controller… which looks kind of familiar. The TCL T2 […]