Ouya sells out at Amazon

By Caleb Denison Published June 27, 2013

Check out our review of the Ouya Android-based gaming console.

The highly-anticipated Android-based gaming console known as the Ouya has sold out at Amazon, just hours after it came available. The little cube that took off as a Kickstarter campaign finally launched today after delays set it back from its originally-planned retail launch date of June 4th, 2013.

Recommended Videos

The Ouya has made a few headlines as it struggles during its opening day. Earlier, we learned that some of the Ouya’s original Kickstarter backers would not be receiving their units as promised due to a shipping error – a situation that Ouya CEO, Julie Uhrman, is apparently “pissed” about, according to a backers-only update on the console’s Kickstarter page (via Polygon).

Although the Ouya isn’t exactly loaded with high-horsepower hardware, gamers have been drooling over the device since its announcement, due in no small part to a glut of hype, its attractive design and the backing of a host of industry veterans.

At the time this article was published, the $100 Ouya was still available online at Target and Best Buy.

update: Gamestop informs that all GameStop.com and all GameStop Plus store locations have the Ouya available for purchase at this time

Former Editor at Large

Caleb Denison is a sought-after writer, speaker, and television correspondent with unmatched expertise in AV and…

Gaming

The hottest indie game on Steam just had a malware scare

A Meccha Chameleon Workshop map was found attempting to write and execute code outside the game.

MECCHA CHAMELEON Gameplay screenshot

One of Steam's biggest success stories of 2026 has suddenly found itself at the center of a security scare. A security researcher has discovered that a community-made Meccha Chameleon Workshop map contained code designed to write files outside the game and launch a hidden PowerShell process that attempted to download an additional payload from an external server.

How did a custom map become malware?

Gaming

You can play Xbox games for free if you don’t mind watching ads

You can watch some ads and play for an hour!

If you've been curious about Xbox Cloud Gaming but didn't want another monthly subscription, Microsoft may have a new option for you. The company is testing a free, ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming for Xbox Insiders, allowing eligible players to stream select games they already own without a Game Pass membership.

However, you'll have to watch a short advertisement before your session begins. Microsoft says the ads will never interrupt gameplay, making this an early test of whether a simple tradeoff can bring cloud gaming to more players.

Gaming

Lenovo’s latest LOQ is more comfortable running newer AAA games

Lenovo's LOQ 17 gets a new RTX 5070 12GB graphics option

LOQ 17 gaming laptop

Lenovo has expanded its LOQ gaming laptop lineup with a new graphics option. The company has introduced a refreshed version of the LOQ 17IRX10, pairing Intel's Core i7-14700HX processor with Nvidia's newly announced GeForce RTX 5070 12GB laptop GPU. The update gives buyers another configuration to choose from without changing the overall design or feature set of the laptop.

The new variant joins Lenovo's existing LOQ 17IRX10 lineup, which was previously available with GeForce RTX 5050, RTX 5060, and RTX 5070 8GB graphics options. While the chassis remains unchanged, the addition of a 12GB RTX 5070 brings more VRAM to the series, a specification that has become increasingly important as modern AAA games demand larger texture caches and higher memory capacity.