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Console newcomer Ouya is possibly just hours away from passing the $4,000,000 funding mark on Kickstarter. At the time of writing the project has attracted $3,934,714 in pledges from 30,542 backers. Interestingly, in the process of writing this story (which took about 15 minutes) the project attracted 54 backers contributing …

Develop Conference: Barnden and Buckland question effect of failed crowdfunded projects

A proposed console based on the Android operating system with a price of under $100 could soon be a reality. A new start-up developing the Ouya console has already secured private funding, but sought an additional $950,000 via crowd-funding site Kickstarter. It reached its goal in just eight hours, and …

A proposed $99 console built on Google’s Android operating system has hit its $950,000 fund-raising target in just eight hours on crowd-funding site Kickstarter. The campaign went live earlier today and has so far attracted around 8,000 financial pledges. The Ouya console – which carries a proposed release date of …

Android-based platform receives more than 10,000 backers

Popular games comic and blog Penny Arcade is offering fans the chance to remove all advertising the site – if they pay $1m. The website’s creators have started a Kickstarter campaign promising that all ads will be removed if it raises enough money – specifically $999,999. If they reach $525,000, …

Develop Conference: 'Advice developers receive from contributors is trustable as they have invested money', says Jason Holtman

Project funding website crosses the Atlantic after big American success

UK creative types will from this autumn have the option of Kickstarting their ideas. That’s because one of the biggest success stories of 2012, crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, is to launch in the UK this autumn. As reported last month, Kickstarter has to date led to the successful bankrolling of over …

Move by Valve's digital distribution platform could silence service's biggest critics