Ouya To Ship To Backers From March 28th as Company is Joined By Co-Founder From Thatgamecompany (A.K.A: Journey)

<p>Julie Uhrman announced yesterday that Ouya units will finally begin to be shipped to backers beginning March 28<sup>th<&sol;sup>&comma; a long time before the official launch of the console&comma; which is currently set for June&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As well as this&comma; interesting news broke from the company developing to open-sourced console in that Kellee Santiago&comma; co-founder of Thatgamecompany that worked on the craze which is Journey has joined the company where she will lead developer relations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When speaking of her new position Kellee Santiago wasted no time in stressing how different and revolutionary the Ouya console could be and what a difference it can make for developers&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;This is the first console company that really understands how important it is to remove the barriers to development&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The device itself is going to be priced at &dollar;99&period;99 in the US although the touch-screen controllers will be sold at &dollar;49&period;99&period; Cnet reported last year that this would likely to translate to £76&period;00 in the UK although a bundle including four controllers would likely raise the price to around £134&period;00 which seems like a pretty good deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are you excited for Ouya&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;crave&period;cnet&period;co&period;uk&sol;gamesgear&sol;ouya-console-open-for-pre-order-might-be-built-into-your-tv-50008853&sol;">Cnet<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ouya&period;tv&sol;ouya-is-coming&sol;">Ouya<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;kellee-santiago-lands-at-ouya-6404628">Game Spot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;7371acf4-0b1e-4831-9089-9099f7a0a91e" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;