After 
securing $8.5 million on Kickstarter last year, the Ouya game console has further guaranteed itself some financial breathing room with a $15 million venture capital injection.
A group led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (whose other investments include Zynga and Groupon) has invested the money, which Ouya says will be used to support the Android console’s developer community and “meet increased demand” for the retail launch.
When 
EA recently announced it would not be making a version of this year’s Madden franchise for the Wii U, it quickly declared its relationship with Nintendo was still a strong one.
That may turn out to be an overstatement, though.
We’re 
not making an endorsement here, but Audi may just be the most logical car on the road these days.
The automaker has released an online ad that pinpoints its target audience with phaser-like accuracy, pitting Leonard Nimoy’s Spock against newcomer Zachary Quinto’s Spock in a hilarious spot to pitch the Audi A7.
If 
you’re one of the many players of Angry Birds Friends, the socially-inclined latest chapter in the hit series, this week’s Level Three might have thrown you for a loop.
There’s no elaborately challenging layer of obstacles. The pigs are ridiculously easy to hit. And written across the screen are the words “Marry Me Mel – Ben.”
Getting 
the call to play the Man of Steel is undoubtedly one of the biggest moments of actor Henry Cavill’s career, but he almost didn’t answer it.
He was too busy playing World of Warcraft.
The 
Wii U’s not living up to Nintendo’s sales expectations, and that’s causing the company to get a bit…creative…with its marketing plans.
Taking a cue from the viral marketing that works so well in the mobile industry, Nintendo is relying on its own older products to upsell its new system, attaching a blatant marketing message to the most recent Wii system update.
“It’s-a 
me… Mario!” Admit it: you heard the voice of the Nintendo icon in your head when you read that sentence. But if most people were to walk past Charles Martinet, they wouldn’t give Mario’s voice actor a second glance.
Voice acting isn’t a great career path for fame seekers, but if you’re lucky enough to work the pipes of a major video game star, it can be the role of a lifetime. Curious what Mario or Master Chief look like in their street clothes? Check out the most famous faces you’ve likely never seen.
Aliens: 
Colonial Marines might have rankled critics, but that’s nothing compared to how it upset fans. And one fan in particular.
Plaintiff Damion Perrine filed a false advertising lawsuit against publisher Sega and developer Gearbox Software Tuesday in the Northern District of California, saying demos of the game shown at industry trade shows and public events were not accurate representations of the game that hit shelves.
Bill 
Clinton had just taken office. The World Trade Center was recovering from a terrorist bombing in its parking structure. Women were finally allowed to fly warplanes. And the day-to-day habits of the free world was about to undergo a tectonic shift.
On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web as we know it was officially birthed.
Console 
manufacturers have been quick to point out the advantages of playing video games on a big screen, but Microsoft has loftier ambitions.
The company unveiled their ‘IllumiRoom’ technology in January at CES, but we’re now getting a more complete picture of what it can do. And it’s pretty cool stuff.
Chris Morris: Journalist 