wraggster
August 28th, 2013, 00:13
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The first two games from Ouya's Free the Games (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/18/ouyas-1-million-free-the-games-fund-to-boost-kickstarted-gam/) promotion have been funded on Kickstarter. Gridiron Thunder (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1997247042/gridiron-thunder-awesome-indie-football-game-for-o?ref=card), a football game that uses official NFL licensing, reached its $75,000 goal with 13 days left in its campaign. The other funded game, Elementary, My Dear Holmes (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1375982935/elementary-my-dear-holmes?ref=card) met its $50,000 goal with 17 days left. Developed by Vancouver-based Victory Square Games, point-and-click adventure game Elementary, My Dear Holmes has players investigating mysteries not as the famous Baker Street sleuth, but as his faithful companion John Watson.
Ouya's $1 million Free the Games campaign has the company matching funds for successfully Kickstarted projects that earn at least $50,000. Ouya will match up to $250,000 for an individual project, the trade-off being that each game must remain Ouya-exclusive for six months. The company said more than 40 games have been submitted for the program, and 11 campaigns are live (http://www.ouya.tv/free-the-games-is-on/), including that of Gridiron Thunder and Elementary, My Dear Holmes.
Update: We've contacted both Ouya and Kickstarter regarding Gridiron Thunder's legitimacy, as the project's $78,259 came from just 126 backers, with some suspect funding spikes as tracked by Kicktraq (http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1997247042/gridiron-thunder-awesome-indie-football-game-for-o/#chart-daily). We will update as we learn more.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/27/first-two-ouya-free-the-games-projects-meet-funding-goals/
The first two games from Ouya's Free the Games (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/18/ouyas-1-million-free-the-games-fund-to-boost-kickstarted-gam/) promotion have been funded on Kickstarter. Gridiron Thunder (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1997247042/gridiron-thunder-awesome-indie-football-game-for-o?ref=card), a football game that uses official NFL licensing, reached its $75,000 goal with 13 days left in its campaign. The other funded game, Elementary, My Dear Holmes (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1375982935/elementary-my-dear-holmes?ref=card) met its $50,000 goal with 17 days left. Developed by Vancouver-based Victory Square Games, point-and-click adventure game Elementary, My Dear Holmes has players investigating mysteries not as the famous Baker Street sleuth, but as his faithful companion John Watson.
Ouya's $1 million Free the Games campaign has the company matching funds for successfully Kickstarted projects that earn at least $50,000. Ouya will match up to $250,000 for an individual project, the trade-off being that each game must remain Ouya-exclusive for six months. The company said more than 40 games have been submitted for the program, and 11 campaigns are live (http://www.ouya.tv/free-the-games-is-on/), including that of Gridiron Thunder and Elementary, My Dear Holmes.
Update: We've contacted both Ouya and Kickstarter regarding Gridiron Thunder's legitimacy, as the project's $78,259 came from just 126 backers, with some suspect funding spikes as tracked by Kicktraq (http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1997247042/gridiron-thunder-awesome-indie-football-game-for-o/#chart-daily). We will update as we learn more.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/27/first-two-ouya-free-the-games-projects-meet-funding-goals/