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Ouya launches fund to match Kickstarter game crowdfundings

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Android game console maker Ouya has launched a $1 million fund to kickstart exclusive games on its platform.

Ouya will create what it calls the Ouya Free the Games Fund to support projects on Kickstarter. Ouya will give matching funds ranging from $50,000 to $250,000 for game projects that hit their targets and raise at least $50,000 on the crowdfunding site.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.