Renegade console maker Ouya announced today that developers have made more than 200 Android games and apps available on its new machine. And of those, Ouya said that TowerFall, a multiplayer archery combat game, has become the No. 1 title on the console a week after its launch.
Towerfall is Ouya’s top game.
TowerFall is an indie title developed by Matt Thorson of Matt Makes Games. Nobody would have predicted that, and that’s the point of Ouya. Julie Uhrman, the chief executive of the San Francisco startup, started the console company as an alternative to the homogeneity of content at the major video game console makers. Titles like TowerFall would have had a very difficult time rising to the top of the traditional console bestseller list.
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