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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Key people | Jason Doucette, Matthew Doucette |
| Number of employees | 2 |
| Website | xona.com |
Xona Games is an independent Canadian video game developer founded in 2008 and headquartered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Games
The company makes shoot 'em up games, targeting primarily Xbox LIVE Indie Games and Xbox LIVE Arcade which are especially popular in the Japanese market. The company and many of their games have won awards, including the Rogers Small Business Big Idea Contest.
Games released by Xona Games:
| Year | Title | Platform | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Decimation X | Xbox 360 | Xona Games | #1 in Japan |
| 2010 | Decimation X2 | Windows Phone 7 | Xona Games | Launch Title |
| 2010 | Decimation X3 | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications |
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| 2010 | Score Rush | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications | #1 in Japan; |
| 2012 | Score Rush | Turbulenz | Turbulenz | |
| 2012 | Score Rush MP | Turbulenz | Turbulenz | |
| 2016 | Score Rush Extended 撃点 | PlayStation 4 | Reverb Communications |
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Additional games in development by Xona Games include a new version of Score Rush, Decimation X4, and Duality ZF. Xona Games was announced as an official ID@Xbox Xbox One Developer.
Awards
Xona Games' games has won a total of $190,177.83 in contests, including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge. Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine. Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.
References
- Silicon Hali, thecoast.ca
- Xona Games Interview, indiegraph.net
- ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak, chronicleherald.ca
- JAPAN'S #1 TOP RATED #1 BEST SELLING XBLIG: DECIMATION X, xona.com
- インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
- Xona Games' Jason Doucette on what Microsoft needs to do to help indies on WP7's Marketplace, pocketgamer.biz
- Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device, stackexchange.com
- DECIMATION X3 #1 BEST SELLER IN 4 COUNTRIES, xona.com
- インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
- Indie Games Winter Uprise, web.archive.org
- SCORE RUSH #1 AND #2 BEST SELLER IN 3 COUNTRIES, xona.com
- インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
- Metacritic - Score Rush Extended - PS4, metacritic.com
- Metacritic - Game Releases By Score - PS4, metacritic.com
- Our Games, xona.com
- New Developers Sign On to ID@Xbox, xbox.com
- Awards, Honors, & Accomplishments, xona.com
- Prize Money & Funding, xona.com
- Innovacorp Announces I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Winners, progressmedia.ca
- Tizen App Challenge, developer.tizen.org
- The 16 best Xbox Live Indie Games, oxmonline.com
- "XNA Dream.Build.Play". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 20 Jan 2010.
- Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, armlessoctopus.com
External links
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