Company:Xona Games
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| 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 .[1]
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.[2] The company and many of their games have won awards, including the Rogers Small Business Big Idea Contest.[3]
Games released by Xona Games:
| Year | Title | Platform | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Decimation X | Xbox 360 | Xona Games | #1 in Japan[4][5] |
| 2010 | Decimation X2 | Windows Phone 7 | Xona Games | Launch Title[6][7] |
| 2010 | Decimation X3 | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications | |
| 2010 | Score Rush | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications | #1 in Japan;[11][12] |
| 2012 | Score Rush | Turbulenz | Turbulenz | |
| 2012 | Score Rush MP | Turbulenz | Turbulenz | |
| 2016 | Score Rush Extended 撃点 | PlayStation 4 | Reverb Communications |
Additional games in development by Xona Games include a new version of Score Rush, Decimation X4, and Duality ZF.[15] Xona Games was announced as an official ID@Xbox Xbox One Developer.[16]
Awards
Xona Games' games has won a total of $180,961.71 in contests,[17] including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition[18] and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge.[19] Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine.[20] Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.[21][22]
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
- ↑ 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". http://dreambuildplay.com/Main/Winners.aspx.
- ↑ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge , armlessoctopus.com
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