Company:Xona Games

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Xona Games
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2008
HeadquartersYarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Key people
Jason Doucette, Matthew Doucette
Number of employees
2
Websitexona.com

Xona Games is an independent Canadian video game developer founded in 2008 and headquartered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1][2]

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.[3] The company and many of their games have won awards, including the Rogers Small Business Big Idea Contest.[4]

Games released by Xona Games:

Year Title Platform Publisher Notes
2010 Decimation X Xbox 360 Xona Games #1 in Japan[5][6]
2010 Decimation X2 Windows Phone 7 Xona Games Launch Title[7][8]
2010 Decimation X3 Xbox 360 Reverb Communications
2010 Score Rush Xbox 360 Reverb Communications #1 in Japan;[12][13]
2012 Score Rush Turbulenz Turbulenz
2012 Score Rush MP Turbulenz Turbulenz
2016 Score Rush Extended 撃点 PlayStation 4 Reverb Communications
  • 80 Metacritic;[14]
  • #64 Best PS4 Game of 2016[15]

Additional games in development by Xona Games include a new version of Score Rush, Decimation X4, and Duality ZF.[16] Xona Games was announced as an official ID@Xbox Xbox One Developer.[17]

Awards

Xona Games' games has won a total of $190,177.83 in contests,[18][19] including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition[20] and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge.[21] Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine.[22] Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.[23][24]

References

  1. ↑ Chisholm, Colin (12 January 2012). "Silicon Hali". The Coast (Halifax, NS). https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/silicon-hali-2855901. 
  2. ↑ "N.S. brothers produce Xbox game". CBC News (Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). 23 September 2009. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-brothers-produce-xbox-game-1.864672. 
  3. ↑ Xona Games Interview , indiegraph.net
  4. ↑ Moreira, Peter (3 February 2014). "ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak". The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, NS). http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1184093-entrevestor-xona-games-on-winning-streak. 
  5. ↑ JAPAN'S #1 TOP RATED #1 BEST SELLING XBLIG: DECIMATION X, xona.com
  6. ↑ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
  7. ↑ Andrew, Keith (3 January 2011). "Xona Games' Jason Doucette on what Microsoft needs to do to help indies on WP7's Marketplace". Pocket Gamer. https://www.pocketgamer.biz/xona-games-jason-doucette-on-what-microsoft-needs-to-do-to-help-indies-on-wp7s-marketplace/. 
  8. ↑ Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device, stackexchange.com
  9. ↑ DECIMATION X3 #1 BEST SELLER IN 4 COUNTRIES, xona.com
  10. ↑ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
  11. ↑ Indie Games Winter Uprise, web.archive.org
  12. ↑ SCORE RUSH #1 AND #2 BEST SELLER IN 3 COUNTRIES, xona.com
  13. ↑ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
  14. ↑ Metacritic - Score Rush Extended - PS4, metacritic.com
  15. ↑ Metacritic - Game Releases By Score - PS4, metacritic.com
  16. ↑ Our Games, xona.com
  17. ↑ New Developers Sign On to ID@Xbox, xbox.com
  18. ↑ Awards, Honors, & Accomplishments, xona.com
  19. ↑ Prize Money & Funding, xona.com
  20. ↑ Innovacorp Announces I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Winners , progressmedia.ca
  21. ↑ Tizen App Challenge, developer.tizen.org
  22. ↑ The 16 best Xbox Live Indie Games, oxmonline.com
  23. ↑ "XNA Dream.Build.Play". http://dreambuildplay.com/Main/Winners.aspx. 
  24. ↑ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge , armlessoctopus.com

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