Xona Games

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

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

Games

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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
  • 80 Metacritic;[13]
  • #64 Best PS4 Game of 2016[14]

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

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Xona Games' games has won a total of $190,177.83 in contests,[17][18] including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition[19] and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge.[20] Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine.[21] Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.[22][23]

References

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  1. ^ Silicon Hali, thecoast.ca
  2. ^ Xona Games Interview, indiegraph.net
  3. ^ ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak, chronicleherald.ca
  4. ^ JAPAN'S #1 TOP RATED #1 BEST SELLING XBLIG: DECIMATION X, xona.com
  5. ^ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
  6. ^ Xona Games' Jason Doucette on what Microsoft needs to do to help indies on WP7's Marketplace, pocketgamer.biz
  7. ^ Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device, stackexchange.com
  8. ^ DECIMATION X3 #1 BEST SELLER IN 4 COUNTRIES, xona.com
  9. ^ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
  10. ^ Indie Games Winter Uprise, web.archive.org
  11. ^ SCORE RUSH #1 AND #2 BEST SELLER IN 3 COUNTRIES, xona.com
  12. ^ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
  13. ^ Metacritic - Score Rush Extended - PS4, metacritic.com
  14. ^ Metacritic - Game Releases By Score - PS4, metacritic.com
  15. ^ Our Games, xona.com
  16. ^ New Developers Sign On to ID@Xbox, xbox.com
  17. ^ Awards, Honors, & Accomplishments, xona.com
  18. ^ Prize Money & Funding, xona.com
  19. ^ Innovacorp Announces I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Winners, progressmedia.ca
  20. ^ Tizen App Challenge, developer.tizen.org
  21. ^ The 16 best Xbox Live Indie Games, oxmonline.com
  22. ^ "XNA Dream.Build.Play". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 20 Jan 2010.
  23. ^ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, armlessoctopus.com
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