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]

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
  • 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

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

  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. ↑ Innovacorp Announces I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Winners, progressmedia.ca
  19. ↑ Tizen App Challenge, developer.tizen.org
  20. ↑ The 16 best Xbox Live Indie Games, oxmonline.com
  21. ↑ "XNA Dream.Build.Play". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 20 Jan 2010.
  22. ↑ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, armlessoctopus.com


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