Halfbrick Studios
 Halfbrick's current logo | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
| Founded | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (2001) |
| Headquarters | Brisbane, Australia |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people |
Shainiel Deo Phil Larsen |
| Products |
Fruit Ninja Jetpack Joyride Raskulls Age of Zombies Monster Dash |
| Website | halfbrick.com |
Halfbrick Studios is an Australian video game developer based in Queensland, Australia. They have developed the Fruit Ninja[1] and Jetpack Joyride[2] franchises.
Halfbrick Studios was founded in 2001.[3] The studio is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and has offices in Sydney and Spain.[4] In March 2012, Halfbrick Studios acquired Onan Games for an undisclosed price.[5] Onan is best known for Mandreel, which allows games to support iOS, Android, Flash and HTML development.[6]
The iPhone game Fruit Ninja had accumulated 300 million downloads by January 2013.[7]
Personnel
The Chief Executive Officer is Shainiel Deo, Phil Larsen is the Chief Marketing Officer and Luke Muscat is the Chief Creative Officer.[3] Executive Producers include Ben Vale, Mik Dobele.
Games developed
- 2002
- Rocket Power: Beach Bandits (PlayStation 2, Gamecube, Xbox)
- 2004
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue (Game Boy Advance)
- 2005
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan (Game Boy Advance)
- Fuzz & Rocket (Game Boy Advance, unreleased)[8]
- 2006
- Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (Game Boy Advance)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Game Boy Advance)
- 2007
- Barnyard (Game Boy Advance)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth (Game Boy Advance)
- 2008
- Avatar – The Last Airbender: Into the Inferno (Nintendo DS)
- 2009
- Halfbrick Blast Off (Xbox Live Indie Games, PlayStation Minis)
- Halfbrick Echoes (Xbox Live Indie Games, PlayStation Minis, Zune HD)
- Halfbrick Rocket Racing (Xbox Live Indie Games, PlayStation Minis)
- 2010
- Aero Racer (PlayStation Minis)
- Age of Zombies (iOS, PlayStation Minis)
- Blast Off (iOS)
- Fruit Ninja (iOS, Android, Bada, Ovi, Windows Phone)
- Fruit Ninja HD (iOS, Android)
- The Last Airbender (Nintendo DS)
- Monster Dash (iOS)
- Raskulls (Xbox Live Arcade)
- 2011
- de Blob 2 (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS)
- Age of Zombies (Android)
- Fruit Ninja Free (Android)
- Monster Dash (Google Chrome)[9]
- Fruit Ninja Kinect (Xbox Live Arcade)
- Jetpack Joyride (iOS)
- Steambirds: Survival (iOS, Android)
- Fruit Ninja: Puss In Boots (iOS, Android)
- Age of Zombies Anniversary (iOS)
- Fruit Ninja Frenzy (Facebook)
- 2012
- Jetpack Joyride (Android, Blackberry, Facebook, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Windows 8)
- 2013
- Fish out of Water (iOS)
- Colossatron: Massive World Threat (Android, iOS)
- Band Stars (iOS)
See also
References
- ↑ "FruitNinja.com". Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Halfbrick "Our Games" Page". Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About Us". Halfbrick. 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ "Halfbrick Studios To Move To Sydney". Smh.com.au. 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ "Halfbrick Studios acquires Onan Games for quick cross-platform ports". VentureBeat. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ "Halfbrick acquires Onan Games". news10.net. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ Natalie Bochenski (4 January 2013). "Game on at the State Library". Brisbane Times (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ "Fuzz & Rocket – GBA – IGN". Au.gameboy.ign.com. 2005-05-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ http://chrome.monsterdashgame.com/