Xona Games
 | |
| Private | |
| Industry |
Video game Computer software |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Key people | Jason Doucette, Matthew Doucette |
| Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 2 |
| Website | www.xona.com |
Xona Games is an award-winning, 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 | Metacritic Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Decimation X | Xbox 360 | Xona Games | |
| 2010 | Decimation X2 | Windows Phone | Xona Games | |
| 2010 | Decimation X3 | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications | |
| 2010 | Score Rush | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications | |
| 2012 | Score Rush | HTML5 | Turbulenz | |
| 2012 | Score Rush MP | HTML5 | Turbulenz | |
| 2016 | Score Rush Extended 撃点 | PlayStation 4 | Reverb Communications | 80,[4] #64 Best PS4 Game of 2016[5] |
Additional games in development by Xona Games include a new version of Score Rush, Decimation X4, and Duality ZF.[6] Xona Games was announced as an official ID@Xbox Xbox One Developer.[7]
Awards
Xona Games' games has won a total of $180,961.71 in contests,[8] including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition[9] and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge.[10] Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine.[11] Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.[12][13]
References
- ↑ Silicon Hali, thecoast.ca
- ↑ Xona Games Interview, indiegraph.net
- ↑ ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak, chronicleherald.ca
- ↑ 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". Archived from the original on 2 Jan 2010. Retrieved 20 Jan 2010.
- ↑ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., armlessoctopus.com