Xona Games Explained

Xona Games
Type:Private
Foundation:2008
Location:Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Key People:Jason Doucette, Matthew Doucette
Industry:Video games
Num Employees:2
Homepage:xona.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:

YearTitlePlatformPublisherNotes
2010Decimation XXbox 360Xona Games
  1. 1 in Japan[4] [5]
2010Decimation X2Windows Phone 7Xona GamesLaunch Title[6] [7]
2010Decimation X3Xbox 360Reverb Communications
2010Score RushXbox 360Reverb Communications
  1. 1 in Japan;[8] [9]
2012Score RushTurbulenzTurbulenz
2012Score Rush MPTurbulenzTurbulenz
2016Score Rush Extended 撃点PlayStation 4Reverb Communications

Additional games in development by Xona Games include a new version of Score Rush, Decimation X4, and Duality ZF.[10] Xona Games was announced as an official ID@Xbox Xbox One Developer.[11]

Awards

Xona Games' games has won a total of $190,177.83 in contests,[12] [13] including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition[14] and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge.[15] Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine.[16] Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.[17] [18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/silicon-hali/Content?oid=2855901 Silicon Hali
  2. http://indiegraph.net/posts/2013/05/02/xona-games-interview/ Xona Games Interview
  3. http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1184093-entrevestor-xona-games-on-winning-streak ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak
  4. https://xona.com/2010/01/19.html JAPAN'S #1 TOP RATED #1 BEST SELLING XBLIG: DECIMATION X
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20110508065317/https://marketplace.xbox.com/ja-JP/Games/XboxIndieGames?SortBy=TopRated インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com
  6. https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/26330/xona-games-jason-doucette-on-what-microsoft-needs-to-do-to-help-indies-on-wp7s-marketplace/ Xona Games' Jason Doucette on what Microsoft needs to do to help indies on WP7's Marketplace
  7. https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/161265/why-it-is-necessary-to-to-test-my-iphone-app-on-actual-iphone-device Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device
  8. https://xona.com/2010/12/12.html SCORE RUSH #1 AND #2 BEST SELLER IN 3 COUNTRIES
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20110508065317/https://marketplace.xbox.com/ja-JP/Games/XboxIndieGames?SortBy=TopRated インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com
  10. http://xona.com/games/ Our Games
  11. http://news.xbox.com/2014/02/xbox-one-id-xbox-new-developers New Developers Sign On to ID@Xbox
  12. https://xona.com/awards/ Awards, Honors, & Accomplishments
  13. https://xona.com/awards/prizes/ Prize Money & Funding
  14. http://www.progressmedia.ca/article/2010/01/innovacorp-announces-i-3-technology-start-competition-winners Innovacorp Announces I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Winners
  15. http://developer.tizen.org/contests/tizen-app-challenge Tizen App Challenge
  16. http://www.oxmonline.com/16-best-xbox-live-indie-games The 16 best Xbox Live Indie Games
  17. Web site: XNA Dream.Build.Play. 20 Jan 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101203062133/http://dreambuildplay.com/Main/Winners.aspx . 3 December 2010.
  18. http://www.armlessoctopus.com/2010/05/05/lumi-wins-dream-build-play-2010-challenge/ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge