Xona Games

Type| Private
Industry| Video games
Founded| 2008
Headquarters| Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Key people

| Jason Doucette, Matthew Doucette

Number of employees

| 2
Website| xona.com

Xona Games is an independent Canadian video game developer founded in 2008 and headquartered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Games
* 2 Awards
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External links

## 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.[3] The company and many of their games have won awards, including the Rogers Small Business Big Idea Contest.[4]

Games released by Xona Games:

Year  | Title  | Platform  | Publisher  | Notes

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2010  | Decimation X | Xbox 360 | Xona Games  | #1 in Japan[5][6]
2010  | Decimation X2 | Windows Phone 7 | Xona Games  | Launch Title[7][8]
2010  | Decimation X3 | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications  |

* #1 in 4 Countries;[9][10]
* Indie Games Uprising[11]

2010  | Score Rush | Xbox 360 | Reverb Communications  | #1 in Japan;[12][13]
2012  | Score Rush | Turbulenz | Turbulenz |
2012  | Score Rush MP | Turbulenz | Turbulenz |
2016  | Score Rush Extended 撃点 | PlayStation 4 | Reverb Communications  |

* 80 Metacritic;[14]
* #64 Best PS4 Game of 2016[15]

Additional games in development by Xona Games include a new version of Score Rush, Decimation X4, and Duality ZF.[16] Xona Games was announced as an official ID@Xbox Xbox One Developer.[17]

## Awards

Xona Games' games has won a total of $190,177.83 in contests,[18][19] including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition[20] and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge.[21] Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine.[22] Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.[23][24]

## References

1. ↑ Chisholm, Colin (12 January 2012). "Silicon Hali". The Coast (Halifax, NS). https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/silicon-hali-2855901.
2. ↑ "N.S. brothers produce Xbox game". CBC News (Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). 23 September 2009. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-brothers-produce-xbox-game-1.864672.
3. ↑ Xona Games Interview , indiegraph.net
4. ↑ Moreira, Peter (3 February 2014). "ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak". The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, NS). http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1184093-entrevestor-xona-games-on-winning-streak.
5. ↑ JAPAN'S #1 TOP RATED #1 BEST SELLING XBLIG: DECIMATION X, xona.com
6. ↑ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
7. ↑ Andrew, Keith (3 January 2011). "Xona Games' Jason Doucette on what Microsoft needs to do to help indies on WP7's Marketplace". Pocket Gamer. https://www.pocketgamer.biz/xona-games-jason-doucette-on-what-microsoft-needs-to-do-to-help-indies-on-wp7s-marketplace/.
8. ↑ Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device, stackexchange.com
9. ↑ DECIMATION X3 #1 BEST SELLER IN 4 COUNTRIES, xona.com
10. ↑ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
11. ↑ Indie Games Winter Uprise, web.archive.org
12. ↑ SCORE RUSH #1 AND #2 BEST SELLER IN 3 COUNTRIES, xona.com
13. ↑ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
14. ↑ Metacritic - Score Rush Extended - PS4, metacritic.com
15. ↑ Metacritic - Game Releases By Score - PS4, metacritic.com
16. ↑ Our Games, xona.com
17. ↑ New Developers Sign On to ID@Xbox, xbox.com
18. ↑ Awards, Honors, & Accomplishments, xona.com
19. ↑ Prize Money & Funding, xona.com
20. ↑ Innovacorp Announces I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Winners , progressmedia.ca
21. ↑ Tizen App Challenge, developer.tizen.org
22. ↑ The 16 best Xbox Live Indie Games, oxmonline.com
23. ↑ "XNA Dream.Build.Play". http://dreambuildplay.com/Main/Winners.aspx.
24. ↑ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge , armlessoctopus.com

## Further reading

* Bulatovic, Peja (21 February 2011). "Indie games counter sequel-driven market". CBC News (Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/indie-games-counter-sequel-driven-market-1.1008697.
* Comeau, Tina (7 June 2016). "Developer excited about Xona Games' PS4 release". PNI Atlantic News (Postmedia Network). https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/developer-excited-about-xona-games-ps4-release-91961.
* "Then Grab Xona Games' Latest Indie Gem Score Rush Today". IGN. 4 May 2012. https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/12/09/then-grab-xona-games-latest-indie-gem-score-rush-today.

## External links

* Official website
* Xona Games at IGN

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