Xona Games

Short description: Canadian independent video game developer

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]

## Contents

* 1 Games
* 2 Awards
* 3 References
* 4 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.[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

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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  |

* #1 in 4 Countries;[8][9]
* Indie Games Uprising[10]

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". http://dreambuildplay.com/Main/Winners.aspx.
22. ↑ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge , armlessoctopus.com

## External links

* Official website

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