Canadian independent video game developer
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:
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 $190,177.83 in contests,[17][18] including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition[19] and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge.[20] Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine.[21] Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.[22][23]
References
- ^ Silicon Hali, thecoast.ca
- ^ Xona Games Interview, indiegraph.net
- ^ ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak, chronicleherald.ca
- ^ JAPAN'S #1 TOP RATED #1 BEST SELLING XBLIG: DECIMATION X, xona.com
- ^ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
- ^ Xona Games' Jason Doucette on what Microsoft needs to do to help indies on WP7's Marketplace, pocketgamer.biz
- ^ Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device, stackexchange.com
- ^ DECIMATION X3 #1 BEST SELLER IN 4 COUNTRIES, xona.com
- ^ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
- ^ Indie Games Winter Uprise, web.archive.org
- ^ SCORE RUSH #1 AND #2 BEST SELLER IN 3 COUNTRIES, xona.com
- ^ インディーズ ゲーム - Xbox.com, web.archive.org
- ^ 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
- ^ Prize Money & Funding, 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 3 December 2010. Retrieved 20 Jan 2010.
- ^ Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, armlessoctopus.com
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