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Xona Games

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

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Xona Games
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2008
HeadquartersYarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Key people
Jason Doucette, Matthew Doucette
Number of employees
2
Websitexona.com

Xona Games is an independent Canadian video game developer founded in 2008 and headquartered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.12

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
2010 Decimation X Xbox 360 Xona Games #1 in Japan56
2010 Decimation X2 Windows Phone 7 Xona Games Launch Title78
2010 Decimation X3 Xbox 360 Reverb Communications
2010 Score Rush Xbox 360 Reverb Communications #1 in Japan;1213
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 201615

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,1819 including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition20 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.2324

References

References

  1. Chisholm, Colin (12 January 2012). "Silicon Hali". The Coast. Halifax, NS. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  2. "N.S. brothers produce Xbox game". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. Xona Games Interview Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, indiegraph.net
  4. Moreira, Peter (3 February 2014). "ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, NS. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  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. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  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 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, progressmedia.ca
  21. Tizen App Challenge, developer.tizen.org
  22. The 16 best Xbox Live Indie Games, oxmonline.com
  23. "XNA Dream.Build.Play". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 20 Jan 2010.
  24. Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, armlessoctopus.com
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