Xona Games is an independent Canadian video game developer founded in 2008 and headquartered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1][2]
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:
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]
Further reading
External links
- Xona Games at IGN
References
- Colin Chisholm. Silicon Hali The Coast, 12 January 2012, retrieved 3 August 2025^
- N.S. brothers produce Xbox game CBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 23 September 2009, retrieved 3 August 2025^
- Xona Games Interview, indiegraph.net^
- Peter Moreira. ENTREVESTOR: Xona Games on winning streak The Chronicle Herald, 3 February 2014, retrieved 3 August 2025^
- 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^
- Keith Andrew. Xona Games' Jason Doucette on what Microsoft needs to do to help indies on WP7's Marketplace Pocket Gamer, 3 January 2011, retrieved 3 August 2025^
- 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^
- , 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 retrieved 20 Jan 2010^
- Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge, armlessoctopus.com^