Xona Games and Duality ZF make the CBC News website.

Xona Games makes it on to the CBC News website.  This is a takeoff on the previous Ryan Pierce (CBC) interview we posted earlier today.

One of the newest video games on the Xbox 360 gaming system is coming from Yarmouth, N.S.

Twin brothers Jason and Matthew Doucette grew up playing games together such as Mario Brothers and Pac-Man. They began programming their own games when they were in Grade 3, and in junior high they placed in top spots in national math competitions.

Now the 34-year-olds have made a dream come true by becoming game developers at their new company Xona Games.

Their first game — Duality ZF — recently placed in the top 10 in a Microsoft competition for independent game developers.

That means it's on its way to the Xbox 360's downloadable game section. The finished product should be available in about a month for millions of people to potentially download.

Link added by us; Read the entire article here: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/09/23/ns-yarmouth-gamers.html

Also See:

• Duality ZF (official developer site) (videos, screenshots, faq, testimonials, media coverage)
• CBC Radio One Interviews Xona Games on Duality ZF
• Duality ZF in Hometown News
• Dream Build Play 2009 Top 20 (Video Trailers)
• Interviews (Xona Games, Duality ZF)
• Duality ZF Promo Materials

External Links:

• Duality ZF (official game site)
• Duality ZF Forums (hosted on xbox.com)
• Xona Games (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo)
• Dream Build Play (Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Contest)
• Xbox LIVE Indie Games* (xbox.com, Xbox Forums)
• Imphenzia Music (creator of the Duality ZF soundtrack)
• CBC News

*Xbox LIVE Indie Games formerly known as Xbox LIVE Community Games.

About the Author:  I am Matthew Doucette of Xona Games, an award-winning team-of-two indie game development studio working on Xbox 360 and PC games.  We have released Decimation X, a 1-4 player shmup, which is Japan's #1 best selling #1 top rated Xbox LIVE Indie Game.  We are currently working on Duality ZF, a groundbreaking 1-4 player shmup.  It features dual play, the ability to control two fighters at once, a beautiful electronic Imphenzia soundtrack, and a massively upgradable 32-stage spread/laser weapon system.  4 player dual play allows up to eight fighters at once.  Many of these features are never before seen shoot'em up firsts.  Check out our Duality ZF trailer and help spread the word with our official dualityzf.com website.  Coming soon to Xbox LIVE Indie Games.

*Also known as a shmup or 2D shooter.