Xona Games is an award-winning indie game studio, co-founded by twin brothers, Jason Doucette and Matthew Doucette.

Jason Doucette and Matthew Doucette, co-founders of Xona Games.

Our Story:

Jason and Matthew have been coding games since they were seven years old, slightly before their first personal computer. Xona Games is the realization of a lifelong passion. We concentrate on nostalgic game concepts with modern-day gameplay and intensity.

We have won prestigious awards (Innovacorp's $100,000 prize) and received worldwide press (Develop, Retro Gamer, Famitsu, Reviews On The Run, OXM). Our games have been rated from #1 in Canada (Duality ZF in Dream Build Play 2010) to #1 in Japan (Decimation X and Decimation X3 on XBLIG), and been top picks across many categories (IGN, Famitsu, Gamasutra, Joystiq). Every game we have developed, released or in development, has won awards. Our games have also become #1 best sellers in multiple countries (Decimation X, Decimation X3, and Score Rush). We have dominated the Japanese market with three of the top five games and two best sellers, simultaneously. We have dominated XBLIG with three of the top seven 4-player shoot 'em ups and one of only three developers, out of thousands, to produce three or more 4+ star rated titles. Our game engine technology was recognized for technical excellence (IndiePub semi-finalist). Microsoft invited our studio to develop a launch title for their Windows Phone 7 launch (Decimation X2). We have strong indie ties and were chosen to represent the Indie Games Winter Uprising. Our only mobile title won a highly commended award in WP7COMP, a Microsoft-supported Windows Phone 7 Competition.

We have continued support by the Nova Scotian government, who have sent us to international game conferences including MIGS '09, GDC '10, MIGS '10, with a floor booth at GDC '11, plus included us in the "Your Studio Here" promotions. We have even been congratulated by Nova Scotia's House of Assembly.

Our games feature beautiful Imphenzia and hard-rocking Dragon Music Productions soundtracks, and are 4-player shoot 'em ups. Expect to see more genres exploited for their true potential in the future, including racing and beat 'em ups. We have only just begun.

We are currently working on Duality ZF for Xbox LIVE Arcade and Steam. Feel free to visit our developer's blog for up-to-date info.

Share our work with our auto-play trailers: dualityzf.com, decimationx.com, and scorerush.com.

Platforms:

We have developed for Xbox LIVE Indie Games and Windows Phone 7. We are currently developing for Xbox LIVE Arcade and Windows PC. We also plan to develop for PlayStation Network, Nintendo Wii and iPhone.

Interviews:

Xona Games interviewed for Are You Smarter Than A CEO? competition (blog entry).

Xona Games interview at Game Connection / GDC San Francisco 2010 (blog entry).

Xona Games wins $100,000 technology contest, interviewed (blog entry).

Xona Games interview on CBC TV News (blog entry).

Photoshoot (2010-May):

Matthew (left; behind) and Jason (right; close up) in Xona Games headquarters!

Jason (left) and Matthew (right), in XonapleX!

Jason (left) and Matthew (right) in Xona Games offices.

Original photoshoot article: Xona Games NSBI Photoshoot! Photos by John Sherlock.

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