Recognition of our company and our games. One intriguing accomplishment is every project we have worked on, released or not, has won awards, including Xona Games itself and its authors.

Contests:

• 2013-Mar: Console Conqueror: #1 in PAX East 2013 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 Tournament (Matthew Doucette)
• 2012-Apr: Finalist: #2 in PAX East 2012 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 Tournament (Matthew Doucette)
• 2011-Jun: Best in Destructable Terrain: 2011 Halifax Game Jam (Jason Doucette & Matthew Doucette)
• 2011-May: $1,000 WP7COMP Winner: Highly Commended Entry (Decimaton X2)
• 2010-Sep: Semi-Finalist: 3rd Independent Game Developer's Competition (Duality ZF)
• 2010-May: Finalist: Dream Build Play 2010: #1 in Canada #5 in World (Duality ZF)
• 2010-Jan: $100,000 First Place Award Winner: I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition (Innovacorp)
• 2009-Sep: Finalist: Dream Build Play 2009: #2 in Canada #7 in World (Duality ZF)

Best Selling:

• 2010-Dec: Worldwide: Major Nelson: #10 & #11 Best Selling XBLIGs (Decimation X3 & Score Rush)
• 2010-Dec: Japan: Simultaneous #1 and #2 best selling XBLIG (Decimation X3 & Score Rush)
• 2010-Dec: 3 Countries: #1 and #2 best seller (Score Rush)
• 2010-Dec: 4 Countries: #1 best seller (Decimation X3)

Top Picked:

• 2011-Jul: OXM: 16 Best Xbox LIVE Indie Games (Decimation X3)
• 2011-Jul: OXM: Top Indie Developers on Xbox LIVE Indie Games
• 2011-Jul: Retro Gamer: Homebrew Hereos: Top 5 Indie Games (Score Rush)
• 2011-Jun: VVGtv: Golden Dude Award for Best Graphics (Score Rush)
• 2011-Jun: Dealspwn:  Xbox LIVE Indie Game of the Week (Decimaton X2)
• 2011-Apr: CVG:  Top 10 Xbox LIVE Indie Games (Decimation X)
• 2011-Feb: Complex: 2nd and 7th of top 25 best Xbox LIVE Indie Games (Decimation X3 & Score Rush)
• 2011-Jan: Pier21: Decimation X3 day (Decimation X3)
• 2011-Jan: XBLIGR:  6th top XBLIG games in 2010 (Decimation X3)
• 2011-Jan: NeoGAF: Gold and bronze XBLIG awards (Decimation X3 & Score Rush)
• 2011-Jan: Gamasutra: 5 best indie games (Score Rush)
• 2010-Dec: Joystiq:  2010 Buyer's Guide top pick (Decimation X3)
• 2010-Dec: Dealspwn:  Xbox LIVE Indie Game of the Week (Score Rush)
• 2010-Nov: Indie Games Winter Uprising: Top 12 (Decimation X3)
• 2010-Nov: IGN: Top IGN.com Pick (Decimation X)
• 2010-Feb: XBLIGR:  4th XBLIG games in 2009 (Decimation X)

OXM is the Official Xbox Magazine. 

Top Rated:

• 2011-Mar: Worldwide: 3 of top 7 XBLIG 4-player shmups (Decimation X, Decimation X3 & Score Rush)
• 2010-Dec: Japan: Simultaneous 3 of top 5 rated XBLIG (Decimation X, Decimation X3 & Score Rush)
• 2010-Feb: U.S.: #16 top rated XBLIG (Decimation X)
• 2010-Jan: Japan:  #6 overall top rated Xbox 360 "Shooter" (Decimation X)
• 2010-Jan: Japan: #12 overall top rated Xbox 360 game (Decimation X)
• 2010-Jan: Canada: #3 top rated XBLIG  (Decimation X)
• 2010-Jan: Japan: #1 best selling #1 top rated XBLIG (Decimation X)
  
  Overall = AAA Retail, XBLA, XBLIG combined. In other words, not just indie games but all Xbox 360 games. 

Launch Titles:

• 2011-Aug: Turbulenz Launch Title Developer (Score Rush)
• 2010-Oct: Windows Phone 7 Launch Title Developer (Microsoft invitation) (Decimation X2)

Featured (Internet):

• 2012-Jun: IndieGames.com (4th feature) (Score Rush)
• 2012-Apr: IndieGames.com (3rd feature) (Score Rush)
• 2011-Feb: CBC News (along side of The Behemoth!)
• 2011-Jan: thisisxbox.com
• 2010-Dec: IndieGames.com (2nd feature) (Score Rush)
• 2010-Sep: Nova Scotia Government
• 2010-Aug: Dejobaan Games: Interview (award winning indie studio)
• 2010-Mar: GDC: Interview (2010 San Francisco)
• 2009-Sep:  CBC News (Duality ZF)
• 2009-May: IndieGames.com (1st feature) (Duality ZF)

IndieGames.com is the #1 worldwide indie game website.

Featured (TV):

• 2011-Feb: Reviews On The Run (Decimation X3)
• 2009-Sep: CBC TV News

Featured (Magazines):

• 2013-Mar: Develop (3rd feature)
• 2011-Jul: Retro Gamer (2nd feature) (Score Rush)
• 2011-Feb: OXM  (Decimation X3)
• 2010-Dec: Famitsu (2nd feature) (Decimation X3 & Score Rush)
• 2010-Nov: Develop (2nd feature)
• 2010-Fall: NSBI (annual report)
• 2010-Apr: Retro Gamer (1st feature)
• 2010-Spring: Open To The World
• 2010-Mar: Famitsu (1st feature) (Decimation X)
• 2009-Fall: Acadia University (bulletin)
• 2009-Nov: Develop (1st feature)

Famitsu is the #1 Japanese gaming magazine. Develop is the #2 worldwide game development magazine. OXM is the Official Xbox Magazine.

Featured (Radio):

• 2011-Jan: CBC Radio One
• 2009-Sep: CBC Radio One (Duality ZF)

Interviewed:

• 2013-Mar: Interviewed on: Monetization: Pay-Once Vs. Free-To-Play
• 2012-Dec: Interviewed on: Are Games Art?
• 2011-Feb: Interviewed on: Indie Games Countering Sequel-Driven Market (along side of The Behemoth!)    

Featured (Newspaper):

• 2011-May: Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• 2011-Feb: Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• 2010-May: Vanguard (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• 2010-Jan: Vanguard (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• 2009-Sep: Vanguard (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Featured (Government):

• 2013-Mar: GDC 2013 San Francisco (Nova Scotia booth)
• 2012-Mar: GDC 2012 San Francisco (Nova Scotia booth)
• 2011-Jun: Canada Business (bulletin)
• 2011-Mar: GDC 2011 San Francisco (Nova Scotia booth)
• 2011-Mar: Your Studio Here (Nova Scotia promotion)

Invitations:

• 2013-Mar: GDC 2013 San Francisco (showroom booth)
• 2012-Mar: GDC 2012 San Francisco (showroom booth)
• 2011-Aug: Turbulenz Launch Title Developer (Score Rush)
• 2011-Mar: GDC 2011 San Francisco (showroom booth)
• 2011-Jan: Are You Smarter Than A CEO? (contest judge and case participant)
• 2010-Oct: Windows Phone 7 Launch Title Developer (Microsoft invitation) (Decimation X2)
• 2010-Feb: Innovacorp: Guest Speaker (on software pricing)

GDC is the world's first and largest game developers conference. That's why it's called the Game Developers Conference.

Recognition:

• 2010-Nov: Nova Scotia House of Assembly: Congratulated

Coinage:

• 2004-Nov: Coined "Domain Hacks" (Matthew Doucette)

True Fans:

• 2012-Nov: Cake (of Score Rush)
• 2010-Jan: "How I come to be Xona-Infected?"

We hope to continue to add to this list with successful future games.

Here's more information on some of the platforms and contests entered: Xbox LIVE Indie Games (XBLIG) is Microsoft's initiative to support independent game development and allow indie game studios to publish to consoles. The Xbox 360 is the only console that allows independent game publishing (at least at the moment). Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA) is Microsoft default digital distribution channel for Xbox 360 games, requiring a publishing contract with Microsoft. Dream.Build.Play is Microsoft's international Xbox game development contest which also promotes XNA Game Studio, the tools used to make XBLIG games. In Dream Build Play 2009 we competed against 350 games from 100 countries, placing seventh, and in 2010 we competed against 350 games from 110 countries, placing fifth.

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