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Blog:

2026/Oct/06 — Skill, Luck, and the Line Game Designers Spend Years Trying to Balance
2026/Aug/28 — What Game Designers Can Learn From the Feedback Loops of Chance-Based Games
2026/Jul/09 — Introducing XONAclub
2026/Jun/25 — 2004 Dodge Viper SRT-10 (Gen-3)
2026/May/31 — Happy 10th Birthday, Score Rush Extended
2026/Apr/30 — Xonatron Reaches 150,000 Gamerscore
2026/Mar/20 — From Tetris Panic To Perfect Lines: Why Old School Players Read Systems Faster
2026/Mar/03 — Balatro and the Art of the Fair Random: How Indie Games Make Luck Look Skillful
2026/Feb/25 — War of the Pixels
2026/Feb/23 — Why 90s Video Game Masters Thrive in Modern Day Blackjack
2026/Feb/13 — The 'Juice' Factor: Deconstructing the Visual Reward Systems of Canada's VLTs for Indie Devs
2026/Jan/05 — Minecraft Poem
2025/Nov/08 — Score Rush Extended: Code Giveaway
2025/May/19 — Xona Games Sponsors Y-Con 2025
2025/Apr/12 — Score Rush Extended: Fan Art + Fan Play (w/Dev Commmentary)
2024/Dec/18 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox Community Champion
2024/Oct/15 — Xbox Ambassador Program Closes Today
2024/Sep/21 — Xona Games Xbox Elite Controller Series 2
2024/Apr/22 — Xona Games: Featured in Museum
2024/Apr/01 — Score Rush Extended: 4.74/5 Global Player Ratings
2024/Mar/02 — Xona Games @ GDC 2024
2024/Feb/04 — Why Casinos Won’t Give You Money Without Seeing Your Documents
2024/Jan/02 — New Year's Resolutions
2023/Dec/16 — First Hyperscore Screenshots
2023/Oct/20 — Xona Music is Reborn!
2023/Jun/08 — Xona Games is Reborn!
2023/Feb/15 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox Ambassador Community Champion
2023/Jan/08 — ChatGPT: Fifth Object Oriented Programming Principle? Modularity!
2022/Dec/29 — Xbox MVP Program Closes End of 2022
2022/Nov/06 — Introducing Xona Games Discord Server
2022/Nov/06 — Hal-Con 2022
2022/Jul/01 — Matthew Doucette: Wins Intel GameDev Q1 Inspire Contest
2022/Jul/01 — Xbox Community Summit 2022
2022/Jun/21 — Matthew Doucette: Guest Speaker: Futurpreneur
2022/Jun/04 — Matthew Doucette: Y-Con Game Development Panel
2022/Jan/28 — HiKōri 火氷: Global Game Jam 2022 Entry
2022/Jan/18 — How to Copy/Duplicate a Git Repository With Full History
2022/Jan/17 — 4-Player Decimation X3 (Level 135)
2022/Jan/16 — NanoSnake
2021/Oct/18 — Don't Be a "Tutorial Programmer"
2021/Oct/18 — How to Prototype Games 2
2021/Aug/21 — Xbox MVPs on Tell Me Why
2021/Jun/22 — Applied to Become an Nintendo Switch Developer
2021/May/31 — Happy 5th Birthday, Score Rush Extended!
2021/Mar/30 — Is Smartphone Gaming Here to Stay?
2020/Nov/11 — Half-life Simulation
2020/Nov/09 — Never Use "Var"...
2020/Oct/14 — Never Complain
2020/Oct/01 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox MVP Award!
2020/Sep/29 — Do One Thing at a Time
2020/Sep/08 — Extreme Ownership
2020/Aug/07 — Integer Sequence Approved by OEIS
2020/May/14 — Matthew's Numbers
2020/May/08 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox MVP Spotlight
2020/Apr/11 — RIP John Conway
2020/Apr/10 — COVID-19 Resources
2020/Apr/01 — Happy 10th Birthday, Xona Games!
2020/Mar/10 — Fibonacci and Leonardo Numbers
2020/Mar/02 — Konami Code (Contra Code)
2020/Feb/05 — Rehabilitation: Our Global Game Jam 2020 Entry
2020/Jan/30 — 2016 BMW M235i
2020/Jan/08 — 52 Weeks of Sharing
2020/Jan/01 — 2020! Happy New Year!
2019/Oct/05 — Unknowable
2019/Sep/25 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox MVP Award!
2019/Sep/06 — Game Dev Resources
2019/Aug/01 — The Positivity of Games
2019/Apr/14 — NSCC Game Jam 2019 Wrap Up
2019/Apr/05 — Introspection
2019/Mar/31 — PAX East 2019
2019/Feb/03 — Lowest Unused Anti-Prime (Highly Composite Number) Factors
2019/Jan/31 — Score Rush Extended: Featured in Strong Side TV Show
2019/Jan/28 — Hyperbol: Our Global Game Jam 2019 Entry
2019/Jan/19 — How to Prototype Games
2019/Jan/14 — How I Record Retro Gameplay on PC
2019/Jan/13 — Matthew Doucette: New Xbox MVP Site
2019/Jan/13 — Mode 13h Demo Effects (1997)
2019/Jan/13 — 3Dfx Demo Effects (1998-1999)
2019/Jan/12 — Computer Graphics / Demo Effects
2019/Jan/05 — Productivity Articles & Videos
2018/Dec/06 — Highly Composite Numbers (Anti-Primes)
2018/Oct/23 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox MVP Award!
2018/Aug/08 — Motivational Articles
2018/Jun/29 — Ignite Labs Launches with $600,000 Funding
2018/Jun/17 — Tech / Game Industry Jobs
2018/May/30 — Dollar Words
2018/Apr/09 — GDC 2018 & PAX East 2018
2018/Jan/21 — Chess: Doucette Gambit
2017/Dec/10 — eScape: Early Development Videos
2017/Nov/21 — Simulation Prototypes
2017/Nov/17 — Prime Factorizations
2017/Nov/06 — Not-So-Random Pi
2017/Oct/22 — Random Pi
2017/Oct/14 — Xbox LIVE Indie Games Officially Shut Down
2017/Oct/02 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox MVP Award!
2017/Apr/10 — Exploring Non-Euclidean Geometry
2017/Mar/30 — PAX East 2017 Wrap Up
2017/Mar/26 — GDC 2017 Wrap Up
2017/Feb/14 — Last Payment by XBLIG?
2017/Feb/04 — Another Way to Create a GitHub Repository
2017/Feb/02 — Do You Really Make Your Own Luck?
2017/Jan/22 — Infinite Ammo: Global Game Jam 2017 Entry
2016/Dec/29 — Why the Simplest Games are Still Often the Best
2016/Dec/13 — Score Rush Extended: Semi-Finalist in GDWC 2016
2016/Dec/06 — Matthew Doucette: Featured in Canada Business Network
2016/Oct/21 — Score Rush Extended: 80% at Nerd Stash
2016/Oct/17 — Xona Games: Featured by Futurpreneur
2016/Oct/06 — Random: 3rd Place at Atlantic Lottery Hackathon
2016/Aug/01 — Matthew Doucette: Xbox MVP Award!
2016/Jul/21 — Practicing Self-Care as an Entrepreneur
2016/Jul/18 — Score Rush Extended: 8.0 at PS Nation
2016/Jul/06 — Ego is the Enemy
2016/Jul/05 — XNA 5.0 Officially Declined by Microsoft
2016/Jul/04 — Score Rush Extended: 8/10 at Brash Games
2016/Jun/29 — Score Rush Extended's Scoring Mechanic Improvements
2016/Jun/28 — Kickstarter: Xydonia: Action Packed Japanese Inspired Retro Shmup
2016/Jun/25 — Score Rush Extended; No Miss GODLIKE Run
2016/Jun/21 — Score Rush Extended: 80% on PSNStores
2016/Jun/19 — Score Rush Extended: Top 30 PS4 Games in 2016 by Metacritic
2016/Jun/14 — 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 (Gen-4)
2016/Jun/13 — Score Rush Extended: 80% on Operation Rainfall
2016/Jun/13 — Score Rush Extended: 80% at Digitally Download
2016/Jun/12 — Score Rush Extended: 80% on NexValley
2016/Jun/12 — Xona Games: Featured on CJLS Radio
2016/Jun/09 — Score Rush Extended: 80% on GameSpew
2016/Jun/08 — Score Rush Extended: 80% Review at SelectButton
2016/Jun/08 — Xona Games: Featured in Yarmouth Vanguard
2016/Jun/06 — Score Rush Extended: 90% Masterpiece Review Score at The Cube
2016/Jun/06 — Unity Game Development Tutorial
2016/Jun/06 — Score Rush Extended: 8/10 Review at Flickering Myth
2016/Jun/05 — Kids Make Games: Scaredy Ship Released
2016/Jun/04 — Kids Make Games: Color Crush Released
2016/Jun/02 — Score Rush Extended: 81 on MetaCritic!
2016/Jun/01 — Xona Games: Featured in The Chronicle Herald
2016/May/31 — Score Rush Extended: 80% at US Gamer
2016/May/31 — Score Rush Extended: Perfect 100% Review at Bullet Heaven EX
2016/May/31 — Score Rush Extended Launced Today!
2016/May/30 — Score Rush Extended PS4 Launch Trailer (May 31 Release)
2016/May/30 — Score Rush Extended PS4 Trophies Now Published
2016/May/25 — Score Rush Extended PS4 Announce Trailer (May 31 Release)
2016/May/20 — Brilliant Labs MakerSpace: MakeyMakey Project
2016/May/13 — Kids Make Games: Scaredy Ship: Sub-Frames
2016/May/06 — Kids Make Games: Scaredy Ship: Collisions and Score
2016/May/01 — Xonafish (Chess Engine)
2016/Apr/29 — Kids Make Games: Introducing Scaredy Ship
2016/Apr/28 — Kids Make Games: Meadowfields Beta Testing
2016/Apr/03 — Xona Games Attending Jalloo 2016
2016/Mar/25 — 2D Game Development Tutorial - Part 1 - Installing the Software
2016/Mar/19 — Score Rush Extended: Screenshot Saturday
2016/Mar/17 — Introducing Xona Learn
2016/Mar/17 — 2D Game Development Tutorial - C#/XNA
2016/Mar/04 — Updated Score Rush Extended Kanji Box Art v4.41
2016/Jan/29 — Kids Make Games: First Game Announced
2016/Jan/25 — Introducing Kids Make Games
2016/Jan/24 — "We Own You" - Confessions of an Anonymous F2P Producer
2016/Jan/21 — Final Score Rush Extended Kanji Box Art v4.40
2016/Jan/19 — Score Rush Extended Kanji Box Art
2016/Jan/18 — Score Rush Extended Logo in Kanji
2015/Dec/14 — 350Z: Late Winter Storage
2015/Dec/02 — Maenam by Jami Sieber (Braid Soundtrack)
2015/Nov/30 — Tandy 1000 SX
2015/Nov/08 — A Little Bit of Indie Game Dev Philosophy
2015/Oct/26 — Fan Art - Trailer Park Boys Meme
2015/Oct/25 — Let There Be Fire!
2015/Oct/24 — Animated GIFs!
2015/Oct/20 — Box Art v3.25 for Score Rush Extended
2015/Oct/19 — Fan Art - Score Rush Extended Box Art
2015/Oct/19 — Score Rush & Decimation X Series Picked as Best Beginner Shmups
2015/Oct/17 — Box Art v2.20 for Score Rush EX
2015/Oct/17 — Box Art v2.19 for Score Rush EX
2015/Oct/16 — Box Art v2.12 for Score Rush EX
2015/Oct/13 — Box Art v1.0 for Score Rush Extended
2015/Oct/12 — Score Rush Extended Featured on Indie Game Screens!
2015/Oct/11 — Score Rush Extended Featured in Hardcore Gamer
2015/Oct/10 — Score Rush Extended: Screenshot Saturday
2015/Oct/09 — Always Draw The Hitbox
2015/Oct/05 — Futurpreneur Funds Xona Games
2015/Sep/28 — Xbox LIVE Indie Games Tribute
2015/Sep/27 — Forza 6: Nürburgring Lap Leaderboard
2015/Sep/26 — Score Rush Extended: Screenshots
2015/Sep/23 — Mommy's Best Action Pack Released On Steam!
2015/Sep/23 — Matthew Doucette Pitching Xona Games at Invest Atlantic
2015/Sep/14 — Forza 6: Top Speed Leaderboard
2015/Sep/11 — Forza 6: First 2.5 Hours of Gameplay (Early Access)
2015/Sep/10 — How I Record My Console Gameplay
2015/Sep/09 — The Official End Dates of XBLIG Announced
2015/Sep/08 — Forza 6 Demo: Gameplay
2015/Aug/19 — Score Rush: Featured in Total Miner!
2015/Aug/17 — Support XBLIG Backwards Compatibility on Xbox One!
2015/Aug/03 — Lake Doucette Street Car Challenge #4
2015/Jul/30 — Matthew Doucette: Completed 100 Xbox LIVE Games!
2015/Jul/17 — Xona Games: Featured in Progress Magazine
2015/Jun/29 — Matthew Doucette: Keynote Speaker at Game Space AV
2015/Jun/16 — This is Phil Fish
2015/Jun/01 — Score Rush Extended Featured at Jalloo 2015
2015/Apr/17 — Powerful Education Videos
2015/Apr/09 — Two Canadian Kickstarter Games
2015/Mar/22 — Matthew Doucette: CJLS Radio Interview on Bizcraft
2015/Mar/14 — Matthew Doucette: Keynote Speaker at Bizcraft
2015/Feb/15 — New Score Rush World Record!
2015/Feb/12 — Matthew Doucette: Guest Speaker on Artificial Intelligence
2015/Jan/01 — Happy New Year!
2014/Nov/20 — 350Z: Winter Storage
2014/Oct/19 — Lake Doucette Street Car Challenge
2014/Oct/10 — Speed Up DOSBox
2014/Oct/01 — Explained: Touhou vs. Doujin
2014/Sep/19 — Google Adsense
2014/Aug/18 — Xona Games Lands $50,000 ACOA Funding
2014/Aug/16 — Halifax Scramble S (Wrap Up)
2014/Aug/10 — How Many Games Does a Game Developer Own?
2014/Aug/04 — Kickstarter: Elysian Shadows, a Next-Gen 2D RPG
2014/Jul/25 — Kickstarter: Funded Viridis, an Indie Shmup
2014/Jul/17 — Xona Games in Wikipedia!
2014/Jul/01 — Score Rush Coming to PS4
2014/Jun/27 — Xona Games: Featured in Greater Halifax
2014/Jun/10 — Xona Games: Featured in Yarmouth Vanguard
2014/Jun/06 — Alexander Bruce: Inspirational Indie Developer
2014/Jun/05 — Matthew Doucette: Guest Speaker at 1T
2014/Apr/12 — Jason Doucette Races Laguna Seca
2014/Apr/02 — Domains, Domains, Domains
2014/Mar/10 — Matthew Doucette: Interviewed on Indie Dev Podcast
2014/Mar/04 — Matthew Doucette: Interviewed on Game Code TV
2014/Mar/01 — Xona Games: Featured in Official Xbox Magazine
2014/Feb/27 — Xona Games: Announced as Official ID@Xbox Developer
2014/Feb/24 — Matthew Doucette: 80 Completed Xbox LIVE Games
2014/Feb/23 — Xona Games & Turbulenz Win $50,000 Tizen App Challenge
2014/Feb/18 — Xona Games: Featured in Connected for Business
2014/Feb/17 — Halifax Scramble Wrap Up
2014/Feb/15 — Matthew Doucette Wins Raiden Fighters Jet Tournament
2014/Feb/14 — Xona Games Shmup Tournament
2014/Jan/22 — Xona Games: Interviewed by Rogers
2013/Dec/05 — Don't Forget, Xona Games is in ID@Xbox too!
2013/Nov/13 — Elevator Dangers and Leaky Abstractions
2013/Nov/07 — Matthew Doucette: Guest Speaker at Entrepreneurship Seminar
2013/Oct/29 — Xona Games Wins $20,000 Rogers Big Idea Contest
2013/Oct/25 — Halifax Game Jam 2013 Wrap Up
2013/Oct/17 — GDC 2014, Here We Come!
2013/Oct/15 — Concerns About Xbox One Achievements
2013/Oct/14 — Xona Games Supports NSGDA
2013/Oct/01 — Score Rush: Top 3 Pick by Microsoft Japan
2013/Sep/17 — Running CityDesk on Windows Vista/7/8/10/11
2013/Sep/12 — Xona Games Accepted in ID@Xbox
2013/Sep/09 — Our Own NES Game Genie Codes
2013/Aug/27 — Take Risks
2013/Aug/19 — XBLIG Love: A Look to the Past for a Better Future
2013/Jul/25 — Indie Royale's Indie Gamer Chick Bundle
2013/Jul/23 — We're featured in Yarmouth Vanguard
2013/Jul/18 — Xona Games: Featured in Nova Scotia's ICT 2013 Sector Report
2013/Jul/17 — Jason Solves Cube in 14.81 Seconds
2013/Jul/03 — Rubik's Cube
2013/Jun/25 — Jalloo 2013 Wrap Up
2013/Jun/06 — Decimation X: Makes A Most Wanted List
2013/Jun/03 — Munch Man (TI-99/4A)
2013/Jun/03 — TI Invaders (TI-99/4A)
2013/May/27 — Blockt: Underrated XBLIG Puzzle Game
2013/May/20 — Sad News on Radiangames' First F2P, Bombcats
2013/May/14 — Xonatron Breaks Top 10,000 on TrueAchievements
2013/May/03 — Death in Video Games
2013/May/02 — Decimation X3: Japan's Pier 21 Arcade Honor
2013/May/02 — Xona Games: Interviewed by Independent Gaming
2013/May/02 — Decimation X3 God Update!
2013/Apr/29 — Two Cool Kickstarter Projects
2013/Apr/25 — GDC 2013 Wrap Up
2013/Apr/24 — Score Rush: Funniest Fan Feedback Ever!
2013/Apr/23 — PAX East 2013 Wrap Up
2013/Apr/21 — Decimation X3 Mention by Major Nelson!
2013/Apr/17 — Score Rush: Top 15 $1 Xbox LIVE Indie Games
2013/Apr/14 — Decimation X3 & Score Rush Still Getting Some Love
2013/Apr/10 — Kickstarter: Shmup Devs Unite!
2013/Mar/27 — GDC 2013: Beating Score Rush in 0:10:20
2013/Mar/25 — Xona Games Featured in Develop Magazine, Thrice!
2013/Mar/23 — PAX East 2013: Matthew Wins Geometry Wars 2 Tournament
2013/Mar/15 — Ruckus 1/10 Scale R/C Monster Truck
2013/Mar/13 — Matthew Doucette Interviewed on Monetization Practices
2013/Feb/28 — Braid Explained
2013/Feb/21 — To Do List Template For Everyone
2013/Feb/20 — Xona Games: Featured in Serious Sam XBLA Title
2013/Jan/31 — Antichamber Launches Today!
2013/Jan/28 — Don't Stop
2013/Jan/27 — Aaron Swartz
2013/Jan/12 — Honoring Seumas McNally
2013/Jan/08 — Xona Games: Jason Doucette GDC 2012 Interview
2012/Dec/27 — Epic Follow List, for Science Loving Tweeters
2012/Dec/19 — Why Braid Has a Speed Run
2012/Dec/18 — Help Xona Games win a OUYA Dev Console
2012/Dec/06 — Are Games Art? It Doesn't Matter
2012/Nov/21 — Nintendo Love
2012/Nov/12 — The Cake is a Lie?
2012/Nov/04 — Gateways: One of the Best XBLIG Games Ever
2012/Oct/28 — To Be Continued... 3Dfx Graphics Demo (1999)
2012/Aug/22 — 2006 Nissan 350Z
2012/Jul/25 — 2008 Saturn Sky Red Line
2012/Jul/18 — Score Rush: Turbulenz Update: Xbox 360 effects in HTML5
2012/Jun/25 — Game Prototyping
2012/Jun/16 — Matthew Doucette: (Some) Games I've Beaten
2012/Jun/15 — Score Rush: Featured on IndieGames.com, Third Time!
2012/Jun/14 — Score Rush: Now on Google Chrome Store
2012/Jun/02 — Decimation X Series: Video Tribute
2012/May/20 — "Intense Retro" Explained
2012/May/20 — Our Philosophy
2012/Apr/18 — Score Rush: Featured on IndieGames.com, Second Time!
2012/Apr/16 — Score Rush: Turbulenz Beta: Now With Leaderboards and Badges!
2012/Apr/12 — Score Rush: 9.9 XBLA & XBLIG Ratings
2012/Apr/06 — Xona Games Devs Beat Super-C in 0:16:28 at PAX EAST 2012
2012/Mar/25 — #1 and #2 in SHMUP Contest!
2012/Mar/12 — Score Rush: Turbulenz Beta Released!
2012/Jan/11 — Score Rush: Top 10 Console Exclusive Shmups of All Time
2011/Dec/21 — Score Rush: Featured in Game Type XBLIG Title
2011/Nov/16 — Score Rush: Turbulenz Beta: Now Playable!
2011/Aug/30 — Java Versions Explained
2011/Aug/14 — Score Rush: Top 5 Xbox Live Indie Games
2011/Jul/27 — Xbox LIVE Indie Games Should Be Doing More
2011/Jul/22 — Xona Games Backs Indie Game: The Movie On Kickstarter
2011/Jul/11 — Decimation X3: 16 Best Xbox LIVE Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine
2011/Jul/06 — Xona Games Targeted For Rating Manipulation Abuse, Twice
2011/Jul/04 — Duality ZF: New 2011 Trailer
2011/Jul/04 — Score Rush: Top Picked in Retro Gamer's Indie High Five
2011/Jul/04 — Xona Games: Featured in Official Xbox Magazine Online
2011/Jun/27 — Halifax Game Jam 2011 Wrap Up
2011/Jun/20 — Xona Games: Canada Business Feature
2011/Jun/20 — "How I come to be Xona-Infected?"
2011/Jun/20 — Score Rush: Winner of Golden Dude Award for Best Graphics
2011/Jun/20 — Score Rush: 89/100 on XXL Gaming
2011/Jun/08 — Photoshop: How To Delete Off-Canvas Content
2011/Jun/07 — Decimation X2: Xbox LIVE Indie Game of the Week
2011/May/30 — Xona Games: Featured in Chronicle Herald
2011/May/18 — Decimaton X3: Featured in Official Xbox Magazine
2011/May/09 — Xona Games: Interviewed by The Thoughtful Gamers
2011/May/06 — Decimation X2: $1,000 Highly Commended Winner in WP7COMP
2011/May/01 — Matthew Doucette: Interviewed in Palutena's Army
2011/Apr/25 — Decimation X: Top 10 Xbox LIVE Indie Games
2011/Apr/11 — Xona Games 1 of 3 Developers To Produce Three 4-Star XBLIG Games
2011/Mar/25 — Xona Games is 4-Player Shmup King of XBLIG: Created 3 of Top 7
2011/Mar/21 — Xona Games Running Lean: The Lean Startup Challenge
2011/Mar/14 — Xona Games: Featured in Nova Scotia's "Your Studio Here" Promotions
2011/Mar/14 — GDC 2011 Wrap Up
2011/Mar/11 — Score Rush: 5/5 Star XBLIG.co Review
2011/Feb/22 — Xona Games Featuered: Indie Games Counter Sequel-Driven Market
2011/Feb/16 — Dzag: The Decimation X3 GOD!
2011/Feb/15 — Decimation X3 & Score Rush: Top 25 Indie Games
2011/Feb/11 — Decimation X3 - Reviews On The Run
2011/Feb/10 — Decimation X Featured in Famitsu, Top Gaming Mag in Japan
2011/Feb/02 — Xona Games: Featured in Chronicle Herald, Again!
2011/Jan/31 — Score Rush: 9.5/10 Review by GameFAQs
2011/Jan/29 — Score Rush: 9.5/10 Review by The Thoughtful Gamers
2011/Jan/27 — Xona Games: Are You Smarter Than A CEO? Interview
2011/Jan/26 — Featured Indie Developers: Xona Games
2011/Jan/20 — Decimation X3 Top Pick of Joystiq's 2010 Buyer's Guide
2011/Jan/11 — Decimation X3: 6th of Top 20 Best XBLIG Games of 2010
2011/Jan/10 — Xona Games Featured in Develop Magazine, Again!
2011/Jan/10 — Score Rush: 87% Review by BrainLazy
2011/Jan/06 — NeoGAF Awards: Xona Games Wins Both Gold & Bronze!
2011/Jan/05 — Revolver360 Top Xbox LIVE Indie Game in Japan
2011/Jan/04 — Xona Games: CBC News Recap
2011/Jan/03 — Gamasutra: Score Rush 1 of 5 Best Indie Games
2011/Jan/02 — Xona Games 2 of Top 3 Picks in #1 Japanese Gaming Magazine, Famitsu
2010/Dec/31 — Score Rush... Laughingly Easy!
2010/Dec/30 — Vote to Include Indie Games in "Best of 2010" Xbox LIVE Dashboard Promotion
2010/Dec/29 — Indie Game Winter Uprising Featured on Xbox LIVE Dashboard
2010/Dec/24 — 4 Player Decimation X3 Video
2010/Dec/21 — Indie Games Winter Uprising Quality Analysis
2010/Dec/21 — Xona.com Hit Counter Stopped at 7,000,000 Page Views
2010/Dec/17 — Lords of Indie Bullet Hell
2010/Dec/17 — Score Rush Named Xbox LIVE Indie Game of the Week
2010/Dec/17 — Xona Games 10th & 11th Best Selling XBLIGs Worldwide
2010/Dec/15 — Score Rush: 97% Review from Game Vortex
2010/Dec/15 — 10/10 Review at Spawn Kill
2010/Dec/12 — Japan: 3 of Top 5 Rated + Top 2 Best Selling XBLIG Games
2010/Dec/12 — Score Rush #1 and #2 Best Seller in 3 Countries
2010/Dec/10 — Decimation X2: Featured in Windows Central
2010/Dec/10 — Score Rush: Featured on IndieGames.com
2010/Dec/10 — Decimation X3 #1 Best Seller in 4 Countries
2010/Dec/09 — Decimation X3 #1 in Japan!
2010/Dec/09 — Score Rush Released!
2010/Dec/08 — xWMA with XACT in XNA Game Studio 3.1
2010/Dec/08 — Decimation X3 #12 Top Rated XBLIG in U.S.!
2010/Dec/07 — Decimation X3 Released!
2010/Dec/06 — Microsoft, We Need More Than 50 XBLIG Tokens!
2010/Dec/01 — XBLIG Top Rated & Best Selling Country Lists
2010/Dec/01 — Explosive New Score Rush Trailer
2010/Nov/30 — Indie Games Winter Uprise Trailer
2010/Nov/23 — Score Rush New Box Art
2010/Nov/22 — Decimation X3 Box Art
2010/Nov/18 — Indie Games Winter Uprising
2010/Nov/17 — Improve Traffic Flow to XBLA and XBLIG: More Proposed Changes to Xbox LIVE Dashboard
2010/Nov/15 — Xona Proposal: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final Draft)
2010/Nov/10 — Xbox LIVE, Where Have My XBLIG Ratings Gone?
2010/Nov/07 — Kinect: Our First Look
2010/Nov/05 — Windows Phone 7 Emulator & Fraps Color Problem
2010/Nov/04 — Why We Should Encourage "Crap" XBLIG Games
2010/Nov/03 — Xona Games Congratulated by Nova Scotia House of Assembly
2010/Nov/02 — XBLIG Dashboard Worries Continued...
2010/Nov/01 — Decimation X an IGN.com Top Pick
2010/Nov/01 — Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (First Draft)
2010/Oct/28 — Decimation X2 Released: Launches on Windows Phone 7 in 11 Days
2010/Oct/24 — Score Rush Box Art
2010/Oct/22 — The 1st Annual "Who's An Indie Gamer?" Poll Survey
2010/Oct/22 — Decimation X Video Review: 5/5
2010/Oct/13 — Score Rush: XBLIG & Windows Phone 7 Launch Title
2010/Oct/11 — Decimation X2: Windows Phone 7 Launch Title
2010/Oct/05 — A Few Favorable Decimation X Reviews: 9.5/10 AVG
2010/Sep/27 — Duality ZF's Indie Game Challenge 2011 Pitch Video
2010/Sep/26 — Duality ZF: Semi-Finalist: 3rd Independent Game Developer's Competition
2010/Sep/23 — Xona Games Inspires!
2010/Sep/10 — Calculated Success
2010/Sep/08 — How to Install FileZilla FTP Server
2010/Sep/06 — Racketboy Podcast #15 - Indie Shmups
2010/Aug/30 — Xona Games Featured Over 200 Times!
2010/Aug/25 — Xona Games NSBI Photoshoot!
2010/Aug/24 — Decimation X Xbox LIVE Feedback (Explicit Content)!
2010/Aug/19 — Duality ZF's Bullet Hell Game Mode
2010/Aug/18 — Independent Shmups Fight For Justice!
2010/Aug/09 — Living the Dream!!!
2010/Aug/02 — Vote for Duality ZF in 3rd Independent Game Developer's Competition
2010/Jul/29 — Game Rain #1 - Win 1 of 21 Xbox LIVE Indie Games
2010/Jul/20 — Mark Rein's Apology w/ Great Indie Advice
2010/Jul/19 — New Xbox LIVE Indie Games Roundup Show
2010/Jun/23 — Decimation X: IndieNerds Review
2010/Jun/18 — Google Respect
2010/Jun/16 — Jalloo Festival to Showcase Duality ZF
2010/Jun/15 — Genetic Algorithm Rubik's Cube Solver
2010/Jun/09 — Duality ZF Video: 4 Players, 8 Fighters, A Shmup First
2010/Jun/07 — 3 Player Decimation X Video
2010/Jun/02 — Explosive Duality ZF Footage: Introducing G-MODE
2010/May/31 — Imphenzia #1 of 300,000 on Soundclick
2010/May/25 — And In Local News... (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
2010/May/24 — Top 50 Xbox Forum Communities in XBLIG
2010/May/19 — 10,000,000 points in Decimation X
2010/May/17 — Indie Inspiration
2010/May/04 — Duality ZF #5 in World in Dream Build Play 2010
2010/May/04 — Dream Build Play 2010 Top 6 Winners (Videos)
2010/May/04 — Great Indie Game Developer Advice
2010/May/03 — Multidirectional XNA Games Control Tip
2010/Apr/30 — Homebrew Heroes: Retro Gamer Feature
2010/Apr/29 — Apple's Thoughts on Flash
2010/Apr/26 — Game Roast: Decimation X
2010/Apr/19 — Xona Games Featured in Open to the World Magazine
2010/Apr/16 — Duality ZF a Top 6 Dream Build Play 2010 Finalist!
2010/Apr/16 — New Duality ZF April 2010 Gameplay Footage
2010/Apr/15 — Xona Games Inc.: We're Officially Incorporated!
2010/Apr/10 — Dream Build Play 2010 Finalists (Videos)
2010/Apr/09 — Duality ZF a Dream Build Play 2010 Finalist
2010/Apr/08 — Duality ZF Trailer Hits 30,000 Views
2010/Apr/07 — XBLA Deal of the Week: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
2010/Apr/04 — Decimation X Fan Love
2010/Mar/30 — Decimation X: 7.3 Million Point Level 80 Run!
2010/Mar/25 — Matthew Doucette: Guest Speaker at Innovation Social
2010/Mar/22 — Decimation X: "Best Value of any Indie Game I've Ever Played"
2010/Mar/16 — GDC 2010 Wrap Up
2010/Feb/25 — Xona Games Speaks at Business Over Breakfast
2010/Feb/20 — Xona Games Wins $100,000 - I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition (Video)
2010/Feb/04 — United States' #16 Top Rated XBLIG: Decimation X
2010/Feb/02 — 50,000 YouTube Views
2010/Jan/28 — Japan's #6 Top Rated Xbox 360 "Shooter": Decimation X
2010/Jan/27 — Japan's #12 Top Rated Xbox 360 Game: Decimation X
2010/Jan/26 — Xona Games Featured in Local Newspaper
2010/Jan/26 — Xona Games Wins $100,000 - I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition
2010/Jan/25 — Canada's #3 Top Rated XBLIG: Decimation X
2010/Jan/24 — Most Recommended Indie Game: Decimation X
2010/Jan/22 — Decimation X - Drunken Gamer Radio Review
2010/Jan/19 — Japan's #1 Top Rated #1 Best Selling XBLIG: Decimation X
2010/Jan/16 — Decimation X now on Xbox LIVE!
2010/Jan/11 — Decimation X Teaser Released
2010/Jan/04 — Duality ZF Featured Over 100 Times
2009/Dec/22 — Duality ZF Gameplay: Boss Rush
2009/Dec/21 — Introducing Decimation X
2009/Dec/20 — MIGS 2009 Wrap Up
2009/Dec/17 — Acadia University Coverage: A Passion For Programming
2009/Dec/11 — Duality ZF Screenshots - Dream Build Play Spotlight
2009/Dec/08 — Xona Games Top 3 in $200,000 Technology Competition
2009/Nov/09 — Xona Games Featured in Develop Magazine
2009/Nov/02 — Duality ZF An Independent Games Festival (IGF) Entry
2009/Oct/22 — Xona Games I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Finalist
2009/Oct/17 — Duality ZF Named "Double Attack" in Japanese: 双攻
2009/Oct/07 — Duality ZF Fan Prediction
2009/Sep/24 — Xona Games Featured on CBC TV News
2009/Sep/23 — Xona Games on CBC News Website
2009/Sep/23 — CBC Radio One Interviews Xona Games
2009/Sep/21 — Duality ZF & Hurricane X2 Make XNA Spotlight
2009/Sep/15 — Duality ZF in Hometown News
2009/Sep/12 — Duality ZF Trailer Breaks 20,000 views
2009/Sep/07 — Dream Build Play 2009 Winners Announced
2009/Sep/05 — Duality ZF #2 in Canada #7 in World in Dream Build Play 2009
2009/Sep/01 — Was Gmail Down For Everyone?
2009/Aug/31 — Duality ZF Testimonials
2009/Aug/27 — Duality ZF Accepted into Dream Build Play 2009
2009/Aug/18 — Xona Games Company Profile for NSBI
2009/Jul/30 — Duality ZF One Hell of a Game
2009/Jul/29 — Duality ZF Picked Among Top Xbox LIVE Indie Games
2009/Jul/22 — Duality ZF Among Top Dream Build Play 2009 Entries?
2009/Jul/13 — Another Duality ZF Ad
2009/Jul/09 — Duality ZF to compete in Dream Build Play 2009
2009/Jun/15 — Console Arcade Interviews Xona Games
2009/Jun/14 — Duality ZF to be Most Popular Xbox LIVE Indie Game?
2009/Jun/11 — Refresing a Classic Genre
2009/Jun/10 — Duality ZF Promo Materials (Now Available)
2009/Jun/01 — SFX360: XBLCG Shoot'Em Ups Will Change Forever
2009/May/28 — Duality ZF: 98 Percentile Rank on GameTrailers.com
2009/May/27 — Duality ZF Official Site Launches
2009/May/19 — Duality ZF, Best Deal on Xbox Marketplace?
2009/May/18 — Final Duality ZF Ad in XNA Roundup; Detailed
2009/May/15 — Duality ZF: Featured on IndieGames.com
2009/May/13 — First Duality ZF Interview
2009/May/09 — Second Duality ZF Ad in XNA Roundup
2009/May/02 — First Duality ZF Ad
2009/Apr/29 — Duality ZF April 2009 Trailer
2009/Apr/11 — Duality ZF March 2009 Tech Demo
2009/Apr/05 — Xona.com's Top 10 Articles of 2008
2009/Mar/31 — New Duality ZF Screenshots
2008/Nov/19 — Duality ZF FAQ Answers
2008/Nov/17 — First Duality ZF Screenshots
2008/Oct/21 — Duality ZF October 2008 Alpha Demo
2008/Sep/24 — Introducing Duality ZF
2008/Aug/28 — Introducing Xona Games
2008/May/09 — Wipeout - Reversi AI (1998)
2007/Feb/11 — Editing Google Toolbar Dictionary
2007/Jan/30 — IE7: Open Homepage In New Tabs
2007/Jan/24 — IE7: Disable Language Bar
2007/Jan/21 — Get Rich Books and Greed
2006/Dec/17 — Hectomillionaire vs. Centimillionaire
2006/Dec/12 — Tweak UI Bug
2006/Oct/08 — eScape
2006/Aug/02 — Quiet Your Hard Drive / Case Vibration Noise
2006/Jul/29 — Turbo Pascal's 64-bit comp Type
2006/Jul/27 — How do Variable Argument List Functions Work?
2006/Jul/26 — Smallest Positive Floating Point Values
2006/Jul/25 — Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
2006/Jul/23 — History of Xona Music
2006/Jul/23 — AI Prototypes
2006/Jul/22 — Reset Windows XP's Default Desktop Color
2006/Jul/11 — Blue Colored Filenames
2006/Jul/05 — WinRAR Tips
2006/Jun/22 — Google Search Tips For Webmasters
2006/Jun/21 — Anti-Spyware Software Suggestions
2006/Jun/15 — Coding Articles
2006/Jun/15 — Fan Art
2006/Jun/15 — Indie Game Articles
2006/Jun/15 — Game Prototypes
2006/Jun/15 — Our Ideas
2006/Jun/15 — Inspiration Articles
2006/Jun/15 — Personal Development Articles
2006/Jun/14 — Easily Avoid Large C++ Class Copies
2006/Jun/14 — Math Theory
2006/Apr/24 — How To Upgrade phpBB
2006/Apr/17 — Tech History Articles
2006/Apr/17 — Tech Articles
2006/Apr/15 — The TI-99/4A Home Computer
2006/Apr/15 — Rare Parsec Facts (TI-99/4A)
2006/Mar/15 — Color List
2005/Nov/10 — What's in a Name?
2005/Aug/02 — Visual Studio .NET Keyboard Shortcuts Macro
2005/Mar/16 — Uninstall Download Accelerator Plus (DAP)
2004/Nov/03 — Domain Hacks & Email Hacks
2004/Oct/20 — Create an MP3 Alarm Clock
2004/Oct/17 — Google Gmail Invites
2004/Aug/26 — What is "wuauclt.exe" and "wuaudt.exe"?
2004/Aug/19 — How to Delete Undeletable Files or Folders
2004/Aug/10 — Uninstall Windows Messenger
2004/Aug/03 — Anti-Aliased Text: Better or Worse?
2004/Aug/03 — Investigate Windows Processes
2004/Jul/27 — Minesweeper and Random Number Generation
2004/Jul/27 — Hide Preview Pane in Outlook Express
2004/Jul/23 — Monopoly National Championship Quiz Answers
2004/Jul/22 — Run Tasks in Low Priority
2004/Jul/19 — Search MSDN with Google
2004/Jul/18 — Customize Your Windows Explorer Shortcut
2004/Jul/16 — Proper Way to Recreate My Computer Desktop Icon
2004/Jul/16 — How Connected Files are Made, and their Problems
2004/Jul/01 — Programming Windows, 5th Edition - Errata Addendum
2004/Jun/29 — Visual C++ .NET Standard Edition - Free Optimizing Compiler
2004/Jun/17 — Stop Spam Mail
2004/Jun/09 — Monitor Convergence
2004/Jun/07 — SpinRite 6.0 - HD Maintenance, Recovery, and Repair Software
2004/May/22 — Windows XP Setup Tweaks & Tips

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2013/Aug/19 — XBLIG Love: A Look to the Past for a Better Future
2013/May/03 — Death in Video Games
2013/Mar/13 — Matthew Doucette Interviewed on Monetization Practices
2013/Jan/12 — Honoring Seumas McNally
2011/Jul/06 — Xona Games Targeted For Rating Manipulation Abuse, Twice
2011/Mar/21 — Xona Games Running Lean: The Lean Startup Challenge
2010/Dec/31 — Score Rush... Laughingly Easy!
2010/Nov/15 — Xona Proposal: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final Draft)
2010/Nov/04 — Why We Should Encourage "Crap" XBLIG Games
2009/Dec/17 — Acadia University Coverage: A Passion For Programming

As you can see, we used to be Xonatech, known for tech articles and freeware apps. In 2008 -- with the announcment of a new game, to be Duality ZF -- we became Xona Games.