Xona Games is an

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founded in 2008 and headquartered in Yarmouth,

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Games

The company makes

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games, targeting primarily

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and

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which are especially popular in the Japanese market. The company and many of their games have won awards, including the Rogers Small Business Big Idea Contest. Games released by Xona Games: Additional games in development by Xona Games include a new version of Score Rush, Decimation X4, and Duality ZF. Xona Games was announced as an official

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Developer.

Awards

Xona Games' games has won a total of $190,177.83 in contests, including the $100,000 Innovacorp I-3 competition and the $50,000

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App Challenge. Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by

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. Duality ZF was a finalist in the 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest, ranking #5 worldwide.Lumi wins Dream-Build-Play 2010 Challenge
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References

External links

Official website
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