Xona Games is an

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Canadian video game developer 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

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Developer.

Awards

Xona Games' games has won a total of $180,961.71 in contests, including the $100,000

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I-3 competition and the $50,000 Tizen App Challenge. Decimation X3 was named one of the top Xbox Live Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine. 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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