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Fruit Ninja studio’s first game in three years comes from a game jam, too

Barry Steakfries (Jetpack Joyride) gate crashes Magic Brick Wars

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Flappy Bird and inspired cloning: Indie devs explore what made a controversial game fun

Will we ever find out the “real” story behind Flappy Bird? There have been endless words written about the game, and its creator has been painted as both a villain and a victim. Dong Nguyen may be...

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Puzzler Furmins arriving on PS Vita on Dec. 17

Physics puzzle Furmins will be released for PlayStation Vita on Dec. 17, according to developer Beatshapers. The game was originally created for iOS by Housemarque, with Beatshapers PS Vita version...

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The good, the bad and the ugly of Apple's latest tech

The products of developers hinge on the features of the operating system and hardware offered to them. As many consistently push against the boundaries of the technology available, new advancements...

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Halfbrick threw out 20 prototypes before arriving at Colossatron

Jetpack Joyride developer Halfbrick went through more than 20 prototypes before finally arriving at its latest title Colossatron: Massive World Threat, the developer said during a PAX Australia...

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Jetpack Joyride creators have eight new titles in the works for 2013

After a relatively quiet year at Halfbrick Studios, developer of wildly popular games Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, the Brisbane-based game maker says it plans to release as many as eight new...

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Fruit Ninja idea came from knife commercial, says Halfbrick CEO

The idea for Fruit Ninja, one of Halfbrick Studios' most successful games, came from a commercial about knives, said CEO Shainiel Deo in an interview with the State Library of Queensland. "The...