Halfrbrick And Big Ant Announce Jetpack Joyride Has Been Downloaded Over 1 Million Times Across PS3 And PS Vita

Halfbrick and Big Ant have announced that the PS3 and PS Vita version of Jetpack Joyride has been downloaded over 1 Million times in 2013 worldwide. This version of the game is free to download and play and the PS Vita version of the game was recently updated with new features including Twitter Integration.

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Halfbrick Announce New Fruit Ninja Kinect DLC Comes Out Tomorrow For 160 MS Points

Halfbrick have detailed the new DLC coming to Fruit Ninja Kinect. out tomorrow, 28th November, the Hi-Tech Vault DLC adds a new background, the sword blade and clocking device shadow. this DLC will cost 160 MS Points.



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Halfbrick Announce Trick Or Treat Bad DLC For Fruit Ninja Kinect, Comes 24th October For 160 MS Points

Halfbrick have announced new DLC is coming to Fruit Ninja Kinect. this Halloween themed DLC comes out on 24th October for 160 MS Points and includes a Slasher Blade, Haunted House background and Ghostly Apparition shadow.



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Halfbrick Announce 8-Bit Cartridge DLC For Fruit Ninja Kinect, Coming 31st August For 160 MS Points

Halfbrick have announced new DLC for Fruit Ninja Kinect. the 8-Bit Cartridge DLC is set to come out on 31st August for 160 MS Points, or you can get a free code for the DLC by visiting the Halfbrick booth at PAX Prime. Fruit Ninja Kinect has been downloaded over 1.5 Million times since it was released and this DLC brings 8-Bit style graphics, chiptune music, a new Game Man Shadow and a new weapon the Pixel Love Blade.


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Halfbrick Announce Jetpack Joyride Update 1.3 Comes Out Thursday For Free

Halfbrick have announced update 1.3 for Jetpack Joyride comes out this Thursday. this update is free and is the biggest the game has ever seen. this update brings 15 new gadgets to the game, they unlock for purchase as you complete sectors. you can mix and match any 2 gadgets.

The complete list of gadgets include:

Sector 1: Research and Development

• Air Barrys (3,500 Coins) - Leap gracefully over obstacles with these designer sneakers.
• Nerd Repellent (2,000 Coins) - The patent-pending formula is so potent that the whole laboratory had to be abandoned.
• Insta-Ball (2000 Coins) - Bounce off the floor instead of going splat. Great for traveling a few extra meters.

Sector 2: Fringe Science

• Gravity Belt (5,000 Coins) - Make the ground come at you a lot faster than usual. Be sure to bend your knees when you land.
• Missile Jammer (5000 Coins) - Replaces the missile guidance program with pictures of kittens downloaded from the internet. Only works if the kittens are particularly cute.
• Token Gift (5000 Coins) - What do you give someone who has everything? A free final spin token, of course!

Sector 3: Pseudoscience Action Group

• Freeze-O-Matic (3,000 Coins) - There's no better way to cool down after a hard run than being snap-frozen in a solid block of ice. It also helps you slide a few extra meters.
• X-Ray Specs (4500 Coins) - This high-tech eye wear is both fashionable and functional. Now you can look inside vehicle pickups and other places you're not supposed to see.
• Gemology (6,500 Coins) - A special Blingification technique that converts coins into high-value Gems. For some reason it only works on coins minted in 1985.

Sector 4: Futureologist Lounge

• Ezy-Dodge Missiles (5,500 Coins) - If you're going to play a game of chicken with a missile, make sure it's an Ezy-Dodge!
• Magnetic Tokens (4,500 Coins) - Every token is fitted with a super-strong magnet. They are easier to collect, but will probably wipe your credit card.
• Flying Pig (6000 Coins) - This highly-unstable coin transporter was designed by a scientist with a particular fondness for physical comedy.

Sector 5: Testing Zone

• Free Ride (5,000 Coins) - Stop off at the motor pool before smashing through the laboratory wall. Why didn't Barry think of this earlier?
• Coin Magnet (6,000 Coins) - Once you get used to the feeling of being endlessly pelted with coins you will start to wonder how you ever lived without it.
• Lucky Last (5500 Coins) - Your final spin token is forged from fortunium, the world's luckiest element.

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Halfbrick Announce Jetpack Joyride Update 1.3 Comes This April For Free

Halfbrick have announced Jetpack Joyride is getting a new free update this April. the game has already been downloaded over 16 Million times and this update will be bringing new features to the game including new items in the stash and:

• Air Barrys - Leap gracefully over obstacles with these designer sneakers.
• Ezy-Dodge Missiles - If you're going to play a game of chicken with a missile, make sure it's an Ezy-Dodge!
• Free Ride - Stop off at the motor pool before smashing through the laboratory wall. Why didn't Barry think of this earlier?   

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Halfbrick Announce Fruit Ninja Kinect Has Been Downloaded Over 1 Million Times Since Its Launch In August 2011

Halfbrick have announced Fruit Ninja Kinect has been downloaded over 1 million times since the game was released on XBLA back in August 2011. The game is currently available for 800 MS Points.

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Halfbrick Announce Free Christmas DLC Is Out Now For Fruit Ninja Kinect

Halfbrick have announced Free Christmas DLC is available now for Fruit Ninja Kinect. the DLC brings a Santa's Workshop, a Snow Globe Silhouette, and a Candy Cane Blade. to get this DLC all you need to do is head to Sensei Swag in the game and download the Christmas Present.



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Halbrick Announce Partnership With ToyFoundry, Create An Online Toy Store For Fruit Ninja

Halfbrick and ToyFoundry announce a partnership for an online Fruit Ninja Toy Store. the first items available are plushies, either the watermelon, pictured above, or the Sensei, pictured below. the watermelon costs $14.99 and the Sensei costs $15.99, or you can buy both for $29.99. more merchandise will become available in 2012.

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Halfbrick, THQ, And DreamWorks Announce Fruit Ninja: Puss In Boots For The iPhone And iPad

Halfbrick have announced they've partnered with THQ and DreamWorks to create Fruit Ninja: Puss In Boots for the iPhone and iPad. coming out 20th October, for $0.99 on iPhone and $1.99 in HD on iPad, Fruit Ninja: Puss In Boots features movie and Spanish themes as well as new modes, unlockable weapons, and backgrounds. 

Desperado Mode is a new take on Fruit Ninja's Classic Mode, features Magic beans and enhanced waves and scoring. Bandito Mode is a 4 tiered challenge adventure where players have to work through slicing games. new items include the Cat Cantina Arena, the Firework Blade, and the Cats Claw.


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Halfbrick Announce Fruit Ninja Kinect For The Xbox 360

Halfbrick have announced Fruit Ninja Kinect for Xbox Live Arcade. Fruit Ninja Kinect will be part of this years Xbox Live Summer Of Arcade and is coming exclusively to the Xbox 360 later this summer. Fruit Ninja Kinect features up to 2 player slicing action, leader boards, Classic Mode, Zen Mode, Arcade Mode, and unlockable blades, backgrounds, and avatar shadows.

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And here is LOS ANGELES – June 6, 2011 – Dust off your black mask and start sharpening your sword — Halfbrick today announced Fruit Ninja Kinect, an all-new console iteration of its smash hit mobile game Fruit Ninja. Fruit Ninja Kinect will be featured as part of Microsoft’s fan favorite Summer of Arcade promotion, and available via download from Xbox LIVE Arcade. The game is scheduled to be released exclusively for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft later this summer .

Fruit Ninja Kinect takes all the frenzied fruit slicing action of the highly popular and addictive mobile game and brings it full scale as players trade in finger chops for full body motion slicing, swinging their arms to cut through an endless cascade of flying fruits while trying to avoid dangerous bombs.

“Fruit Ninja Kinect is perfect for the Kinect system,” said Phil Larsen, marketing director of Halfbrick. “Not only is the game intuitive, challenging and fun, it’s even a bit of a workout. With the added bonuses of being able to play side-by-side another player and compare scores on the XBLA leaderboards, we’re really taking the Fruit Ninja experience to a whole new level.”

Following the simple yet addictive mechanics that made Fruit Ninja such a breakout success on mobile devices, Fruit Ninja Kinect stays true to the spirit of the beloved title while expanding players’ experience with new gameplay modes and unlockable content.

There are three single player modes: slice for the highest score while avoiding bombs in Classic Mode, serenely slice through 90 seconds of Zen Mode, or throw intense power-ups into the mayhem with Arcade Mode. Fruit Ninja Kinect alsoadds local multiplayer so Fruit Ninjas can slice side-by-side in pursuit of unlockable blades, backgrounds, avatar shadows and Achievements that only the quickest ninjas will conquer. True masters of fruit ninjutsu searching the lands for a worthy opponent can climb the online leaderboards, but only ninjas able to decimate the mysterious pomegranate—a rare fruit that players can attack furiously in bullet-time—will claim the highest scores.

With more than 25 million downloads worldwide on mobile devices and top sales chart rankings in more than 60 countries, Fruit Ninja is already an international sensation, and the Kinect version adds a whole new dimension to the frenzy.

Halfbrick will be showcasing Fruit Ninja Kinect, Fruit Ninja Frenzy and Machine Gun Jetpack in its media-only demo suite during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), June 7-9, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in meeting room No. 505, above the West Hall.

Fruit Ninja Kinect will be available for digital download exclusively from the Xbox LIVE Arcade service for the Xbox 360 later this summer as part of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promotion.
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Halfbrick Announce Fruit Ninja Has Sold 2 Million Copies On iPhone

Halfbrick have announced that Fruit Ninja has sold over 2 Million Copies on the iPhone in 6 months. the game reached 1 Million copies sold in 3 months, and then sold another 1 million copies again in 3 months. Halfbrick have also released some stats from the game, Total Fruit Sliced Worldwide - 24,342,983,809, Average Classic Mode High Score - 196.60, and Average Zen Mode High Score – 194.68.

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September 23rd, 2010 – Approximately 3 months ago, we made the announcement that Fruit Ninja had surpassed one million copies sold on iPhone. One million sold is an extraordinary achievement for any game on any platform, but everyone at Halfbrick is simply ecstatic to do it again with the same game in the same amount of time.

Fruit Ninja surpassed one million in 74 days, and reaching the second million from that point only took an additional 78 days. It’s on a roll, and Halfbrick has the entire world to thank for their incredible support of the simplest and most satisfying iPhone game on the App store.

Since release, we have also created a brand new website and blog to keep Halfbrick fans in the loop about all our major releases. Simple head towww.halfbrick.com and sign up to the RSS feed for regular updates!

To celebrate the two million, we did some digging. Some Holmes-like research. Here’s some pretty astonishing statistics to munch on while you slice up your next game!

Total Fruit Sliced, Worldwide - 24,342,983,809. That’s 24 BILLION. Extrapolating from that data, we can conclude that over 10 million tonnes of fruit have been sliced around the world. Let’s hope that it all fell into a giant juicing machine to create sweet, nutritious drinks for kids around the world as they go about their studies. Knowledge = Ninja Power, kids!

Average Classic Mode High Score - 196.60 – We hear daily reports of players unable to crack 200, but for the trained Fruit Ninja elite, it’s not uncommon to regularly achieve scores of twice that amount.

Average Zen Mode High Score – 194.68 – There is a physical limit to the achievable score in Zen Mode due to the timer, but 194 for an average is impressively high. A seasoned player may only score 220 – 230 on a regular basis, so 194 on average makes the Halfbrick team incredibly proud of its ninja apprentices!

About Halfbrick

Halfbrick is a professional game development studio based in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 2001, it has developed popular titles for the Game Boy Advance, PSP, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, with expansion into XBLA, PS3 and iPhone development. For further information, please visit www.halfbrick.com and follow on Twitter, Youtube and Facebook!

Halfbrick Reveal Upcoming Mini's Title "Rocket Racing"

Halfbrick have revealed their upcoming Mini's game Rocket Racing. this game is set for release in Europe on 11th March and it will be compatible with both the PS3 and PSP. the game will cost €4.99/£3.99.Rocket Racing is a top down futuristic racing game.

The tracks have been designed with a unique twist and are set in different locations. The game has Challenge Modes, Grand Prix modes, and Party Modes. The game also has a unique game mechanic where you grind the vehicles rockets against the outer walls of the tracks to get a speed boost. Halfbrick have released screenshots for Rocket Racing that appear to be in-game and show in-game action from a variety of tracks as well as the grinding mechanic.

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