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Jetpack Joyride downloaded more than 350,000 times in a week

Buried in a press release from Mattel is mention of a series of products coming out based on Halfbrick Studios’ successful Fruit Ninja franchise. The press release states that Mattel will be capturing ‘the essence of Fruit Ninja’s fast-paced play with an innovative line of table-top and card games inspired …

The current top 5 paid apps on the iOS App Store contains not one but three Australian-made games from Firemint and Halfbrick. The newly released SPY Mouse from Firemint Studios in Melbourne is currently the #1 selling iPhone game, and is receiving very positive reviews. It expands upon the team’s …

It’s been a big week for big Australian indies, with Firemint’s ‘SPY Mouse’ being followed quickly by Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick’s ‘Jetpack Joyride’. The new one-touch controlled arcade game for iOS sees players navigating gravity as well as blasting objects out of their way with a myriad of different modes …

Speaking at Freeplay 2011, Luke Muscat, lead designer and executive producer at Halfbrick, talked about the lessons learned which led to Fruit Ninja’s creation. The team at Halfbrick looked at Rocket Racing, their previous and unsuccessful title, and other casual games achieving big success. Muscat comments: "Fruit Ninja was a …

Fruit Ninja, the highly successful iOS game from Brisbane developers Halfbrick, is out today for Kinect, and is the first ever downloadable Kinect title. Phil Larsen, chief marketing officer at Halfbrick, told MCV: "We want to make sure that Fruit Ninja games are simple, fun to play and have intuitive …

Australian smartphone games group eyes expansion

Offices evacuated as Queensland faces deadliest flood in 50 years

Fruit Ninja joy at topping Windows Phone charts

Australian indie outfit joins Sony's Minis movement with four new titles