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Join Barry Steakfries as he breaks in to a secret laboratory to commandeer the experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science evildoers. After lift-off, simply touch the screen to ascend and release to descend, raining bullets, bubbles, rainbows and lasers downwards as you fly towards higher and higher scores!

The official trailer tells the story of how Steakfries goes from a humble gramaphone salesman to a high-flying action hero! Created by the same minds behind Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride is Halfbrick’s biggest mobile release of the year and is set to make a big splash all over the world. It will be available worldwide on September 1st as a universal game for both iPhone and iPad!

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Age of Zombies is now available for the Amazon Appstore, and to celebrate it will be free to download for launch day -- July 8th! We’ve created a sweet global trailer to showcase everything AOZ up until now, and we hope you can get involved with the ongoing Barry Steakfries saga!

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Today is an awesome new step for Barry Steakfries, hero of time and slayer of zombies! We have now released our awesome Age of Zombies, voted Best Playstation Mini of 2010, to the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play!

This release includes all of the zombie-blasting action found in the current smartphone versions, but is an absolute dream to control with the Playstation Certified controls, including the two touch-sensitive thumbpads. As a dual-stick shooter, AOZ fits the Xperia controls perfecly and is a prime example on how to use the new hardware to its best abilities. We’ve put together a handy preview video above to show you a little bit about the Xperia Play and how AOZ works in action.

AOZ is currently available on the Android Market as an exclusive to Xperia Play, which means at this time it won’t function with other Android smartphones. However, in just a few short weeks we will have the full game up and running on the market on as many devices as possible, so stay tuned for all the latest AOZ news!

It’s true! We heard your pleas and went for the big one -- the long-awaited Arcade Mode is now available on the Android version of Fruit Ninja!

In Arcade Mode, you have 60 second to reach the highest score possible. However, we’ve added a few secrets to help you along the way! Look out for the special bananas, which have amazing effects such as Double Points, Frenzy and even Freeze! Combine the banana powers for some truly devastating fruit carnage, and don’t forget to rack up those combos for even higher scores!

At the end of every Arcade Mode game, you will also receive bonus points for your slicing prowess. Take every opportunity to hit some truly astronomical scores and astonish your friends!

WEEKLY LEADERBOARDS -- Best of all, you now have the chance to see how you stack up against your friends! At the end of Arcade Mode games, you will be able to view the Weekly high scores of your online friends!

NEW ICE BLADE -- The Dojo receives another addition in the form of the Ice Blade! You’ll be one cool customer while using this bad boy to slice!

After so many overwheming requests for Arcade Mode, we are proud to finally bring it to our Android players. Enjoy, and stay juicy!

To purchase the game, simply go to the Android Market on your device and search for Fruit Ninja. Alternatively, you can use this online barcode with a scanning application:

Epic news today, ladies and gentlemen! With the holidays upon us and everyone enjoying the latest and greatest additions to the App Store, we’ve gotten into the spirit of giving. Here is a full list of all the awesome announcements for today!

Fruit Ninja Lite – The worldwide hit game that started the App Store craze can now be tried at no charge! Fruit Ninja Lite is now available worldwide to download for free, and features a sample of Classic – the very first bombastic gameplay mode! There are also a small sample of Achievements to unlock, with three exclusive to Fruit Ninja Lite! You can also post your results on Twitter and Facebook, showing off your ninja skills to the world!

Fruit Ninja HD Lite – The awesome iPad action of Fruit Ninja HD is ready for free in Fruit Ninja HD Lite, which features a sample of Classic Mode, as well as a taste of the local multiplayer mode – Zen Duel! Achievements and social functionality is also available! In both Lite versions of Fruit Ninja and Fruit Ninja HD, players can even access the Dojo and unlock a selection of new blades and backgrounds!

Fruit Ninja HD SALE – To celebrate the holidays and the release of our awesome Lite versions, Fruit Ninja HD is now on sale for just 99 CENTS! Get every piece of Fruit Ninja content on your iPad for 80% off – Arcade Mode, Dojo, online Game Center multiplayer and more!

Age of Zombies UPDATE – Barry Steakfries is getting in the giving spirit with a new free update! Age of Zombies 1.1 features THREE new maps for Survivial mode, Elf Zombies to blast in the face, new Leaderboard functionality showing your friend’s scores to beat, and a Story Mode level select system. Now you can replay your favorite chapters of the AoZ adventure!

A massive thanks go out to all the fans who supported Halfbrick and our games throughout 2010, and we can’t wait to continue bringing new and exciting content to the world in 2011. Happy holidays!

This was sent to me by Jonathan Ellis (@jonathan_ellis) from University College London. His team created a virtual reality environment and used the opportunity to pay tribute to Fruit Ninja by creating their own awesome slicing game Teapot Ninja! Will we be seeing this kind of play in homes sometime soon? If more guys like this keep kicking ass, I definitely think so!

Check out a bit more information about the project here.