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Fruit Ninja has now been updated on both iPhone and iPad with some amazing new content! You asked for new Dojo items and we deliver these five new sensational blades to warm Sensei’s heart!

SHADOW BLADE – This super sweet blade was forged in darkness, void of all good.
PIXEL BLADE – Show how cool you really are with a blade that harks back to the days of 8-bit gaming.
BAMBOO SHOOT BLADE – Made in the forest that Sensei himself grew up in, this is one awesome blade that is bound to impress!
PARTY TIME BLADE – Every swipe will feel like you’re partying like it’s 1999.
PIANO BLADE – Make some sweet, sweet music as you destroy fruit with this groovy slicer.

In addition to the blades, we’ve also thrown in some awesome, much-requested features.

New Weekly Leaderboards – Based on the success of the Arcade Mode Weekly Leaderboards and our number one requested feature, Classic and Zen Modes now both include Weekly Leaderboards! At the end of every game, you will be able to view the Weekly high scores of your online friends! Show them who the real Fruit Ninja master is across all three modes!

Fast App Switching – Got interrupted by a phone call or text in your last Fruit Ninja gaming session? With the implementation of Fast App Switching you will be back in the action in no time at all!

All of these additions are now available as a free download for both Fruit Ninja and Fruit Ninja HD! Please enjoy, and feel free to let us know your favorite new blade in the comments!

On April 21st, 2010, Fruit Ninja was released for the iPhone App Store. Fast forward 10 months later, and that first little release has turned into over 6 million paid downloads for the iPhone version alone, and an astonishing 150 billion fruit sliced.! After being held responsible for killing so much sweet, delicious and nutritious fruit all over the world, what were we going to do to remedy this situation?

To celebrate the sales and make amends for fruit death worldwide, we are partnering with the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation to help give something back to juice lovers. Yep, there is a charity specifically dedicated to growing fruit! The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation plants orchards around the world to benefit communities and the environment. Halfbrick has committed to sponsoring a fully functioning orchard in a low-income Native American community as part of FTPF’s Reservation Preservation program. The harvests will not only provide fresh, healthy sustenance but also income for the long-term benefit of the tribe.

The FTPF will take charge in planting and maintaining Halfbrick’s fruit orchard, and as the months continue and the fruit grows you can check out the progress and updates via both the Halfbrick blog and the FTPF website!

A huge thanks to all who have helped make Fruit Ninja such an amazing success all around the world! We will be updating with new content very shortly, so keep slicing and enjoy the juice!

www.ftpf.org

To celebrate the release of the first DLC, Raskulls Reinforcements, we have completed the full Raskulls soundtrack and made it available to download free of charge! Entitled Big Bone Boogaloo, it features 40 tracks for the XBLA release of Raskulls, including the awesome end credits song “Pirats Till We Die!”

To download, simply head to the Halfbrick Bandcamp site and enter the amount you wish to pay for the soundtrack. There is no minimum, so feel free to download it at any price and enjoy! All songs and music composed by Jesse Higginson, the Halfbrick music extraordinaire!

Share the news with friends via Facebook and Twitter – there’s plenty of music for everybody!

Today we can officially announce the release of the first downloadable content for our XBLA game Raskulls! Featuring a new Grand Prix and four extra characters, you can download it today for just 160 Microsoft Points – which also adds three new Achievements for 50 extra Gamerscore!

The extra Grand Prix, known as the Shiny Stone Cup, features four race levels and includes the new “Castle” environment! You can play these level both online and offline, using any of the previous characters or one of the new four:

KITTEN – A descendant from the legendary half-cat, half-skull and half-awesome Raskulls of the Faraway Mountains, Kitten is a cute yet deadly addition to the cast. Why deadly? Ask Little Billy Bobskull, the crippled boy in the Extensive Bite n’ Scratch ward at Raskulls General.

VIKING – One of King’s past rivals, Viking likes to pillage, loot and drink with the best of them. On the other hand, he’s big into haberdashery. Fine men’s suit craftsmanship does not a nice Raskull make.

SPACEMAN – Spaceman, I always wanted you to go | into space, man.

BARNEY – A Pirat minion of Captain J. Turncoat, Barney has the tendency to lose his pants and ice-cream money. As a mindless thug, he’s sub-par. As a potential hat rack or paperweight, he’s not bad at all.

Download Raskulls Reinforcements!

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:

Today Halfbrick can officially announce the full worldwide release of Raskulls on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points! Announced in 2009, Raskulls has been in the works receiving extra doses of polish, humor and fun – and today everyone can get in on the action!

Raskulls combines platforming, action and racing all wrapped up in a fantastic art style featuring the Raskulls themselves – adorable yet very cheeky little guys! With the epic single player Mega Quest, unlockable characters for Grand Prix and both local and online multiplayer, Raskulls is a massive package full of awesome content.

Mega Quest stars King, Dragon and Ninja as they travel across the world to thwart the evil Pirats in their attempts to steal the legendary Shiny Stone. Including racing, puzzle, action and even boss levels, players can unlock Medallions and new playable characters, along with official Xbox Live Achievements!

Multiplayer features 16 levels in which players race their way to the finish line in both online and split-screen games. Use items like Flame Charge, Thunder Staff and even the awesome Mega Zap to decimate your fellow Raskulls and take the crown.

As part of the Game for the Holidays promotion on Xbox Live, Raskulls can be used to get access to ilomilo before release next week, and players can also unlock awesome new playable characters by downloading and unlocking an Achievement in World of Keflings and ilomilo.

It has been a long time coming, but everyone at Halfbrick couldn’t be more proud to finally release our very first XBLA and major console game!

Official Media Pack

Xbox.com Raskulls Page