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December 20th 2010
Posted By: Phil Larsen

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!

December 13th 2010
Posted By: Phil Larsen

Raskulls is an exclusive member of the awesome Games for the Holidays promotion starting next week, December 22nd with the release of World of Keflings (followed by Raskulls on the 29th and ilomilo on January 5th). As part of this promotion, players can unlock exclusive content within each game by purchasing the other titles and unlocking an Achievement. To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Microsoft and created this awesome trailer to show off how it all works. Enjoy!

December 3rd 2010
Posted By: Phil Larsen

After many months of anticipation, Halfbrick and Microsoft can officially announce the release date for Raskulls, the much-loved but extremely elusive XBLA title! As part of the Games for the Holidays promotion, Raskulls will officially launch on December 29th, 2010.

Games for the Holidays is an extremely exciting, entirely original promotion over the coming season. World of Keflings, Raskulls and ilomilo are the stars of the show, and participation in GFTH means some awesome exclusive content for XBLA players!

If you purchase all three GFTH titles, extra characters will unlock within the games. For example, you can unlock ilo and Doug as playable characters in Raskulls, and also unlock Raskulls characters within ilomilo and World of Keflings by purchasing the full range of games.

In addition to this, players can also gain early access to Raskulls by downloading World of Keflings on December 22nd and accessing it via the in-game purchase menu.

Raskulls is an amazingly fun action-platformer that has been tearing up major conventions such as PAX for months. A well-known upcoming XBLA game, it 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 – for just 800 Microsoft Points!

We couldn’t be happier to finally be bringing this news to you! Please post your comments below and feel free to ask any questions you may have in the leadup to release.