Our latest Ramblings

August 10th 2011
Posted By: Phil Larsen

YOU are the ninja! The worldwide gaming phenomenon Fruit Ninja has now arrived for Kinect and Halfbrick could not be prouder to bring you the first ever Xbox Live Arcade Kinect title! Your arms are now blades, and the epic battle against the world’s most delicious produce is just beginning. Fruit Ninja Kinect is our evolution of the slice-em-up genre, where we worked tirelessly to utilise next-gen power for the juiciest combat ever!

With Classic, Zen and the frenetic Arcade Mode, Fruit Ninja Kinect includes all the action you know and love with precision control -- along with special features exclusive to Kinect. With Party Mode, four players can turn a normal night into a fierce tournament -- and the new Challenge system will reveal the true masters among your friends.

The whole team at Halfbrick is incredibly excited to bring you this next step in the Fruit Ninja franchise, and it is available for download on Xbox Live Arcade right now for 800 Microsoft Points as part of the offical Summer of Arcade promotion!

DOWNLOAD HERE!

May 20th 2011
Posted By: Phil Larsen

That’s pretty much all there is to it! We’ve just released a new update to Fruit Ninja HD for iPad (1.2.2) which resolves an annoying crash bug some of our fans were experiencing. However, that issue is no more thanks to the update, and to celebrate we’re putting the game on sale for the weekend! Over 60% off worldwide, you can now pick up FNHD for just US $0.99!

Simple as that guys -- get amongst it, and we promise to have more awesome content updates coming in the very near future!

DOWNLOAD HERE

April 14th 2011
Posted By: Phil Larsen

It’s round two for Raskulls Reinforcements, with four new characters stepping up to race against the best and four new tracks including the awesome Tempest Tunnels level! This is the final Raskulls DLC and available for download right now on Xbox Live for 160 Microsoft Points. The new additions to the team are:

General Battlebones, proving that seniority means superiority
Robot, who is some twisted scientist’s bizarre creation
Witchdoctor, with more curses that you can shake a voodoo doll at
Scurv, the final and dumbest of all the evil henchmen

Collect the final four characters to complete your full roster and hit the new levels with some serious power! We’re rounding off the huge range of content we’ve been creating for our dedicated fans, and want to thank the communtiy for their awesome support and spreading the word of Raskulls! Keep on racing and BONE ON!

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February 18th 2011
Posted By: Phil Larsen

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

January 21st 2011
Posted By: Phil Larsen

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:

December 29th 2010
Posted By: Phil Larsen

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