Our latest Ramblings

March 29th 2011
Posted By: Phil Larsen

Our debut XBLA release of 2010 is now even more enticing – the critically acclaimed Raskulls is on sale for just 400 Microsoft Points, which is a huge 50% off! As part of the March 29th Xbox Live Deal of the Week, players can now download the adventures of King, Dragon, Ninja at the best ever price!

Included in the download is the entire original game, featuring the epic single player Mega Quest spanning three chapters and a massive variety of bone-bashing levels, as well as the entire online and local multiplayer game for up to four players! A fan favorite at PAX Prime and PAX East 2011, Raskulls multiplayer regularly steals the show as a fast and frantic racing platformer filled with awesome item powerups, close finishes and a huge cast of righteous characters. Now is the best time to start your Raskulls career by getting in on the action against tens of thousands of players around the world.

Xbox.com Raskulls Page

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 28th 2011
Posted By: Phil Larsen

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!

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 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!

October 28th 2010
Posted By: Phil Larsen

The time has come! Barry Steakfries has launched his way to the App Store once again, this time as a time-travelling badass in Age of Zombies!

Upon arriving at the laboratory of the evil Professor Brains, Barry discovers a plot to destroy mankind by sending zombies throughout time to wreak havoc! As a pro-shooting kind of guy, Barry rises to the challenge and steps through the portal, determined to save the world and make it home in time for dinner.

Players will blast their way through five unique worlds featuring zombie cavemen, mummies, ninjas and the legendary Zombie T-Rex.

Age of Zombies includes the full story mode spanning five worlds with multiple levels, as well as Survival mode with global leaderboards for high score junkies. Everything has also been improved from the original Playstation Minis version, with updated graphics, new menus and the intuitive touch-specific controls and tutorials. This is the definitive Age of Zombies experience, dressed to impress as a Universal app for both iPhone and iPad.

PLAY NOW!