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Halfbrick working on new iOS game, 1.3 update for Jetpack Joyride

by Mike Schramm (Mar 6th, 2012)

Halfbrick Studios' Phil Larsen is a happy guy. Not only has his company scored a huge hit with Fruit Ninja (with over a million copies sold on Xbox Kinect alone), but the studio's Jetpack Joyride is a hit as well, garnering over 19 million across various free and paid incarnations. Halfbrick, says ...

2011 Best App Ever winners announced

by Mike Schramm (Jan 27th, 2012)

Jeff Scott of 148 Apps has announced the winners for the Best App Ever for 2011, and you can review at the official site right now. Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick was the overall winner in the iOS devision (which is a great app, but probably also benefited from actually promoting the Best App Ever ...

Machine Gun Jetpack now Jetpack Joyride, out September 1

by Mike Schramm (Aug 23rd, 2011)

Halfbrick Studios has sent out a notice that they've made a name change on their upcoming iOS title. Machine Gun Jetpack (which we've been watching pretty closely here at TUAW) is now called Jetpack Joyride. Apparently the game itself hasn't changed, but the name is different -- so you know ...

Fruit Ninja and Max Adventure for iOS updated with new content

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2011)

Two of TUAW's favorite App Store apps (and probably yours as well) have been updated with new content. Halfbrick's Fruit Ninja has a few new swords to play with, including one that plays piano music as you swipe. There are new leaderboards to fight your friends (and everyone else) on for the ...

Fruit Ninja HD gets a trailer and release date

by Mike Schramm (Jul 12th, 2010)

We posted about Fruit Ninja way back when it was first released on the App Store, and since then it's become a qualified hit on the iPhone, with over a million downloads and lots and lots of kiwis and bananas slashed in half. The folks over at Halfbrick have now announced that they're bringing ...