Decimation X3 & Score Rush: Top 25 Indie Games

Tuesday, February 15, 2011
By: Matthew Doucette

Download: Decimation X3 (Xbox LIVE; 80 MSP)
Download: Score Rush (Xbox LIVE; 80 MSP)

Complex ranked their top 25 Xbox LIVE Indie Games, and Decimation X3 and Score Rush placed #2 and #7 overall, respectively!

7. Score Rush

Developer: Xona Games

In the land of the twin-stick shooter that is XBLIG, Xona Games' (the dynamic Nova Scotian duo of twin brothers Matthew and Jason Doucette) Score Rush is the undisputed king. The bullet hell is plenty hellish, yet still navigable enough to draw you into the insanity and the shameless amount of explosions, firepower, and general nonsensecombined with the kind of hard-rockin' hard rock that makes a third Bill & Ted picture seem like a real good timemake this one of the very best releases of late, on XBLIG or off.

2. Decimation X3

Developer: Xona Games

Xona strikes again! It's a bullet deluge and pixel typhoon in the brothers Doucette's third and greatest homage to a pillar of classic gaming that even Taito's own updatethe excellent Space Invaders Extremefails to match in terms of sheer awesome. Wise design choices mean never drawing down players' increasingly ridiculous levels of firepower, even after taking a bullet, and from the moment collaborator Imphenzia's electronic tunes kick in on the title screen, things never let up, resulting in the single best shoot-em-up on XBLIG, besting even the Doucettes' own Score Rush. It just doesn't get done any bigger than this, folks.

Just want to thank Nick Marroni for the great pics, be sure to check them all out at: http://www.complex.com/video-games/2011/02/underground-kings-the-25-best-xbox-live-games/

 

More Decimation X3 and Score Rush Articles:

2024/Apr/01 Score Rush Extended: 4.74/5 Global Player Ratings
2022/Jan/17 4-Player Decimation X3 (Level 135)
2019/Jan/31 Score Rush Extended: Featured in Strong Side TV Show
2017/Oct/14 Xbox LIVE Indie Games Officially Shut Down
2017/Feb/14 Last Payment by XBLIG?
2016/Dec/13 Score Rush Extended: Semi-Finalist in GDWC 2016
2016/Dec/06 Matthew Doucette: Featured in Canada Business Network
2016/Oct/21 Score Rush Extended: 80% at Nerd Stash
2016/Oct/17 Xona Games: Featured by Futurpreneur
2016/Jul/18 Score Rush Extended: 8.0 at PS Nation
2016/Jul/04 Score Rush Extended: 8/10 at Brash Games
2016/Jun/29 Score Rush Extended's Scoring Mechanic Improvements
2016/Jun/25 Score Rush Extended; No Miss GODLIKE Run
2016/Jun/21 Score Rush Extended: 80% on PSNStores
2016/Jun/19 Score Rush Extended: Top 30 PS4 Games in 2016 by Metacritic
2016/Jun/13 Score Rush Extended: 80% on Operation Rainfall
2016/Jun/13 Score Rush Extended: 80% at Digitally Download
2016/Jun/12 Score Rush Extended: 80% on NexValley
2016/Jun/12 Xona Games: Featured on CJLS Radio
2016/Jun/09 Score Rush Extended: 80% on GameSpew
2016/Jun/08 Score Rush Extended: 80% Review at SelectButton
2016/Jun/06 Score Rush Extended: 90% Masterpiece Review Score at The Cube
2016/Jun/06 Score Rush Extended: 8/10 Review at Flickering Myth
2016/Jun/02 Score Rush Extended: 81 on MetaCritic!
2016/Jun/01 Xona Games: Featured in The Chronicle Herald
2016/May/31 Score Rush Extended: 80% at US Gamer
2016/May/31 Score Rush Extended: Perfect 100% Review at Bullet Heaven EX
2016/May/31 Score Rush Extended Launced Today!
2016/May/30 Score Rush Extended PS4 Launch Trailer (May 31 Release)
2016/May/30 Score Rush Extended PS4 Trophies Now Published
2016/May/25 Score Rush Extended PS4 Announce Trailer (May 31 Release)
2016/Apr/03 Xona Games Attending Jalloo 2016
2016/Mar/25 2D Game Development Tutorial - Part 1 - Installing the Software
2016/Mar/19 Score Rush Extended: Screenshot Saturday
2016/Mar/17 2D Game Development Tutorial - C#/XNA
2016/Mar/04 Updated Score Rush Extended Kanji Box Art v4.41
2016/Jan/21 Final Score Rush Extended Kanji Box Art v4.40
2016/Jan/19 Score Rush Extended Kanji Box Art
2016/Jan/18 Score Rush Extended Logo in Kanji
2015/Oct/26 Trailer Park Boys Fan Art!
2015/Oct/25 Let There Be Fire!
2015/Oct/24 Animated GIFs!
2015/Oct/20 Box Art v3.25 for Score Rush Extended
2015/Oct/19 Fan Art!
2015/Oct/19 Score Rush & Decimation X Series Picked as Best Beginner Shmups
2015/Oct/17 Box Art v2.20 for Score Rush EX
2015/Oct/17 Box Art v2.19 for Score Rush EX
2015/Oct/16 Box Art v2.12 for Score Rush EX
2015/Oct/13 Box Art v1.0 for Score Rush Extended
2015/Oct/12 Score Rush Extended Featured on Indie Game Screens!
2015/Oct/11 Score Rush Extended Featured in Hardcore Gamer
2015/Oct/10 Score Rush Extended: Screenshot Saturday
2015/Oct/09 Always Draw The Hitbox
2015/Sep/26 Score Rush Extended: Screenshots
2015/Aug/19 Score Rush: Featured in Total Miner!
2015/Aug/17 Support XBLIG Backwards Compatibility on Xbox One!
2015/Jun/01 Score Rush Extended Featured at Jalloo 2015
2015/Feb/15 New Score Rush World Record!
2014/Jul/01 Score Rush Coming to PS4
2014/Feb/23 Xona Games & Turbulenz Win $50,000 Tizen App Challenge
2014/Feb/17 Halifax Scramble Wrap Up
2014/Feb/14 Xona Games Shmup Tournament
2013/Oct/01 Score Rush: Top 3 Pick by Microsoft Japan
2013/Jul/25 Indie Royale's Indie Gamer Chick Bundle
2013/May/03 Death in Video Games
2013/May/02 Decimation X3: Japan's Pier 21 Arcade Honor
2013/May/02 Decimation X3 God Update!
2013/Apr/25 GDC 2013 Wrap Up
2013/Apr/24 Score Rush: Funniest Fan Feedback Ever!
2013/Apr/21 Decimation X3 Mention by Major Nelson!
2013/Apr/17 Score Rush: Top 15 $1 Xbox LIVE Indie Games
2013/Apr/14 Decimation X3 & Score Rush Still Getting Some Love
2013/Mar/27 GDC 2013: Beating Score Rush in 0:10:20
2012/Nov/12 The Cake is a Lie?
2012/Jul/18 Score Rush: Turbulenz Update: Xbox 360 effects in HTML5
2012/Jun/15 Score Rush: Featured on IndieGames.com, Third Time!
2012/Jun/14 Score Rush: Now on Google Chrome Store
2012/Jun/02 Decimation X Series: Video Tribute
2012/Apr/18 Score Rush: Featured on IndieGames.com, Second Time!
2012/Apr/16 Score Rush: Turbulenz Beta: Now With Leaderboards and Badges!
2012/Apr/12 Score Rush: 9.9 XBLA & XBLIG Ratings
2012/Mar/12 Score Rush: Turbulenz Beta Released!
2012/Jan/11 Score Rush: Top 10 Console Exclusive Shmups of All Time
2011/Dec/21 Score Rush: Featured in Game Type XBLIG Title
2011/Nov/16 Score Rush: Turbulenz Beta: Now Playable!
2011/Jul/11 Decimation X3: 16 Best Xbox LIVE Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine
2011/Jul/04 Score Rush: Top Picked in Retro Gamer's Indie High Five
2011/Jun/20 Score Rush: Winner of Golden Dude Award for Best Graphics
2011/Jun/20 Score Rush: 89/100 on XXL Gaming
2011/May/18 Decimaton X3: Featured in Official Xbox Magazine
2011/May/01 Matthew Doucette: Interviewed in Palutena's Army
2011/Mar/25 Xona Games is 4-Player Shmup King of XBLIG: Created 3 of Top 7
2011/Mar/11 Score Rush: 5/5 Star XBLIG.co Review
2011/Feb/16 Dzag: The Decimation X3 GOD!
2011/Feb/15 Decimation X3 & Score Rush: Top 25 Indie Games
2011/Feb/11 Decimation X3 - Reviews On The Run
2011/Jan/31 Score Rush: 9.5/10 Review by GameFAQs
2011/Jan/29 Score Rush: 9.5/10 Review by The Thoughtful Gamers
2011/Jan/20 Decimation X3 Top Pick of Joystiq's 2010 Buyer's Guide
2011/Jan/11 Decimation X3: 6th of Top 20 Best XBLIG Games of 2010
2011/Jan/10 Score Rush: 87% Review by BrainLazy
2011/Jan/06 NeoGAF Awards: Xona Games Wins Both Gold & Bronze!
2011/Jan/03 Gamasutra: Score Rush 1 of 5 Best Indie Games
2011/Jan/02 Xona Games 2 of Top 3 Picks in #1 Japanese Gaming Magazine, Famitsu
2010/Dec/31 Score Rush... Laughingly Easy!
2010/Dec/24 4 Player Decimation X3 Video
2010/Dec/17 Lords of Indie Bullet Hell
2010/Dec/17 Score Rush Named Xbox LIVE Indie Game of the Week
2010/Dec/17 Xona Games 10th & 11th Best Selling XBLIGs Worldwide
2010/Dec/15 Score Rush: 97% Review from Game Vortex
2010/Dec/15 10/10 Review at Spawn Kill
2010/Dec/12 Japan: 3 of Top 5 Rated + Top 2 Best Selling XBLIG Games
2010/Dec/12 Score Rush #1 and #2 Best Seller in 3 Countries
2010/Dec/10 Score Rush: Featured on IndieGames.com
2010/Dec/10 Decimation X3 #1 Best Seller in 4 Countries
2010/Dec/09 Decimation X3 #1 in Japan!
2010/Dec/09 Score Rush Released!
2010/Dec/08 Decimation X3 #12 Top Rated XBLIG in U.S.!
2010/Dec/07 Decimation X3 Released!
2010/Dec/01 Explosive New Score Rush Trailer
2010/Nov/30 Indie Games Winter Uprise Trailer
2010/Nov/23 Score Rush New Box Art
2010/Nov/22 Decimation X3 Box Art
2010/Nov/18 Indie Games Winter Uprising
2010/Oct/24 Score Rush Box Art
2010/Oct/13 Score Rush: XBLIG & Windows Phone 7 Launch Title

 

 

About the Author: I am Matthew Doucette of Xona Games, an award-winning indie game studio that I founded with my twin brother. We make intensified arcade-style retro games. Our business, our games, our technology, and we as competitive gamers have won prestigious awards and received worldwide press. Our business has won $190,000 in contests. Our games have ranked from #1 in Canada to #1 in Japan, have become #1 best sellers in multiple countries, have won game contests, and have held 3 of the top 5 rated spots in Japan of all Xbox LIVE indie games. Our game engines have been awarded for technical excellence. And we, the developers, have placed #1 in competitive gaming competitions -- relating to the games we make. Read about our story, our awards, our games, and view our blog.