[News] Among several announcements to celebrate Pac-Man's birthday with PAC-MAY, Bandai Namco announced a collaboration with Fruit Ninja. Starting on May 6, the game will run four in-game events with Pac-Man themed blades and dojos.

[News] After being temporarily put on hiatus due to layoffs, Guncrypt is coming back, but as a PC title instead of mobile. This was revealed to us a few days ago in the official Discord server, and this image was posted on Twitter to tease the game.

Feed the Deep, a game by Jetpack Joyride's designer Luke Muscat, includes a reference to his previous work - a mini-game called Mega Great Jetpack (MGJP, reference to Barry's Machine Gun Jetpack and the original working title). It's look is reminiscent of Luke's original flash prototype of the game.

After a little research I had to do for another racetrack, I came to realization why this inaccuracy happened... The layout is a near-accurate recreation of Big Blue from F-Zero, which seems to be a bit of inspiration for Marine Laboratory.

[News] A new trailer for Fruit Ninja Adventures is released, presented as a semi-sequel to the original FN trailer. The game is up for pre-registration, doing so will unlock whatever "Founder's Bundle" is.

[Trivia] In Jetpack Joyride Racing, preview map for Marine Laboratory that you see after joining a match is oddly inaccurate to both mini-map and the layout as seen in concert art. Presumably, this could be the original layout of the track.

"Strap in - Jetpack Joyride Racing is dropping soon! Get ready to race April 10. 🏁"

[April Fools] 14 years ago, news site TouchGen gave us an exclusive sneak peak at Jetpack Joyride's iconic 1.3 update, teasing a collaboration with none other than Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., known as "Super Jetpack Mario".

"Which one is the best version of Truffle? Let us Know! 🐷" Twitter/Instagram post from July 13, 2021, depicting Truffles in different art styles from Halfbrick games. (Ignore some typos they made)

According to the internet, Fruit Ninja FX 2 was released on November 2012. This simply cannot be true, at least due to its use of Katsuro, character introduced in 2014. However, this can still be considered his debut, as FX 2 was first shown at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2013 on November 18, 2013.

Halfbrick announcing role redundancies in Australia during breakfast on a Saturday morning feels like a choice to me. My best to those impacted. If that's you and you want to chat, you can reach me securely here on dctrjr [at] proton [dot] me (Now with alt text)

[News] Jetpack Joyride Racing is slowly soft-launching. Already available on iOS, rolling out very soon on Android. Additionally, Halfbrick+ app update is live, introducing a complete overhaul to accommodate for a brand new card system.

Recently, we at Halfbrick Network heard about video game Mt. Rushmore debates going on around the towns. We are glad to report that they're all wrong. Here's what it actually looks like:

[Trivia] In 2014, Halfbrick was in talks with Nickelodeon about TMNT (2012 universe) crossover in Fruit Ninja. A pitch was unsuccessful, and Ghostbusters crossover was created instead. A TMNT crossover would ultimately happen in 2023, but with Mutant Mayhem versions of the Turtles.

[Trivia] Trailer for a cancelled (technically, put on hiatus since 2018) AR game Siege Breakers features music that would later be used as a theme for Magic Brick Wars.

🍉 Fruit Ninja Adventures is now in softlaunch! It features tons of game modes like Tripwire Madness, Giant Fruit or Bomb, Coin Rush. Also dojo upgrades and tons of blades

Quick summary of news that happened during November: * Bluey events from Fruit Ninja Classic made it over to regular version. * The Thrill of the Fight 2 was officially released. * A new roguelike strategy, Scraptics, is available in early access for Discord beta testers.

Bluey's Quest for The Gold Pen (PS5/PS4/Switch/Switch 2/XSX) up for preorder at Best Buy ($39.99/$49.99) buff.ly/Um7a6UI #ad Switch 2 version on cart (PM Studios published)

[News] Halfbrick announced Bluey's Quest for the Golden Pen, a new adventure game written by the show's creator Joe Brumm. Releasing on December 11 for iOS, with ports to Android as well as consoles and PC next year.

[News] Halfbrick is teasing a new feature for Halfbrick+ - collectible cards that seem to be tied to exclusive rewards. Also comes with a tease of new stuff for Jetpack Joyride Racing, like characters and racetracks. This game will be the first to integrate cards.

Guncrypt: Floor 3 Update. The update your reflexes were not. ready. for... Sign up and gain access to play our unforgiving closed beta game. 👉https://tr.ee/Guncrypt

Despite being with the rest of official music, this Jetpack Joyride remix is unofficial. The reason it ended up here seems to be that when the remix was published on Spotify, its creator decided to credit Halfbrick by adding them as another author. YouTube, of course, thinks HB MADE it as a result.

[Trivia] For Jetpack Joyride's Ghostbusters crossover, Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston were all planned to be playable, sprites of their heads being complete inside the files. They were most likely replaced by Dr. Barry Buster, and with contract expired two years ago, they are not likely to be used.

[Trivia] Monster Dash for Halfbrick+ has an offline leaderboard with nearly every name being a reference to Halfbrick's character or a developer.

[Trivia] (1/2) A movie adaptation of Fruit Ninja was announced back in 2016. It was set to be a live-action family comedy, with New Line Cinema and Vinson Films handling the production. It's been almost a decade since then, so it's safe to say it was cancelled long ago.

[Spoilers for DTM] Stage 6 ending for Dan The Man is different between the uploads: In StudioJoho's OG upload, Ana reveals how to complete the game (getting married to Josie). In Halfbrick's reupload, it's changed to "Are you a girl irl?" joke. The marriage plot seems to have been retconned since.

[Trivia] "Welcome To Fruit Ninja", the main theme from Fruit Ninja, was initially named "Welcome to Fruitasia" when it was uploaded with the other FN music on June 17, 2021. It was reuploaded under its current name on November 16, though Spotify and Apple Music call it "Welcome, Fruit Ninja".

The iconic world of Masters of the Universe™ is arriving in Jetpack Joyride, on July 30 for an epic limited-time crossover! ▶ halfbrick.link/YTJJxMOTU The powers of Eternia join the chaos with 5 legendary costumes, 4 powerful jetpacks, and 3 iconic vehicles including Battle Cat and the Power Sword.

[News] A new release happened on Android recently: Monster Dash Lite/Free. For all means and purposes, this is a 2020 remaster, because the original app reverted back to the 2010 version for Halfbrick+ two years ago. Not available on iOS yet. Dunno why this took two years to happen, but I'm glad.

[News] A crossover event with the Masters of the Universe series is coming to Jetpack Joyride soon. The event was announced through the in-game newsletter and teases He-Man, Skeletor, and more MOTU characters.

[Trivia] The 2012 trailer for Jetpack Joyride's PlayStation Minis port is heavily based on the original trailer. In fact, the audio heard during the gameplay portion is unchanged. The trailer does try to hide this by recreating the footage from the original through the PlayStation port.

[Trivia] (1/2) Raskulls gives special thanks to Ben Croshaw aka "Yahtzee" of Zero Punctuation (now Fully Ramblomatic) fame in it's credits, as he was a part of the focus testing for the game. Ben didn't review the game himself, but the Escapist website had one by John Funk, who spoke positively.

A closer look at the Barry Steakfries plush. Image is from Halfbrick+ app's "Today" newsletter. Also, Youtooz themselves only just acknowledged this plush on their website. It drops on July 7.

[News] Halfbrick Studios teases a Youtooz plush (not a figure, plush!) of Barry Steakfries. Even though Youtooz themselves haven't made any posts about it yet, this is a serious announcement. This is the first physical merch since... 2019 board game?

[1/4] Thanks to a Wikipedia article on Halfbrick Studios, there was (and still is) some misinformation on what licensed games they made. Hellboy: The Science of Evil and The Legend of Spyro both used to be listed, but they aren't HB's games - fellow Aussie developer Krome was responsible for them.

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[Trivia] Dan The Man contains files for the unused Chicken costume. It was added into the game proper in late 2024 as part of the Chicken God event, named "Devoted Follower". It is, however, not the same costume, and the old one still exists in the files, which can be seen if you have both unlocked.

[News] Halfbrick Sports: Football Update 1.0.6 is live. Updates include: - Party sync improvements. - If your party is in a match, you can spectate. - Matchmaking and reconnections are more stable. - Various bug fixes!

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[Trivia] An infamous video skit "Minecraft With Gadget" by Mike Matei, aside from Minecraft itself also had a shot of various other iOS apps. Among them is the entire Barry Steakfries trilogy (Jetpack Joyride, Monster Dash, Age of Zombies).

[News] Fruit Ninja is set to receive a series of events themed around Bluey tv series. For the time being, the event seems to be exclusive to Fruit Ninja Classic+, an Apple Arcade exclusive version of the game.

[News] Halfbrick is set to release a roguelite dungeon shooter "Guncrypt". Now available as a Closed Beta for the testers in Halfbrick's official Discord server.

[Trivia] King Dragon Dojo and Blade are two items in Fruit Ninja made in honor of King Dragon Le, who entered Halfbrick's official 2012 Anniversary Tour at the age of 6 and could consistently score 1000+ points. The game also credits Le and their family in the "Special Thanks" section.

Concept art for Jetpack Joyride's scrapped 2.0 update, shown in Art of Halfbrick book.

[Trivia] The end of World 3 in Age of Zombies includes a reference to a CSI: Miami meme, complete with a unique icon of Barry wearing sunglasses. Likely due to a programming error, this sprite does not appear in the original PSP version, but it does exist inside the game's files.

[News] Fruit Ninja is now running a new Halfbrick Football Event, based on their latest game, Halfbrick Sports:Football. New items include a Football Dojo and HBSF Sensei avatar.

[Trivia] (1/2) YouTube Playables version of Jetpack Joyride features a unique set of images that appear at the end of each run, seemingly as a replacement to regular version's screenshots.

[Trivia] Bone Dragon in Jetpack Joyride had a few changes to the colour of its fire breath. Originally it was orange. Then for Halloween 2018 it was briefly changed to purple. Then next Halloween it became magenta, which would later become a standard colour, and is the one used currently.