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[[caption-width-right:350:Where gaming memories are made]]
[[http://halfbrick.com/ Halfbrick Studios]] is a video game development studio based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The company was founded in 2001 and in its earlier years mostly worked on {{Licensed Game}}s for handheld systems (primarily based on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} properties for Creator/{{THQ}}) and outsourcing for other studios. In 2009 it refocused its development efforts on producing games for Platform/XboxLiveArcade and other online services based on original concepts, many of which originate in regularly held company-wide brainstorming sessions. The company has adopted a unified MediaNotes/GameEngine to facilitate MultiPlatform development.

In 2010, the company decided to create some simple but addictive games for iPhone. Their first such project, ''VideoGame/FruitNinja'', became a BreakthroughHit that made them Australia's most successful company in the video game industry, a position further solidified by the success of ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride'' next year. Since then, Halfbrick shifted most of its development towards mobile games, while also opening offices in other countries, including Spain and Bulgaria.

Not everything was going smooth, however. The company struggled to follow up on their success and had made a role of game designer redundant by 2015 in order to allow anyone on the team to contribute to their projects. In an attempt to restructure in 2018, the company laid off over half of it's staff, leaving their Brisbane headquarters at around 30 people. The move also coincided with GDPR being set in stone, which forced Halfbrick to delist much of its back catalog. The company had started working away from creating new [=IPs=] to expand on their already existing ones with sequels and {{Crossover}}s.

In 2023, Halfbrick announced Halfbrick+, a free service that brought back many of their classic titles with no ads and in-app purchases, while also allowing to playtest new games they have been working on.
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!!Video games developed by Halfbrick (Halfbrick+ prototypes marked with *):
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* ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' (GBA version)
** ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBurningEarth'' (GBA version)
** ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbenderIntoTheInferno'' (DS version)
** ''VideoGame/TheLastAirbender'' (DS version)
* ''VideoGame/{{Barnyard}}'' (GBA version)
* ''VideoGame/BarrySteakfries'' series:
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfZombies''
*** ''Age of Zombies 2''
** ''VideoGame/MonsterDash''
** ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride''
*** ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride2''
*** ''Jetpack Joyride Test Labs''*
* ''VideoGame/BattleRacingStars''
* ''VideoGame/BearsVsArt''
* ''VideoGame/ColossatronMassiveWorldThreat''
** ''Colossatron: Cosmic Crisis''*
* ''WebAnimation/DanTheMan'' [[note]]A LicensedGame based on the web-series from Studio Joho, Halfbrick eventually acquired the full rights on the series.[[/note]]
** ''Dan The Man 2''
* ''VideoGame/DeBlob 2'' (DS version)
* ''Echo Blade''*
* ''Fish Out Of Water!''
* ''VideoGame/FruitNinja''
** ''Fruit Ninja 2''
* ''Gibberish''*
* ''Halfbrick Fridays'' [[note]]Name of their prototyping game-jam, also used for their first three original titles.[[/note]]
** ''Halfbrick Blast Off''
** ''Halfbrick Echoes''
** ''Halfbrick Rocket Racing''
* ''Jumper's Quest''*
* ''Lazy Dog''*
* ''Magic Brick Wars''
* ''[[VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island]]'' (GBA version)
* ''VideoGame/RadicalRappelling''
* ''VideoGame/{{Raskulls}}''
** ''Magic Brick Wars''
* ''VideoGame/{{Steambirds}}: Survival''
* ''Stormwings''*
* ''[=TapKO=]''*
* ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' (GBA versions)
** ''Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue''
** ''Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan''
[[/index]]
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