Currently, Halfbrick's Instagram is teasing huge update for Halfbrick Sports: Football, including 6 new characters (Mari, Betty, Josie, Brains, Zombie, and newcomer Vicky), plus the addition of Auras and Celebrations (and also characters have voices now it seems)

In today's episode of Halfbrick Show, it was revealed that Raskulls was planned to feature Halo's Master Chief as a playable character. He was modeled but ultimately unused.

Jetpack Joyride turns 15 today! 🎉🎂 Initially titled Machine Gun Jetpack, this is the third Barry Steakfries game, and undeniably his most popular. Currently, the developers are working to port the game on a new engine, while keeping the gameplay as faithful as possible.

Behind the scenes at Halfbrick 👀 Meet some of the new and improved faces coming to Guncrypt.

[News] Jetpack Joyride Racing finally got another update, which adds a new race track - Sector 71-2. Halfbrick+ also got a minor update, and there will be a mini-event in two days with new quests and rewards to complete.

No new trivia yet but I would like you to experience a flashback: This is, quite literally, how the "real gamers" used to talk about things like Angry Birds and Subway Surfers back in 2015.

Before getting it's current name, Battle Racing Stars was known as Booster Raiders. Just as it had international release, Discord users could vote for a new name. Ironically, the final name wasn't among the options - it seems to be a combination between "Battle Racing" and "Joyrun Stars".

Since the DS, Halfbrick has mostly been only releasing their games digitally, which means you unfortunately can't get them physical... That's not to say exceptions don't exist: Fruit Ninja VR and (thanks to PM Studios), Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen are available on disk! (and Switch cartridges)

Jetpack Joyride Stickers 2 was a 2018 app by Bare Tree Media featuring bunch of official art of Jetpack Joyride as stickers. Notably, many of them utilize newer art of Barry in Rock Opera art style, but most other stickers use older artwork.

[News] Halfbrick is set to publish Bruisers 2D Boxing from FunOldGames, a mature RPG-Boxing mix. From what I could tell, developers worked on it for over 7 years and apparently just joined Halfbrick.

Bruisers 2D Boxing on Steam

Bruisers is unlike any boxing game before it. Climb from amateur bouts to the top of the pros. Train, eat, fight, dope, and deal with anyone who wants a piece of you on the way up — but tread lightly....

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[Trivia] Raging Ball relic in Guncrypt is a reference to, of all things, a super-obscure and no longer available experimental mobile game SPEEDBALL! Chili Fever.

I was given a go to share this publicly, at long last. In 2024, Halfbrick discord server had an hour long art meeting with artist Maralba Alcaide, in which she explained art of Jetpack Joyride 2 and answered many fan questions. I have recorded and preserved it. youtu.be/4UnF2G603SU

[ARCHIVE] Jetpack Joyride 2 Art Meeting

YouTube video by MrLlort

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[Trivia] OTTTD has an ad in which HEROCORP's army travels to the Angry Birds universe and kills it's cast, with Tiffi and Mr. Toffee from Candy Crush Saga as their next targerts. Brief shot from Halfbrick+ trailer omits these parody elements, but Cobalt Plateaus can still be seen in the background.

[News] A demo for Guncrypt is now available on Steam, covering first two floors. store.steampowered.com/app/4687020/...

Guncrypt on Steam

Your gun fires bullets in the order you load them. Build the perfect sequence from 60+ collectible rounds, fuse bullets into devastating combos, and blast through a cursed crypt full of undead, goblin...

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Bluey fans, say hi! 👋 Help Bluey bring the Gold Pen home in this original story written by the show's creator Joe Brumm! Hand-drawn worlds, hidden treasures, and playful puzzles await on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch: ninten.do/6014vZJtr

[News] New update for Jetpack Joyride Racing was released, adding time trials and leaderboards. Plus, Halfbrick+ also got an update, adding daily and weekly quests to complete.

[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.

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[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.

[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.

A New Era of Fruit Ninja is Coming | Fruit Ninja Adventures 🍉

YouTube video by Halfbrick Studios

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[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. 🏁"

Jetpack Joyride Racing Official Trailer | Launching April 10, 2026

YouTube video by Halfbrick Studios

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[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.