Bossa nova Bossa nova Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music, which was developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one of the best-known Brazilian music styles abroad. The phrase "bossa nova" means literally "new trend" or "new wave" (). A lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially among young musicians and college students. In Brazil, the word "bossa" is an old-fashioned slang for something that is done with particular charm, natural flair or innate ability. As early as 1932, Noel Rosa used the word in a samba:
Bossa Studios and Android. In 2015, Bossa was nominated for yet another BAFTA for its mobile game "Twelve a Dozen", which required players use their heads to solve mathematical platforming puzzles. Later in 2015, Bossa saw its next major release with "I Am Bread", which sets the player into the form of a living piece of bread that wants to toast itself. Bossa is currently developing the massively multiplayer online adventure game "World's Adrift", an open world platformer. The company received a $10 million investment in September 2017. Shortly thereafter, they hired former Valve writer Chet Faliszek to lead a new Seattle-based