- Carbonated Games
Carbonated Games was the first-party game developer studio for Microsoft Casual Games in
Microsoft Game Studios . It was run by Joshua Howard, and was active from 2004 until its disbanding on March 27, 2008. Carbonated Games developers were located in Redmond, WA; Hyderabad, India; and Beijing, China. Its alumni went on toHidden City Games , Microsoft Aces (Microsoft Flight Simulator ), Hourglass Games, the MicrosoftXbox Live Arcade group,GameHouse , andDigiPen Institute of Technology . During its tenure, the studio created games forXbox Live Arcade ,MSN Messenger ,MSN Games , andMicrosoft Surface , including:* "
Fable II Pub Games " —Xbox 360 (2008); the last game created by the Carbonated studio
* "Flowerz" --MSN Games (2008); the last game released under the Carbonated logo
* "Jigsaw Too" --MSN Games (2008)
* "Hexic 2 " —Xbox 360 (2007)
* "Aegis Wing " —Xbox 360 (2007)
* "Rock, Paper, Scissors" --MSN Messenger (2007)
* "Tic Tac Toe" --MSN Messenger (2007)
* "Firefly" --Microsoft Surface (2007)
* "Hop It!" --MSN Games (2007)
* "Solitaire In Motion" --MSN Games (2007)
* "GoPets" --MSN Messenger (2007)
* "Jigsaw" --MSN Messenger (2007)
* "Sudoku Too" --MSN Games (2007)
* "Sudoku" --MSN Messenger (2006)
* "Texas Hold 'Em Poker" --MSN Games (2006)
* "Uno" —Xbox 360 ,MSN Games ,MSN Messenger (2006)
*"Hexic HD " —Xbox 360 (2005)
* "Catan: The Computer Game" --MSN Games (2005)
* "You Know It! Trivia" --MSN Games (2005)
* "Hexic " —Xbox ,MSN Games ,MSN Messenger
* "7 Hand Poker" —MSN Messenger
* "Mozaki Blocks" --MSN Games Carbonated also built Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, Hearts, Spades, and other casual games.
External links
* [http://www.carbonatedgames.com/ Carbonated Games Official Website]
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13963 Q&A: Carbonated Talks Uno!, Windows Live] , Gamasutra.com
* [http://www.gamezebo.com/2007/05/interview_with_joshua_howard_c.html Interview with Joshua Howard, Carbonated Games] , Gamezebo.com
* [http://www.gamezebo.com/2007/10/women_in_gaming_ellen_beeman_c.html Women in Gaming: Ellen Beeman, Carbonated Games] , Gamezebo.com
* [http://zone.msn.com/en/general/article/casuallyspeakingjmai.htm A "Casually Speaking" interview with Carbonated Games game designer/developer/producer Jason Mai] , zone.msn.com
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