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'''Carbonated Games''' was the first-party [[Video game developer|game developer]] studio for Microsoft Casual Games in [[Microsoft Game Studios]]. It was founded and 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 to [[Hidden City Games]], Microsoft Aces ([[Microsoft Flight Simulator]]), Hourglass Games, the Microsoft [[Xbox Live Arcade]] group, [[GameHouse]], Amazing Society, [[Realtime Worlds]], [[Playdom]], [[PopCap Games]] and [[DigiPen Institute of Technology]]. During its tenure, the studio created games for [[Xbox Live Arcade]], [[MSN Messenger]], [[MSN Games]], and [[Microsoft Surface]], including: [[File:carbonated games logo.gif|right|211px|Carbonated Games logo]] * ''[[Fable II Pub Games]]'' β [[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]]'' β [[Xbox 360]] (2007) * ''[[Aegis Wing]]'' β [[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) * ''Solitaire Showdown'' -- [[MSN Messenger]] (2006) * ''Minesweeper Flags'' -- [[MSN Messenger]] (2006) * ''Texas Hold 'Em Poker'' -- [[MSN Games]] (2006) * ''[[Uno (XBLA)|Uno]]'' β [[Xbox 360]], [[MSN Games]], [[MSN Messenger]] (2006) *'' [[Hexic HD]]'' β [[Xbox 360]] (2005) * ''Catan: The Computer Game'' -- [[MSN Games]] (2005) * ''You Know It! Trivia'' -- [[MSN Games]] (2005) * ''[[Hexic]]'' β [[Xbox]], [[MSN Games]], [[MSN Messenger]] * ''7 Hand Poker'' β [[MSN Messenger]] * ''Mozaki Blocks'' -- [[MSN Games]] Carbonated Games also shipped Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, Hearts, Spades, and other casual games. In addition, Carbonated was responsible for the Microsoft games that shipped with [[Windows Me]], [[Windows XP]], and [[Windows 7]]. ==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://carbonatedgamesstudio.blogspot.com A Carbonated Games photo blog by Rachel Rutherford, circa 2006] * [http://zone.msn.com/en/general/article/casuallyspeakingjmai.htm A "Casually Speaking" interview with Carbonated Games producer Jason Mai on ''Solitaire In Motion''], zone.msn.com * [http://zone.msn.com/en/general/article/casuallyspeakingalexj.htm A "Casually Speaking" interview with Carbonated Games developer Alexander Jhin on ''Hop It!''], zone.msn.com * [http://zone.msn.com/en/general/article/casuallyspeakingpaulf.htm A "Casually Speaking" interview with Carbonated Games developer Paul Furio, on ''Hop It!''], zone.msn.com [[Category:Companies established in 2004]] [[Category:Companies disestablished in 2008]] [[Category:First-party video game developers]] [[Category:Microsoft subsidiaries]] [[Category:Video game companies of the United States]] [[Category:Video game developers]] [[fi:Carbonated Games]]
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