Carbonated Games

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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 to Hidden City Games, Microsoft Aces (Microsoft Flight Simulator), Hourglass Games, and the Microsoft Xbox group. During its tenure, the studio created games for Xbox Live Arcade, MSN Messenger, MSN Games, and Microsoft Surface, including:

• Fable II XBLA Games — Xbox 360 (2008, in development)
• 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.

[edit] External links

• Carbonated Games Official Website
• Q&A: Carbonated Talks UNO!, Windows Live, Gamasutra.com
• Interview with Joshua Howard, Carbonated Games, Gamezebo.com
• Women in Gaming: Ellen Beeman, Carbonated Games, Gamezebo.com
• A "Casually Speaking" interview with Carbonated Games game designer/developer/producer Jason Mai, zone.msn.com