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FreshGames is a Columbus, Ohio based publisher and developer of casual, hand-held, and mobile games. It was formed in early 2002 by a group of gaming industry gamers. The company’s inspiration was to go back to an earlier time, when games weren’t so complicated, but just fun to play. This new type of video game genre soon after became known as Casual Games. The ''FreshGames'' catalog of games are available for multiple devices and platforms, including; Palm,〔("Astraware Palm Store" )〕 Pocket PC, mobile phones and Apple iPod to online casinos and skills-based gaming sites.〔("Game Show Network" )〕 == History == ''FreshGames'' released their first casual game Cubis in 2002.〔("Cubis Official Website" )〕 ''Cubis'' soon became one of the most popular games on various online game portals such as RealNetworks and Zone.com.〔("Company News" )〕 Cubis was later awarded Best Logic Games of 2002 by RealOne Arcade, and was the 2004 Winner of the Microsoft Mobile2Market Application Contest.〔("Mobile2Market Contest" )〕 The next game to come was the word game, Word Mojo. Also released in 2002, ''Word Mojo'' uses random sets of letters to build intersecting words. The following year FreshGames continued with their third title, Freakout. The objective is to clear 75% or more of the game board while dodging the bouncing balls. On November 12, 2004 FreshGames launched their fourth title Cubis 2 then on September 12, 2006, Apple selected Cubis 2 to join their international launch of games on next generation iPods.〔("Apple iPod App Store" )〕 In 2005, FreshGames entered into an agreement with Wagerlogic to design a 3D slot version of their internationally know game Cubis 2. This version known as ''Cubis Slots'' can only be found on casino sites outside of the USA such as InterCasino.〔("InterCasino Cubis Slots" )〕 FreshGames also in 2005 licensed their games to World Winner, now GSN.com to offer their game as skills based games for money and prizes.〔("GSN.com Cubis" )〕 FreshGames would not release another title until August 2007 when the company released their fifth game, a color-matching puzzle game known as ZenGems. In 2008, the company released Ranch Rush a farming simulation and time-management game. ''Ranch Rush'' had proved to be so popular across MAC, PC, retail and iPhone that it prompted FreshGames to publish a sequel. In November 2009 FreshGames teamed up with the Action Against Hunger organization to promote the fight against hunger and malnutrition. FreshGames rose over $12,000 for the organization through the sales of their iPhone game Ranch Rush.〔("FreshGames Donates Portion of iPhone Game Profit this Holiday Season" )〕 FreshGames most recent release is the sequel to the wildly popular game ''Ranch Rush'' with Ranch Rush 2 in 2010. To date, ''Ranch Rush 2'' has been released for the PC, MAC, and Apple iPad, a free web based version is also available with limited functionality. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FreshGames」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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