March 5, 2013 – It has arrived. After much anticipation in the simulation community, the release of Franchise Hockey Manager Beta Edition is available for purchase. The idea behind the beta release and not a full copy is so hockey sim community users help test and work out the kinks. All this needs to get sorted before an official release at the start of the 2014 National Hockey League seaso...[Read More]
The first set of screenshots from Franchise Hockey Manager 2013 has been released to the public. Here they finally are!
There are two things I’ve always loved to do. Follow sports and tell stories. From an early age — as soon as I could walk, really — I was playing sports, watching them on TV, and using my imagination to create worlds of my own. I loved playing the early console games: your early Maddens, the NHL 94 type games, Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball and so on. I played them so much that I wore ...[Read More]
Due to the NHL’s lockout, the 2012-2013 hockey season is definitely taking a hit. Hockey fans worldwide are, unfortunately, penalized by the entire situation. Web Sim Hockey, the popular online hockey simulation game that enables users to put themselves in the shoes of the GM of a professional hockey team, will satisfy hockey fans’ thirst for everything that is ice, goals, and stats. W...[Read More]
The first Development Diary is a writeup on Historical Play in FHM from one of the researchers. Overview First, by way of introduction, my name is Jeff Riddolls. I’ve been working on Franchise Hockey Manager since shorly after the game was first announced; before that I spent several years working as researcher (among other things) on the NHL Eastside Hockey Manager team, and I’ve been...[Read More]
WebSimHockey is totally psyched! Web Sim Hockey is now an officially licensed product of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA). How awesome is that? What does this mean? Web Sim Hockey is the only online simulated hockey game in the world (you read correctly—the world!) available under the NHLPA license. What does this mean for our fan base and GMs? Under the agreement, we will b...[Read More]
Quebec City, Jan. 25, 2012 – The company Web Sim Sports INC., specialized in online sports gaming, launched a unique hockey simulator in July 2009, Web Sim Hockey. (www.websimhockey.com) Web Sim Hockey is a multiplayer strategy game played entirely on the Web. The goal of the game is to manage a professional hockey team in every aspects : finances, drafts, trades, lineups, on-ice strategies,...[Read More]