Free Ride Games Blog

It’s been a fantastic year for fun & games, and as we wave a fond farewell to the year that was, and herald in a brand new year, here’s a quick tribute to the Top FreeRide games for 2011:

If you have yet to play some of these top games, now’s as good a time as any to download them for FREE and see what you’ve been missing out on:

1. Jewel Quest 3 (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
2. The Treasures of Montezuma (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
3. Cradle of Rome (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
4. 7 Wonders II (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
5. Virtual Families (Genre: Strategy/Sim)
6. 10 Talismans (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
7. Atlantis Quest (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
8. Burger Shop 2 (Genre: Time Management)
9. Fishdom (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
10. Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
11. Mahjongg Artifacts (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
12. The Rise of Atlantis (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
13. Chronicles of Albian: The Magic Convention (Genre: Hidden Object)
14. Slingo Quest Hawaii (Genre: Card/Casino)
15. MahJong Quest 3: The Balance of life (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
16. Lost Treasures of El Dorado (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
17. Around the World in 80 Days (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
18. Virtual Villagers 4: The Tree of Life (Genre: Strategy/Sim)
19. The Enchanted Kingdom: Elisa’s Adventure (Genre: Puzzle/Match 3)
20. Jewel Quest Mysteries 2: Trail of the Midnight Heart (Genre: Hidden Object

Happy New Year to all of our wonderful FreeRide Gamers and here’s to another fantastic year of fun & games in 2012!

This blog post is about YOU, our FreeRide Games Online Fan!
We’ve passed 15,000 “Likes” on our Facebook page and to us this is more than just a number.

The FreeRide Games community on Facebook has become alive with your Likes, your comments, and most importantly – your Shares. So, Thank You for being a Fan and bringing our product to life!

And in the spirit of expressing how meaningful your online presence is to us, I just had to share this little gem: It’s Gotta Share! The Musical by Improv Everywhere.

The lyrics of the song say it all:

They say it well Gotta Share! Gotta Share!
Don’t you dare
Try to tell us not to shaaaaaaaaare!

FreeRide Games fans, your voice, your interactions, and your love of our product remind us why we enjoy coming to work every day. In addition to Facebook, we’ve received great fan interaction and feedback on our Blog, YouTube channel, Twitter feed and other social networks that help us keep you updated on the latest developments at FreeRide Games.

If you’re not already a FreeRide Games fan on Facebook – LIKE us now, and join the thousands who are already Sharing the fun & games!

Who says? TRUSTe, that’s who! So if your anti-virus program has ever detected FreeRide Games as a threat, we’d like to assure you that the FreeRide Games Player and games are safe to download and we guarantee that our service is virus and spyware free.

All downloads from www.FreeRideGames.com use our TRUSTe certified installer, EXEtender Player. TRUSTe is an important organization that partners with major online consumer portals and other industry leaders in order to develop safe download standards and certify downloadable consumer desktop applications. You can learn more about the Trusted Download Program.

Our Security team works closely with many anti-virus software providers to make sure they support the latest versions of the FreeRide Games Player, so if your anti-virus program is detecting our Player or games as a threat, you might want to check whether you have the latest versions of both your anti-virus software and our Player.

Here are some handy Q&A’s you may find interesting in relation to this matter:

What is an anti-virus?
Anti-virus software is used to protect your computer from harmful programs by preventing them from being installed and removing them if they perform a harmful operation.

What is a Firewall?
A Firewall is a type of software that monitors the Internet traffic on your computer and blocks harmful programs from accessing your computer from the Internet.

What is a Security Pack?
A security pack is a bundle of security software from the same brand. A security pack may include an anti-virus a firewall and additional software as well.

How can I tell what security software is installed on my computer?
Go to your computer’s start menu –> Settings –> Control Panel –> Security center
Or
Press the “Start” key simultaneously with the “R” key –> write “control panel” and click ok –> Security center.

What is a “False positive”?
A “false positive” – also known as a false detection or false alarm – is when antivirus software identifies a non-malicious file as a virus.

False positives usually occur when an antivirus program detects a known virus string in an uninfected file. The file, while not infected with an actual virus, does contain a string of characters that matches a string from an actual virus.

A false positive can also occur when a program performs an action, which appears to the antivirus program to be a virus-like activity.

Why our software may mistakenly be detected as harmful?
Some security software may detect our games as a threat because of their copy protection system, or our Internet based delivery system. We work with many anti-virus software providers to ensure that they support the latest version of the FreeRide Games Player in order to prevent such threat detections. We assure you that our games and software are not harmful in any way.

Congratulations to our June Spot-the-Difference Challenge winner,  Evelyn S. From Norcross GA, USA who have won a 32GB Wi-Fi  iPad-2!

	Experienced problems playing recently? The release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 may well be the cause. To fix, simply download an updated version of our Player.
	Do you like the idea of playing games “on the go”? Are you a Smartphone or Tablet owner? TAKE A QUICK SURVEY and let us know! Our Mobile Games Development Team will be very grateful.

With so many great free games to choose from at Free Ride Games, figuring out what to download can be a tricky task.
Well, if you’re wondering which top games you might be missing out on,
wonder no more!

We’ve tallied up all the Top 10 games in each game genre from last month based on overall play time in our service, and have arrived at this extensive list of favorites from among our Free Ride Games players.

So if you like one game from a particular genre but aren’t sure which other games from the same genre might be worth checking out, or if you’re keen to try some games from other genres but don’t  know where to start, then this should be a helpful guide. Enjoy!

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