<s>
Franchise	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
FHM	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
career	O
,	O
historical	O
,	O
and	O
fictional	O
play	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FHM	O
's	O
publisher	O
,	O
OOTP	O
Developments	O
,	O
is	O
well-known	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
behind	O
the	O
long-running	O
series	O
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Franchise	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
FHM	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Developments	O
continued	O
to	O
improve	O
and	O
expand	O
upon	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
each	O
new	O
version	O
,	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
Franchise	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
2014	O
(	O
FHM	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
cousin	O
,	O
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
FHM	O
puts	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
general	O
manager	O
and	O
coach	O
:	O
They	O
sign	O
free	O
agents	O
,	O
trade	O
players	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
strategies	O
,	O
decide	O
on	O
lines	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
When	O
all	O
's	O
said	O
and	O
done	O
,	O
Franchise	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
2	O
is	O
a	O
big	O
step	O
up	O
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
April	O
3	O
,	O
2014	O
interview	O
conducted	O
by	O
Bryan	O
Calhoun	O
,	O
who	O
co-hosts	O
the	O
Got	O
Game	O
show	O
on	O
the	O
Sportsnet	O
AM	O
590	O
radio	O
station	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Sportsnet	O
web	O
site	O
,	O
FHM	O
producer	O
Jeff	O
Riddolls	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
genre	O
of	O
sports	O
management	O
games	O
that	O
’s	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
Europe	O
–	O
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
,	O
our	O
soccer	O
counterpart	O
,	O
sells	O
well	O
over	O
a	O
million	O
copies	O
annually	O
–	O
but	O
only	O
has	O
a	O
small	O
audience	O
on	O
our	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
Atlantic	O
so	O
far.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Riddolls	O
also	O
confirmed	O
that	O
like	O
OOTP	O
Developments	O
 '	O
other	O
major	O
title	O
,	O
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
FHM	O
will	O
be	O
an	O
annual	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
