New York - February 23, 2004 - Freeverse Software began initial shipments of the real-time strategy game, Northland, for Macintosh computers. The game is the first of a two-game deal to bring games published by e.p.i.c. interactive to North American gamers.
Northland is the sequel to Cultures 2 - The Gates of Asgard, and continues the story of Hatschi, Sigurd, Bjami, and Crya, the four heroes who defeated the Midgard Serpent and saved the world. Loki seeks revenge for the slaying of the serpent, and his subsequent banishment from Asgard, so he decides to torment the four heores in hopes of sneaking back in. The strategy game received the PC Action Gold Award and the PC Extreme Silver rating in Europe, and was called "the cutest buildup game to ever grace the Macintosh" in the November 2003 issue of the German magazine, Mac Life.
Northland challenges players to take control of a group of Vikings, and develop their town while meeting the needs of the individuals in your groups. Unlike other real-time strategy games, each character in the village has a name. Players can leave the Vikings to fulfill their own desires, or micromanage them into jobs and marriages. By developing a village, the Vikings can mount an offensive against the minions of Loki.
"Northland brings new life to the Mac RTS scene," Said Colin Lynch Smith, Freeverse Vice President. "We were drawn to this game's unique approach to the genre, which is why Freeverse had to bring it to North American Macintosh gamers."
Minimum system requirements are:
Mac OS 9.x / 10.x
G3 350 Mhz
192 MB RAM
Recommended system requirements are:
Mac OS 10.2.x or better
G4 700 MHz
256 MB RAM
The game is available starting today from the Freeverse Store for $29.95. Additionally, Freeverse is re-releasing the Northland demo. The 68 MB demo is available from the Freeverse Download page.