January 13, 2006
FREEVERSE TO PUBLISH LEGION ARENA
HISTORICAL ROLE-PLAYING STRATEGY GAME COMES TO MAC
NEW YORK -- JANUARY 13, 2006 -- Freeverse today announced that it will be bringing Slitherine Software's Legion Arena to the Mac this Spring. Fans of Roman history, fans of role-playing and strategy games, fans of Naked Fanatics, will be thrilled with this exciting and incredibly well-researched game.
Legion Arena was designed to maximize fun and minimize micro-management. The player can jump right in and start training legions to strike fear into the hearts of his enemies. With a shallow learning-curve and deep strategy and tactics, Legion Arena is the ideal game for novice or experienced wargamers.
Legion Arena is a Role Playing Strategy game on a massive scale. Take control of a small band of warriors and train them to be the mightiest army in the world!
Buy equipment and choose from over 100 skills, personalize the appearance of your squads, earn experience and denari for your victories, Legion Arena takes the best elements of Role-Playing games and puts it in the context of an epic strategic struggle.
Play as either the Romans or the Gauls in over 100 scenarios and with over 20 unique units including Praetorians, Elephants, and Naked Fanatics. That's right, Naked Fanatics!
Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse has said, "Slitherine's dedication to finding the proper balance between historical accuracy and sheer martial fun is unsurpassed. We're thrilled to be able to bring their latest and greatest effort to Mac gamers around the world."
"We are really pleased that Freeverse will be helping us to bring Legion Arena to our MAC fans said JD McNeil Business Manager at Slitherine Software. "We are sure that players will enjoy the unique mix of Role-Play, Tactics and Strategy, and the ability to beat up their friends from all around the World in Multi Player Mode."
About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our titles have received numerous awards including four Apple Design Awards, two MacWorld "Best of Show" awards and a Macworld Magazine "Game Hall of Fame." Our original characters have appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as television commercials for Blockbuster Video.Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers and sound designers from around the globe.
About Slitherine Software:
Created on July 4, 2000 Slitherine Software UK Ltd. is an independent UK developer that has worked on games such as "T-Tex," "Desert Strike," "Red Alert," "Dune," "Dune Emperor," "Deus Ex," and "Urban Chaos" on platforms ranging from the Amiga, Lynx, SNES, PSX, GBC, and Dreamcast systems to the PC. Having recently launched the "Slitherine Strategies" brand, the company remains dedicated to bringing highly playable and approachable strategy games to the mass market. Slitherine Software is uniquely qualified to deliver exciting, quality games due to their vast experience in the industry and with the wider gaming community. Two of their founding members are also world champions in tabletop wargaming, giving them incomparable insight into the workings of strategy games. "Legion," Slitherine's first game, has sold over 200 thousand copies worldwide and is still selling thousands every month. www.slitherine.com
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More info is available online:
Colin Lynch Smith
Freeverse Software
447 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 929-3549
http://www.freeverse.com