Freeverse

Freeverse announces the immediate availability of Sound Studio 3.0.2 Universal Binary version.

This new version, in addition to numerous feature improvements and bug fixes is fully tested on the latest shipping Intel Mac hardware.

http://www.freeverse.com/soundstudio/

Changes from previous version:

Added Core Audio File (CAF) format support to allow Sound Studio temp files to be opened.
Added warning alert for when saving to a file format that doesn't save marker information.
Added AppleScript support for cut, copy, paste, clear, and mix paste commands.
Added "factory presets" support.
Changed saving in 16-bit PCM format to use triangular probability distribution function dithering.
Changed time readouts and ruler to use minutes (") and seconds (') marks instead of colons (:).
Fixed AppleScript "sdef" file so it does not crash Cocoa scripting and Script Editor. Removed "Insert Noise" AppleScript command.
Fixed AppleScript dictionary bug in equalize command.
Fixed Audio Unit bug with mono and multichannel audio selections, and latency issues.
Fixed default bitrate for AAC (was 96k, now is 128k).
Fixed display bug on large files at 1:1 zoom level when the window shows more than 17 million samples.
Fixed new document at launch behavior to reflect preferences.
Fixed bug with marker positions when changing tempo with the "Pitch and Tempo" filter.
Fixed bug with Flanger and Chorus which resulted in clicks in output.
Redesigned main window and Input Levels window with new buttons.
Universal binary tested on Intel Macs.

For more information, please contact:

Colin Lynch Smith
Vice President, Freeverse
Colin @ Freeverse.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- JANUARY 13th, 2006 -- Freeverse is proud to announce that Escort Wing, by William Hogben and Stephen Johnson has won the first OMG Cup! Second prize goes to Matt Diamond for Pawns and third place is awarded to Will Thimbleby for Tracktor Beam.

The OMG Cup is a new game programming contest established by iDevGames (www.idevgames.com), in connection with Freeverse (www.freeverse.com), to encourage unique Mac game development. The challenge of the contest was to create innovative Mac OS X games that emphasize engaging gameplay—in only six weeks. A distinguished panel of industry-leading professional game developers, artists, and software engineers, selected the three winners based on a combination of gameplay, originality, and overall presentation

Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse has said, "Working with iDevGames.com to sponsor the Original Mac Games contest has been a fantasic experience.  Encouraging original Mac game development is the only way to keep the Mac a vital entertainment platform. I have been overwhelmed with the quality and quantity of games submitted during the furious six week contest.  It's an exciting time to be in Mac Games."

"The OMG Cup was created to recognize the need for original Mac games as well as to highlight the bright future of Mac gaming," said Carlos Camacho, Editor-in-Chief of iDevGames. "They, along with many talented independent game developers in our community, are advancing the state of Mac gaming at a grass-roots level."

To play the three winning OMG Cup 2005 games, and the many great 30-plus other entrants, please visit the OMG Cup downloads page at:

http://www.idevgames.com/contest/downloads/

The official rules and more information may be found at:
Official Rules and Information

To see an image of the ridiculously iced out OMG Cup itself (note, in place of "Playa" it will say "OMG CUP" ) see:

OMG Cup

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 iDevGames
Established in 1998, iDevGames' mission is to educate, support, and enhance the Macintosh Game Developer community. We also hope to facilitate the exchange between developers and designers so that the Macintosh game market can expand and improve. iDevGames features articles, the latest industry news, tutorials, an active forum, downloads, and much more for Macintosh Game Developers.

For More Information Contact:

Colin Lynch Smith
Freeverse Software
447 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 929-3549
colin @ freeverse.com
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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:

http://www.legionarena.com

Screenshots

Colin Lynch Smith
Freeverse Software
447 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 929-3549
http://www.freeverse.com

New York -- January 12, 2006 -- Freeverse announced today that it will be publishing Heroes of Might and Magic® V for the Macintosh, under exclusive worldwide license from Ubisoft. Currently in development for the PC by Nival Interactive, Heroes of Might and Magic V brings the popular and long running strategy franchise into a new era with cutting-edge technology and a breathtaking, fully 3D animated world. Heroes of Might and Magic V for the Macintosh will be available after the release of the PC game.

The game features a deep, scalable turn-based battle system for challenging tactical combat as well as the option of a brand new Active Battle System for faster play. Players can choose from more than 200 skills, 170 creature abilities and 40 spells to build up heroes and armies. This is a new, darker, heroic fantasy universe that's more mature with six unique factions and more than 80 different creatures.

The engaging storyline features special objectives, side quests and exciting plot twists for the finest tactics, management and role-playing adventure ever brewed.

"The Heroes series has a long and illustrious history on the Mac, and we're thrilled to be partnering with Ubisoft to bring this exciting new game to Mac gamers around the world," said Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse.

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 Ubisoft:
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through its strong and diversified lineup of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 21 countries and sales in more than 50 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. Ubisoft generated revenue of 538 million Euros for the 2004–2005 fiscal year, an increase of 8 percent over the previous fiscal year at constant exchange rates. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2005 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Heroes, Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Macworld San Francisco -- January 10th, 2006

Freeverse and Felt Tip Software today announced the upcoming release of a suite of separate Sound Studio 3 "Monbot" Assistant applications. Without compromising Sound Studio's renowned simplicity and ease of use, these separate applications will provide incredibly powerful automation and even new functionality designed to address specific types of Sound Studio 3 users such as pod casters or those who do complicated batch processing. Stop by Freeverse Booth 2515 at MacWorld San Francisco for a demonstration. Sound Studio 3 Monbot helper applications will start to be freely available to Sound Studio 3 customers in the coming weeks.

Sound Studio 3 Features:

Recording:
24-bit / 96 kHz sampling, in stereo or mono
Low latency monitoring, using Core Audio
Automatic recording starting and stopping based on timers or audio levels (a.k.a. VOX)
Multiple Audio Tracks

Editing:

Sample-accurate edits
Markers (a.k.a. Cue Points) with text labels
Time ruler with units for video and film
Copy-and-paste editing
Basic mixing edits
Applescript and Automator support

Effects:

Supports Audio Units
Dynamics: Compressor, Expander, and Noise Gate
Equalization: Graphic EQ, Low Pass, Filter and High Pass Filter
Delay: Chorus, Flanger, Echo, and Reverb ?Volume: Amplify, Fade In/Out/Special, and Normalize
Repair: Interpolate, Silence, DC Offset, and Swap Channels
Repair clicks and pops by interpolating samples or silencing them
Tone, FM, and noise generators
Pitch adjustment
Backwards/Reverse Audio

For information and to download Sound Studio visit:?www.freeverse.com/soundstudio/

Freeverse strives to develop seamless software, specializing in the Mac OS. Based in New York City, Freeverse titles have received numerous awards including four Apple Design Awards, two MacWorld SF Best of Show awards and a MacWorld Magazine Game Hall of Fame. Its original characters have appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as in national television commercials for Blockbuster Video.

free verse n.
Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no predetermined pattern, often mistaken for source code.

For More Information Contact:
Colin Lynch Smith
Colin@freeverse.com
(212) 929-3549
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