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New York -- Tuedsay July 31, 2007 -- Spyglass Board Games and Marathon: Durandal featured on IGN.

This Wednesday marks a double-whammy for Freeverse and Strange Flavour with the release of Spyglass Board Games and Marathon: Durandal. IGN (www.ign.com) is running two interviews. You can read the Spyglass interview here, and the Marathon: Durandal interview here.

Spyglass Board Games offers a fun new take on classic board games, like Chess, Checkers, Mancala, and Reversi.

In Marathon: Durandal, armed with only a pistol, you are humanity’s last champion!

About Strange Flavour:
Strange Flavour Ltd. is a small UK based independent games developer run by two brothers, Aaron and Adam Fothergill who have over 30 years of combined experience in the games industry.

After taking the Mac world by storm with their award winning games Airburst Extreme and ToySight, Strange Flavour are now making inroads into console gaming with innovative Xbox 360 titles. They do still have a couple of Mac game designs on the go though.

About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

New York -- Monday July 30, 2007 -- Spyglass Board Games Q&A Exclusive on Unscripted 360.

Aaron Fothergil from Strange Flavour sits down with Unscripted 360 to give them exclusive details on Strange Flavour and Freeverse's upcoming Spyglass Board Games for Xbox Live Arcade.

"[Unscripted 360] had a chance to kidnap Strange Flavour’s own Aaron Fothergill for an exclusive first look at the Xbox Live Arcade title, Spyglass Board Games. Spyglass is set to debut on Wednesday, August 1 for 400 Microsoft Points."

About Strange Flavour:
Strange Flavour Ltd. is a small UK based independent games developer run by two brothers, Aaron and Adam Fothergill who have over 30 years of combined experience in the games industry.

After taking the Mac world by storm with their award winning games Airburst Extreme and ToySight, Strange Flavour is now making inroads into console gaming with innovative Xbox 360 titles. They do still have a couple of Mac game designs on the go though.

About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

New York -- Monday July 23, 2007 -- IGN (www.ign.com) awards Marathon: Durandal with "Best Download-Only Game" of E3 2007.

http://games.ign.com/articles/806/806770p5.html

"Bungie and Halo, the two go hand-in-hand with each other nowadays. But there was a time when Bungie was known for a smaller, niche first-person shooter that was only available for Microsoft's biggest rival, the Macintosh computer. The series was known as Marathon and spawned three games in all, each of which contained new twists on the then newly anointed FPS genre. Little did we know that Marathon would be the precursor to one of the best-selling series in entertainment history.

Now, Microsoft is giving gamers a chance to take a look back at one of Bungie's first masterpieces in the form of Marathon: Durandal. The game has been taken into the high-definition generation with retooled visuals, a control scheme that is perfectly fit to the Xbox 360 controller, and features tons of inspirations for the greatness that would eventually manifest itself into Halo. The Xbox Live Arcade version will bring the same single player adventure that Mac users got to enjoy way back in 1994, as well as four-player split-screen, and eight player online deathmatches. Start saving towards 800 Microsoft points, Marathon: Durandal is going to be a must-have title when it's released later this year."

About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

New York -- Thursday July 12, 2007 -- Freeverse and Mondo Robot are pleased to announce the immediate release of Tiki Magic Mini Golf for the Mac; a gorgeously rendered, fully 3D, Tiki Golfing extravaganza!

Sink putts and collect special gem bonuses on three challenging courses; the tropical paradise of Lono's Lagoon, the mysterious Lost Temple, and the volcano heart of Fire Mountain! You can play solo, or against up to five friends for the full tiki party experience. Tiki Magic features "Sweet Shot" replays, an awesome soundtrack, emotive totem masks, and a few crazy powerups just to keep things interesting.

Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse said, "We're very pleased to be publishing Mondo Robot's beautiful new mini golf game. Tiki Magic really showcases the next generation of 'made on Mac' games. Plus, it's totally fun, even if I can't sink a putt to save my life!"

Tiki Magic Mini Golf is priced at $29.95. More information and a fully playable demo are available at Freeverse.com. System requirements include OS X 10.3.9 or later and a 32MB graphics card, (Intel GMA 950 chipsets in MacBooks are also supported).

Tiki Magic Mini Golf homepage.

Tiki Magic Mini Golf was developed by Mondo Robot using the Unity development tool.

About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

New York -- Wednesday July 11, 2007 -- Freeverse and Felt Tip Software today announced "Tuna Pitch" a free app and widget to help you tune your guitar or other instrument. With five built-in presets including the standard EADGBE tuning, reference tones, and the option to set all six strings to any note, Tuna Pitch has everything you need to stay in-tune! The Tuna Pitch app features a high-contrast, expandable window so it's easy to read, while the widget version is small and wont clutter your Dashboard. Both the app and widget are 100% free and are available for download from Freeverse's new website at: http://www.freeverse.com/soundstudio  - in the "Goodies" section.

Also released today was Sound Studio 3.5.3 the latest update to the popular audio recording and editing program for Mac OS X. This update features a customizable toolbar with new buttons including rewind and fast-forward, a new document window layout with Leopard style gradient edges, new Automator actions, faster window redrawing and more. This update is free to all registered owners of Sound Studio 3.

Once you've tuned your guitar, you can record and edit yourself with Sound Studio 3. Sound Studio is perfect for recording and editing music, lectures and podcasts. It's great for digitizing vinyl and cassette collections, recording voiceovers and creating sound effects too. With a highly intuitive interface and priced at just $79.95, Sound Studio is the ideal choice for professionals and amateurs alike. 

About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

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New York -- Tuesday July 10, 2007 -- Freeverse today announced that it has officially dropped "Software" from it's name and will henceforth be known simply as "Freeverse, inc." The longtime Mac developer and publisher has additionally announced that it will be unveiling a new website later this week to coincide with new title announcements.

Ian Lynch Smith, Freeverse's President said: "As we've expanded into other realms such as console game development, the 'Software' part of our name has been feeling a little antiquated. With a new look and a new website, we felt the moment was right for a slightly new name as well. Plus, Apple dropped "Computer" from their name and everyone knows that we like to do everything that Apple does. It's how we roll."

Longtime Mac aficionados may also remember Freeverse's quirky foray into the hardware realm with the popular "iVase" flower holder for the original iMac.

Freeverse has promised further releases and announcements later this week, so stay tuned!

About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

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