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Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, CA - March 26th, 2009 - Freeverse will launch Flick NBA Basketball, the first NBA branded game available on the App Store, during the 2009 NBA Playoffs which tip off April 18.

The new game, which is still in development, will feature dozens of NBA players from all 30 NBA teams. By flicking a finger on the touchscreen, players will have the opportunity to test their skills in a variety of NBA style events and challenges. Choose your favorite player, and compete against the computer or your friend. Flick NBA Basketball promises to bring all the action and excitement of the NBA to the palm of your hand!

Flick NBA Basketball will be the latest title in Freeverse's lineup of Flick Sports games, joining Flick Fishing, Flick Bowling and the upcoming Flick Baseball.

Additional information on Flick NBA Basketball will be available at launch.

Contact Info:
Brian Akaka
Marketing Director, Freeverse
Akaka@freeverse.com
212-929-3549

Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, CA - March 24, 2009 - Freeverse is proud to announce Commander: Napoleon at War for the Mac, the second in the Commander line from the strategy captains at Firepower Entertainment and Slitherine Software.

This installment of the Commander series places the player at the brink of war in the Napoleonic era. Re-write history with the same outstanding gameplay mechanics as Commander: Europe at War, but in a new dynamic setting, complete with amazing graphics and compelling campaigns.

In addition to the same seamless performance you've come to expect from this high level turn-based series, new features include a deeper combat system, detailed victory conditions, looting, razing, vassal states, and much more! Will you lead Napoleon's France to an empire of infamy, or emerge as the victor to quell his ambition?

Main Game Features
-8 campaigns including the Grand campaign and a number of small campaigns including France's assault on Austria in 1805 up to the 100 days campaign ending at Waterloo in 1815
-Take control of Napoleon's forces or the Allied Coalition who opposed him, including Britain, Prussia, Austria and Russia
-Huge map covering all of Europe in amazing detail
-Research many new technologies and control the focus of your nation's research
-Dynamic weather system including mud, snow, storms and more!
-Trade routes and pirate raids, fortresses and siege warfare
-12 different unit types including: Militia, Line Infantry, Light & Heavy Cavalry, Foot & Horse Artillery, Frigates, Ships of the Line and Pirates and Privateers
-Recruit historic commanders such as Ney, Blucher, Wellington & many more
-Multiplayer via LAN, hot seat, PBEM and Internet accessibility with a selection of smaller scenarios specifically designed for multiplayer

Commander Europe at War is priced at $49.95, and is available for purchase from Freeverse.com.

Commander Napoleon at War Webpage: http://freeverse.com/napoleon

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About Freeverse
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac and iPhone platforms. 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. (www.freeverse.com)

Contact Info

Brian Akaka
Marketing Director, Freeverse
akaka@freeverse.com
212-929-3549

NEW YORK, New York - March 23, 2009 - Freeverse today announced the unveiling of a supplementary webpage for SlotZ Racer that continues to extend the unparalleled community-sharing and track-editing features of the game.

Freeverse has created a website that allows visitors to view, browse, and comment on some of the best user-created tracks for SlotZ Racer. By entering a short 5-letter code, players can download the tracks to their game, where they can customize or race them.

The SlotZ Racer Track Gallery can be viewed here:
http://blog.freeverse.com/slotzracer/

NEW YORK, New York - March 19th, 2009 - Freeverse today announced that their hit strategy game for the Mac, Commander Europe at War, has been updated to version 1.06. This update allows players to play cross-platform multiplayer games, and also features numerous other improvements.

What's New:

* Cross-platform multiplayer play
* Multiplayer bug fixes
* Sound bug fixes
* Improved load time
* Improved frame rate
* In-game Experience fixes
* In-game Fog of war fixes

About Commander Europe at War
Developed by the strategy captains at Firepower Entertainment and Slitherine Software, Commander Europe at War is a high level turn-based strategy game that offers plenty of depth to satisfy seasoned wargamers while presenting an interface that's easily accessible to newcomers as well.

Fans of the old Panzer General series will find themselves completely at home as they try to hold the Maginot Line, march on Moscow, or clear the shipping lanes of Sea Wolves! Research new technologies, manage your army, and manufacture tanks, subs, and bombers to bring about victory for your side. Commander Europe at War includes realistic combat resolution that models supply, morale, terrain, leadership, equipment, training, strategic weapons and fog of war.

Commander Europe at War is priced at $49.95, and is available for purchase from Freeverse.com. A free trial of the game is available for download.

Commander Europe at War Webpage

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About Freeverse
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac and iPhone platforms. 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. (www.freeverse.com)

Contact Info

Brian Akaka
Marketing Director, Freeverse
akaka@freeverse.com
212-929-3549

NEW YORK, New York - March 18th, 2009 - Freeverse is proud to announce that a member of its development team, Game Designer Justin Ficarrotta, has won the UDevGames Mac Game Development Contest with his independently developed space shooter, Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious.

Besides winning the title of "Best Overall Game" for this year's uDevGames contest, Laserface Jones also received the following awards:
*Best Gameplay - 1st Place
*Best Graphics - 1st Place
*Best Audio - 1st Place
*Best Story - 3rd Place
*Best Presentation - 1st Place

Laserface Jones was Inspired by the classic space shooters from the 8-bit and 16-bit era, including Gradius, R-Type, and Life Force. It took over 3 months of development, as Justin was working on it while also working full-time at Freeverse.

"Laserface Jones was a labor of love for me," says Justin Ficarrotta. "I gave every spare moment I had to make a tribute to all the timeless shoot-em-ups I grew up with. I'm so stoked that people are loving the game as much as I do."

The uDevGames contest is iDevGames' unique grass-roots initiative to highlight the iDevGames community to gamers, as well as a development platform capable of producing the most innovative cross-platform titles in the industry. Source code from all entries is released back into the community. The contest produces a wide range of free games for players to enjoy, and gamer participation is encouraged through feedback and play testing.

Laserface Jones, along with the other UDevGames entries are available for free at http://udevgames.com.

Contact Info:
Brian Akaka
Marketing Director, Freeverse
212-929-3549

NEW YORK, New York - March 5, 2009 - Freeverse and MrJoy announced today that they are donating their smash hit Tower Defense game, Hordes of Orcs, to the non-profit Games For Soldiers organization. In turn, Games for Soldiers will deliver the digital copies of the game to over 20,000 American armed services personnel stationed throughout Afghanistan, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait.

About Games for Soldiers
SPC Jesse Williams first began contacting video game publishers while stationed in Afghanistan, securing donations to help outfit his unit's MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) center. After returning home, he founded the Games For Soldiers organization (www.gamesforsoldiers.org), which has shipped thousands of video games to armed services personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, to both individual soldiers and base recreation centers and Internet cafes. While there are dozens of organizations chartered with distributing books, toiletries, snacks and other items to U.S. Armed Services personnel, Games For Soldiers is the only entity that is specifically focused on donating video games to the troops.

"The option of playing video games allows the troops to unwind in a pretty healthy way. There's a lot of stress when you are deployed, more than most people can really comprehend," said Jesse Williams, founder of Games For Soldiers. "Having some down time to sit and chill out and play some games is great."

Available for both PC and Mac, Hordes of Orcs is a unique "Tower Defense" game in which you must build walls and lethal towers to defend your village from the Orcs emerging from "The Glowing Portal of Really Bad Things That We Should Have Bricked-Up a Long Time Ago." Sadly, the Portal is un-bricked and the Orcs are very, very hungry. Players must strategically use all their resources, including spells and various types of towers, to prevent the Orcs from making it through to the village. If 20 Orcs make it to your village, you're toast.

Jon Frisby, CEO of MrJoy said "We're thrilled to share our fantastic Hordes of Orcs game with our soldiers that are overseas. We recognize the hard work and sacrifice they are doing, and by making our game available to them, we hope to help them relax and enjoy themselves."

Hordes of Orcs retails for $24.95, and is available for purchase from Freeverse's website at:
http://freeverse.com/orcs

About MrJoy
MrJoy is a company devoted to pushing the boundaries of entertainment through a variety of games that range from mindless fun to decidedly politically incorrect and through new and creative approaches to distribution and marketing.

About Freeverse
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac and iPhone platforms. 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.

Contact Info:
Brian Akaka
Marketing Director, Freeverse
212-929-3549