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Paris, France – Coladia today released Secret of the Lost Cavern, its prehistoric adventure game for Mac OS X. Secret of the Lost Cavern plunges the player into an inspiring adventure that takes place during the Paleolithic period in prehistoric time, 15,000 years B.C. Delve into a world of exploration and intrigue as you embark on a Stone Age quest filled with puzzles and mystery. Use your wits and powers of observation to survive the vast wilderness as your journey leads you to one of mankind’s forgotten wonders.

Experience your adventure through the eyes of Arok and meet many fascinating characters. Contend with the wild world where fishing, hunting, gathering, and mysterious shaman ceremonies are all part of the struggle for survival as you follow the path of your mentor and work with him to recreate the paintings of the renowned Lascaux Cave.

Also featured is an integrated encyclopedia filled with historically accurate data on the Paleolithic period, and the Lascaux Cave is represented in 3D for the 1st time in a video game. Pristine photo-realistic graphics and environments including rivers, troglodyte caves, and green valleys, will take players back to the dawn of human existence.

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The game Horde of Orcs, by Freeverse, has been upgraded to v1.1

It’s a great tower defense game, very addictive and the innovative game play monitoring system ( +7systems Balance Engine) feeds back game play techniques employed by users of the game to improve the next version. This results in a great game getting much better at the next release.

Details of the news release can be found here

If you cannot afford the registration fee for WingNuts 2 then read on:

North Pole — December 21, 2007 — Freeverse today announced that it is offering a free copy of the Macworld “Eddy” award-winning game, Wingnuts 2, to any family in need this holiday season.

Those who might otherwise struggle to afford the game, can simply send an email to Gift@freeverse.com between now and December 26th telling us about the best gift you ever gave. We’ll send you a download link and registration code for Wingnuts 2.

Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse, said “The Mac community has given us a livelihood these last 14 years, and all of us here are truly grateful for that. Games are meant to be played, and meant to be given. We’re happy to offer this game to any Mac user who can’t afford it this Christmas.”

Wingnuts 2 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, an 800Mhz or faster G4, G5 or Intel Mac.
Those with older systems may download the original Wingnuts, which is also free.

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