The awards for Parachute Ninja have been posted to the newly launched Parachute Ninja page!
With 20 Awards to unlock, there's something for everyone in Parachute Ninja!
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BROOKLYN, NY-January 18, 2010 -- Freeverse announced today that it has partnered with AppRelief.com to aid Haiti quake victims. App Relief is a group of App developers donating their app sale proceeds to the Haitian Earthquake relief effort through the Red Cross. From now until Wednesday, Freeverse will donate 100% of its share of profits from the popular iPhone and iPod Touch game Skee-Ball, which has sold over a million units since its October release.
"We are eager to participate in this relief effort and excited to see some great developers from the community banding together to help in any way possible. I hope together we can leverage the popularity of the App Store to bring more attention to the need in Haiti." said Ian Lynch Smith, president of the Brooklyn-based developer and publisher.
To aid in the Haitian Earthquake relief efforts, download great apps from the App Relief site or straight from the iTunes App Store.
App Relief website.
Skee-Ball on the iTunes App Store.
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Lydia Heitman
212.929.3549
lydia@freeverse.com
The latest edition of Entertainment Weekly features our very own Hanged as #4 on its Hot List! This is the real deal, people. Glossy pictures and all.
Next stop? US Weekly in the "Best Dressed" section. But please stop us before we get splashed across Page Six...
In the meantime, check out Hanged on the App Store here!
From the makers of Skee-Ball and Flick Fishing comes the classic arcade basketball game! NBA Hotshot features true 3D graphics, realistic physics, and addictive gameplay in both timed and un-timed modes. Sink baskets to fill up your prize meter and then claim team balls from each of the NBA teams!
Freeverse has gathered all of its technology to re-create this classic coin-op game. Full-motion graphics, true physics and Local networking with up to 5 player!Online achievements and leader boards are provided by the Plus+ system for more depth and let you compete against friends and the world!
Paramount's Top Gun game, developed by us at Freeverse, just got a spot on Gamastura's Features section. Fic wrote up a great Postmortem and it went live today!
Check out an excerpt below, or visit the page to read it all!
...Top Gun is an iPhone game based on the classic 80's movie starring Iceman and Maverick. Taking place years after the movie, the story revolves around a new set of recruits under the tutelage of Maverick and Iceman, who are now instructors at the Top Gun academy...
What Went Right
1. Getting the rights to Danger Zone
No, really. I'm not kidding.
Paramount got us the rights to cover Danger Zone and even recorded a cover for us. And shallow as that may sound, this alone can be the difference between people giving Top Gun a look or not giving it a rat's ass at all. I'm dead serious. Look up reviews of every Top Gun game ever made and every one of them mentions its lack of the song. Some reviews even list it as one of the overall "cons" at the summary of the review...
To see what else went Right/Wrong, check out the article online now!! Congrats, Fic and team on a great game!
Freeverse was featured in the Business section of the New York Times this past Sunday.
We loved chatting with Jenna Wortham about the App Store and how it's been changing up the game. Read more online!
David Pogue of the New York Times recently declared he has "become addicted to this app", referring to our iPhone 3G S magnifying application Eye Glasses!
Read his article on outstanding medical apps here.
Our mugs and thoughts were given the spotlight in a recent article by Crain's New York! Describing the App Store and business possibilities within it, Freeverse was a standout in "Rush is on to create hot iPhone apps". Read more!
Check out TUAW's Video Profile here!
As of late last night, Skee-Ball has hit #1 in Top Paid Apps on the US App Store!
Thank you, Skee-Ballers!
Nice work, Graveck and Freeverse! Keep it rolling.
Today, some labcoat-clad Freeverse researchers released a terribly long and wordy article about some very interesting Apple App Store findings. To spare you the scientific equations, lengthy theorems and heavy graphs (why is the Pythagorean Theorem on that piechart?), we've summarized and included some images of their unearthed material.
With three of the Top Grossing Apps on the charts at the moment, Freeverse is in a unique position to compare and contrast some of the sale and ranking charts that organize the Top Apps.
Top Grossing Freeverse Apps are Skee-Ball (#17), Flick Fishing (#97), and Top Gun (#100). Please refer to the visual aide below.
Now, interestingly, the Top Paid Apps Chart lists Top Gun as #60 and Flick Fishing as #72.
How does this happen? The games are priced the same...but Flick Fishing features DLC.
This leads us to conclude that the Top Grossing Apps list seems to include In-App Purchases in its calculations.
With the announcement of Free Apps allowing Paid In-App transactions, this information uncovers a vital characteristic of how the App Store Charts are functioning and how it could change in the coming months!! Now, FV research team, back to App Dissection Stat!
