Freeverse Inc. Explained
| Freeverse |
| Type: | Subsidiary of Ngmoco |
| Location: | New York City, New York, USA |
| Key People: | Ian Lynch Smith - President
Colin Lynch Smith - Vice President
Dino de Cespedes - Chief Financial Officer
David Joost - Channel Sales Manager
Steven Tze´ - Creative Director
Justin D'Onofrio - Producer
Bruce Morrison - Producer
Matt Korybski - QA Director
Lydia Heitman - Marketing/Content Producer |
| Industry: | Video games
Software |
| Parent: | Ngmoco |
| Website: | - |
Freeverse Inc. (originally Freeverse Software) was a developer of computer and video game and desktop software based in New York City which was acquired by Ngmoco in 2010. Ngmoco was itself acquired later that year, and shut down in 2016.
History
Ian Lynch Smith founded Freeverse in 1994 as a shareware company. The first product was a version of Hearts Deluxe for the Mac that used game artificial intelligence based on Smith's studies in cognitive science, the subject for which he received his degree from Vassar College. On February 22, 2010, it was announced that Freeverse had been acquired by ngmoco.[1]
On October 12, 2010, Japanese-based DeNA announced its acquisition of ngmoco for $400,000,000.[2] Ngmoco became the regional headquarters for all Western subsidiaries of DeNA, including studios in Vancouver, Santiago de Chile, Amsterdam, and Stockholm. However, on October 18, 2016, DeNA announced the closure of all Western subsidiaries, including ngmoco.[3]
Mac games
Original titles
- 3D Bridge Deluxe
- 3D Hearts Deluxe
- 3D Pitch Deluxe
- 3D Euchre Deluxe
- 3D Spades Deluxe
- 3D Crazy Eights
- Active Lancer
- Airburst
- Airburst Extreme
- Arcane Arena
- Atlas: The Gift Of Aramai
- Big Bang Board Games
- Big Bang Brain Games
- Burning Monkey
- Burning Monkey Casino
- Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab
- Burning Monkey Solitaire
- Burning Monkey Mahjong
- Classic Cribbage
- Classic Gin Rummy
- Deathground
- Enigma[4]
- Hoyle Casino 2009
- Hoyle Puzzle And Board 2009
- Hoyle Cards 2009
- Kill Monty
- Neon Tango
- Solace
- ToySight
- WingNuts 2: Raina's Revenge
Ports
Published games
iOS games
- Big Bang Sudoku
- MotoChaser
- Warpgate
- Jared Smith
- SimStapler
- Big Bang Board Games
- Tranquility
- Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab
- Flick Bowling
- Plank
- Flick Fishing
- Flick Baseball Pro
- Burning Monkey Casino
- SlotZ Racer
- Days of Thunder!
- Top Gun
- Grunts
- Fairy Trails
- Postman
- Flick NBA Basketball
- Eye Glasses
- Skee-Ball
- Parachute Ninja
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- NBA Hotshot
- We Bowl!
Applications
Notes and References
- Web site: iPhone Game House ngmoco Raises $25 Million Series C, Buys Freeverse . Schonfeld, Erick . 2010-02-22 . TechCrunch . 2010-02-22.
- Web site: DeNA Buying ngmoco for $400 Million . https://web.archive.org/web/20101015040217/http://wireless.ign.com/articles/112/1127417p1.html . dead . October 15, 2010 . Buchanan, Levi . IGN . 2010-10-12 . 2010-10-13.
- News: DeNA shutters Western business as games "did not meet expectations". GamesIndustry.biz.
- Web site: Freeverse overhauls Enigma 2.0 puzzler for OS X, more . . 2001-06-07 . 2017-08-14.
- Web site: Samhain . Cynn . Legion marches to Mac . . . 24 February 2023 . 24 March 2003.
- Web site: Commander: Napoleon at War . Freeverse Inc. . 2 March 2023.
- Web site: Freeverse Releases Field Of Glory for Mac OS X . . . 22 February 2023 . 23 November 2010.
- MacAddict . December 2000 . How to Customize Troubleshoot even Hack OSX, iBook Expanded, Control Lego Robots with your Mac, Get the Most Out of Microsoft Office 2001.
