Freeverse has announced that it’s discontinuing a number of Mac game titles because of the release of OS X Lion:
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- Airburst
- Burning Monkey Casino
- Burning Monkey Mahjong
- Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab
- Burning Monkey Solitaire
- Enigma
- Periscope
- Squabble
- ToySight
- 3D Bridge
- 3D Crazy 8s
- Euchre Deluxe
- Hearts Deluxe
- Pitch-Setback
- Spades Deluxe
- CrossCards
- X-Words Deluxe
The company is also shutting down its GameSmith service this summer.
Freeverse said it will continue to support the games for versions of OS X prior to Lion.
Not a single link to Freeverse or the article in question? Now that’s some lazy-ass journalism. 😛
http://news.freeverse.com/archives/2011/07/21/its-been-a-swel.php
http://www.freeverse.com/
Awww. 🙁 I haven’t seen any other Euchre games. You guys know of any?
An end of an era. Loved Burning Monkey Solitaire – played early versions as a teen back in the day.
Not on the desktop, but a friend of mine has one for iOS. Look for Sirrahsoft in the App Store.
I remember when Ambrosia Software and Freeverse were my go-to places for new games. I understand everyone’s moving their energy to iOS apps: it’s a good, smart financial play. That doesn’t make the abandonment any easier.
LOL. I added a link.
Not a surprise really. Since the iPhone they haven’t given a thought about their Mac applications, and basically abandoned the platform.
I’m sure this has nothing to do with them being bought by ngmoco
Well this stinks. Are Mac gamers really such a tiny market?
i really hope not, I just got a macbookair!