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Freeverse today poked its head out the window, discovered the spirits had done it all in one night, sent the prize turkey to the Crachits, and sent a free copy of the Macworld "Eddy" award-winning game, Wingnuts 2, to you. That's right; those who might otherwise struggle to afford the game can simply send an e-mail to Freeverse between now and December 26th telling them about the best gift you ever gave. They'll send you a download link and registration code for Wingnuts 2.

WingNuts 2 is a showcase for the graphics power of the Mac. Utilizing spectacular OpenGL particles and CoreImage time dilation effects, the game provides over 30 levels of aerial excitement. Upgrade your plane with more powerful weapons and capture wild power-ups like Super Mecha-Mode and Escort Wing to defeat the Baron's terrifying robotic bosses.

The long-awaited sequel to WingNuts: Temporal Naviagator (5-Mice/Game Hall of Fame, Macworld 2002), WingNuts 2 takes all of the action and wacky humor of the original and adds a compelling new story, gorgeous graphics, and tons of gameplay enhancements to achieve a whole new level of excitement.

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 is a Universal application so it will run natively on all new Intel Macs. System requirements include an 800MHz G4 or better, 32MB VRAM, 512MB RAM and 950MB of hard drive space. Those with older systems may download the original Wingnuts, which is also free.

A Demo is available at the Freeverse website.

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