Virtual Universe Corporation Announces Closing of Its Going Private Transaction

EDMONTON, ALBERTA — (Marketwired) — 04/23/13 — Virtual Universe Corporation (the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: VU) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced amalgamation by way of arrangement ("Arrangement") on April 18, 2013, whereby all of the common shares of the Corporation not owned by Lorn Becker, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and a company controlled by Mr. Becker, have been exchanged for redeemable shares in