HERE’S the cover of the May issue of GAME!, the gaming magazine of our sister company, Hinge Inquirer Publications.

The May issue includes a back-to-back feature of World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade and the World of Warcraft trading card game. Other features include articles on Pirates of the Caribbean Online and Monato Esprit; Lineage II’s Human Race 101; an EVE Online space invasion primer; Rakion killing tips and tricks; and Tantra Online gaming mantra.

You can shop till you drop with the latest steals from PangYa, Audition Online and Gunbound in GAME!’s Window Shopping section, plus get a chance to win one of two Sony PSPs in this month’s raffle promo.

GAME! is available at your favorite newsstands and magazine stores for only P80. For suggestions, comments, advertisements and promos, e-mail editors@gamemagazine.ph or use their Feedback page.

THE BAND Do’Ahou kicked things off at IP e-Games‘ Dom1Nation first anniversary celebration on April 28 at Le Pavillon, Roxas Boulevard by performing several popular anime songs.

Here’s the video I took for hackenslash TV.

WE all know that online gaming is huge in the Philippines — and the market just keeps on growing.

So we’re curious about just how much you love online games. How many hours a day do you typically spend playing an online game? What’s your favorite online game?

Which Philippine online game publisher do you believe is number one? What do you like most about your guild and online community, and why do you think it’s the best?

By Joey Alarilla, hackenslash Editor
INQUIRER.net 

I’M HERE at Le Pavillon in Roxas Boulevard with hackenslash Reporter Alex Villafania for IP e-Games’ Dom1Nation, the online game publisher’s first anniversary celebration.

It’s almost hard to believe that it’s already been a year since IP e-Games introduced the free-to-play model in the Philippines.

Apart from bringing together the thriving online communities that have sprung up around its popular games such as RAN Online, O2Jam, Audition and Supreme Destiny, Dom1Nation will include the Philippine finals for its tournaments.

The tournaments include RAN Online’s Battle Royal Grand Finals, with the winner representing the Philippines in the 2007 RAN World Championship, and the 2007 O2Jam National Championship, with the winners flying to Jakarta, Indonesia fo the 2007 Asian Online Game Tournament.

By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

TWELVE years after he made the PlayStation the world’s most popular home game console, Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Ken Kutaragi has announced that he is retiring from the company officially on June 19.

Kutaragi made the announcement in a joint statement with Sony last Thursday, wherein he said he has been considering the move for some time.

Kutaragi, however, will take up the role of honorary chairman for SCE. He will be replaced by SCE president and chief operating officer Kaz Hirai, who will be promoted to SCE president and chief executive officer.

“I am happy to graduate from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. after introducing four platforms to the PlayStation family. It has been an exciting experience to change the world of computer entertainment by marrying cutting-edge technologies with creative minds from all over the world. I’m looking forward to building on this vision in my next endeavors,” Kutaragi said in his statement.

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