By Joey Alarilla, hackenslash Editor
INQUIRER.net

SINGAPORE–Will Filipinos bring home the gold and show they’re a force to reckon with in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Granado Espada?

Let’s not sugarcoat things: It’s going to be a tough battle, especially against the Singaporean players who are just as passionate about the latest game from the “Father of Ragnarok” Hakkyu Kim as our own growing community of GE fanatics in the Philippines. But the Filipinos are out to prove that they have indeed embraced GE and have made the game their own.

At any rate, the execs of IP e-Games, which publishes GE in the Philippines under its IP Interactive brand, seem pretty confident that the Philippines will have a strong showing in the Raid Party, which will be held later today at Zouk. I arrived last night with fellow journalists Adel Gabot, group editor in chief of our sister company Hinge Inquirer Philippines, and Howard Paw, editor in chief of GAME!, HIP’s gaming magazine.

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By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

JOHNATHAN WENDELL is everywhere. The man whose nickname is Fatal1ty is the world’s most popular professional video game player and may perhaps be the richest, having earned about half a million dollars in cash and prizes by joining competitions, not including his many sponsorships and endorsements.

During the recently held computer exhibit Computex in Taiwan, Fatal1ty made his presence as a player, giving tips to wannabe video game professionals. For three days, Fatal1ty played one-on-one against guests of the giant computer exhibit in the fast-paced first-person shooter Quake 4. Of course, he was never beaten.

In all of his competitions during Computex, Fatal1ty never died a single time and was always on target, almost never losing a shot in what seemed to be a superhuman capability to anticipate the enemy’s random moves. His skills were honed through years of intense and dedicated playing.

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DIGITAL Media Exchange president and COO Jojo Añonuevo explains how the developer of the online game Rakion was able to solve the latency that usually plagues peer-to-peer games.

Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania.

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Digital Media Exchange brand director of mobiusgames Nikolai Galicia announces the company’s partnership with GGClient and how this will benefit Philippine players of the popular game Defense of the Ancients.

Video interview conducted by INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania.

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By Joey Alarilla, hackenslash Editor
INQUIRER.net

I’M here at the Digital Media Exchange office in Bonifacio Global City where the execs of the Philippine publisher of online games such as MU, GunBound, GoPets and Rakion are divulging their plans for the Philippine gaming community.

That’s Jojo Añonuevo, president and COO of dme (center), stressing a point during the informal presentation. At left is Eric M. Roceles, manager for New Media, Creatives and Research, while on the right is Nikolai Galicia, brand director of mobiusgames. Also here with me are Riane Garfin, corporate communications manager of dme; Jayvee Fernandez, blogger for ABuggedLife.com and INQUIRER.net’s interactive media consultant; and hackenslash and INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania.

One of the things they’re previewing is OnlineGX.net Auction, which dme touts as the first massively multiplayer online-based auction site in Southeast Asia that allows players to auction off in-game items for the virtual currency known as ePoints.

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