By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

COMPUTER processor maker AMD has renewed its commitment to its core market, the PC gaming enthusiasts with the introduction of a set of processors, chipsets and graphics cards.

The entire line of AMD products is collectively called the Spider platform as they are developed parallel to each other and will feature enhancements when they are installed together. AMD Spider is composed of the latest quad-core AMD Phenom processors, the high-definition ATI Radeon HD 3800 video cards and the AMD-7 series board chipsets.

In an interview, AMD South Asia technology director Tan See Ghee said PC gamers are still the company’s main target, due to their relentless pursuit for more powerful gaming rigs. “They’re the ones who continue to push their computers when it comes to speed utilization. But they have also been using their PCs for a number of uses, especially as home theater devices.”

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Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

DESPITE development delays, Philippine game development firm Virtual Titania Amusement Software (VITAS) has now scheduled the closed beta test of Bangu-Bang Mania!

The company has acquired at least two servers that will be used for its closed beta test, starting in the first week of December.

In an interview, VITAS president Rainier Umali said the hardware will be hosted in an ePLDT data center. He said the first few weeks of the beta test will check in-game bugs and latency issues of computers accessing the game through the servers.

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By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

PHILIPPINE mobile game developer Anino Mobile recently became one of the only five companies to be sponsored for the upcoming Game Connection Europe (), a business networking event for the video game industry.

Anino Mobile was accepted into Game Connection’s Level Up program (not to be confused with the Philippine online game publisher Level Up!), which aims to help promising developers from different countries meet up with other game developers, publishers, distributors, investors and other entrepreneurs in the video game business.

In an interview, Anino Games director for Business Development Jeremiah Chow said the event will help bring the company closer to its goal of becoming a premier game development studio in Southeast Asia.

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By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

UPDATE: Editor’s note: Added video and photos.

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is now literally “in the game.”

Arroyo activated her virtual self called an “avatar” in the Second Life online game and community as part of the launch of the Philippine National Innovation Strategy in the National Innovation Summit in Makati City.

Her virtual likeness will sit in the virtual IBM Innovation Center which is also in Second Life.

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By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

FINALLY, Philippine online game publisher IP e-Games has set a date for the launch of Hellgate: London.

The game will be launched on Nov. 29 at the SM Director’s Club at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

In a statement, Intellectual Property Ventures Group CEO Enrique Gonzalez said the game will be the company’s “yearend gift to gamers.”

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