LEVEL UP! has just announced that its sci-fi massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rising Force Online is now free-to-play.

Here’s an excerpt from the Level Up! press statement:

This, coupled with the Aug. 28 launch of Episode 2 — Giga 1: “The Pioneers of Novus,” means that the battle for world domination in Novus will be fiercer than ever!

Episode 2 — Giga 1: “The Pioneers of Novus,” RF’s biggest patch ever, features not just all-new powerful weapons but also highlights the opening of the RF Item Mall. Those who want to buy Galactic Credits for the Episode 2 Item Mall can simply choose to click on the “Buy Galactic Credits” button at the top-up page to start availing of great premium items.

And those who are looking to annihilate their competition can easily take advantage of the premium subscription option. This package gives the player 2x Exp / 2x PT /2x drop and 2x mining rate as well as giving bonus credits for item mall purchases — perfect for those who want to get ahead in the game.

The premium subscription will basically be an evolution of RF Online’s current top-up scheme. To avail of this mode, just top-up via either MyLU or from the direct top-up pages and choose “Premium Subscription.”

Premium subscribers may also purchase Galactic Credits should they elect to do so.

GUESS what? MU is still alive!

Not only is this massively multiplayer online role-playing game published in the Philippines by mobiusgames still alive and kicking, but the company has launched the MU Raffle promo to reward its loyal players.

Here’s an excerpt from the press statement that Eric Roceles, the marketing director of Digital Media Exchange, e-mailed:

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By Gabby Dizon, hackenslash Contributor
INQUIRER.net

THE GAME Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP) marked its first international foray by participating in Games Convention Asia on Sept. 6-8. The Filipino game development studios had previously participated in international conferences such as the Asian Game Developers Summit, but this was the first time that we were representing the Philippine game industry as a whole.

Our participation was largely made possible by the cooperation of the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM). CITEM is a government agency that conducts trade missions for the different industries in the Philippines, and because we were being highlighted as a high-growth industry, they gave us a lot of support. CITEM subsidized a very substantial part of the cost of having a booth at the event and handled most of the logistics related to the GCA. They also printed out brochures and DVDs of the GDAP member profiles to be distributed to potential clients at the event.

Most of us arrived in Singapore on Sept. 5, a day before the event started. I was chosen as the GDAP representative for a memorandum of intent signing between industry heads of 12 Asia Pacific nations. It was a great opportunity for networking — I got to know key people from the game industry in most parts of Asia, including Australia and New Zealand. After that, it was a full evening of work to prepare for the conference, which sadly caused me to miss the speakers’ party in the swankiest part of town!

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By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

PHILIPPINE online game publisher IP e-Games is set to make announcements about the action role-playing game Hellgate: London soon, an executive told hackenslash.

Asked about Hellgate: London and IP e-Games’ plans for the game in the Philippines, IPVG CEO Enrique Gonzalez replied, “For e-Games and IPVG, we’re not prepared today to make a formal, official disclosure. We plan to do that in the next few weeks. We will be holding a separate press briefing.”

IP e-Games is a subsidiary of publicly-listed firm IPVG.

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