By Relly Carpio
INQUIRER.net

WOLFGANG, the legendary local rock band known for its hard-edge style, has agreed to collaborate once more to make a song for Rising Force Online, the sci-fi massively multiplayer online role-playing game of Level Up! Inc.

“It’s the communities that asked us to see if we can get Wolfgang. It’s not a secret that Wolfgang disbanded, but we gave it a shot. Luckily, Patrick Pulumbarit, the manager of Razorback, who also made a song for RFO, knew the guitarist of Wolfgang, Manuel Legarda. From there, they were able to contact Basti Artadi, the lead singer of Wolfgang, and they are currently collaborating with other artists to make ‘Novus is Burning’ for RF Online,” RF Online brand manager Keith Morales told hackenslash.

“So Basti wrote the lyrics, and sent them to Manuel who put basic music in, then back to Basti. If ever, this is going to be the very first song that will be released by Wolfgang after their break-up. Hopefully it will come out by late March or early April,” he said.

Rumors have been making the rounds within the RFO community during get-togethers and eyeballs that an RFO album is in the works.

Other songs made for RFO are “Birthright” by Loquy, “Battle Cry” by Greyhoundz, and “Empire Accretia” by Razorback that actually became a #1 song in local radio station NU107’s countdown.

You can download these songs for free.

By Scott Hillis
Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO, California–US video game giant Electronic Arts Inc. on Sunday said it had made an unsolicited $1.9-billion offer for Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, escalating its battle with Activision for the title of biggest video game maker.

Electronic Arts said it had pursued the deal privately since December, and Take-Two on Sunday immediately rejected the offer, a 50-percent premium to its Friday close, and accused EA of trying to scoop up a company in turnaround with an “inadequate” bid just before the publication of its next hit.

The $26-per-share all-cash bid is Electronic Arts’ answer to Activision Inc.’s $18-billion acquisition of the gaming unit of French media and telecoms giant Vivendi. That combination, announced last November, is set to challenge EA’s long-standing industry dominance.

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By Relly Carpio
INQUIRER.net

THE LINEAGE II Game Girls performed at the recent Red Fox launch. I took pictures.

The blonde one is Nicole, the short-haired brunette is Doren, the girl with the cap is Sarah, Jackie is the redhead, and Lorraine is the long-haired brunette. Rio Encarnado (second from left in photo below), marketing events manager of Asian Media, acted as chaperone to the girls.

Enjoy!

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By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

A GROUP of student entrepreneurs from the University of the Philippines-Diliman is organizing a Metro Manila-wide WarCraft III: Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) tournament that aims to bring together the various groups of DOTA players in an effort to find the best players for a chance to compete in international DOTA events.

DOTA is one of the most popular local area network games worldwide and has a wide following in the Philippines. It is played on a five-on-five team-based match wherein the opposing teams’ primary objective is to destroy a structure in the middle of a map called “Ancient” while staving off each other.

The UP Circle of Entrepreneurs (UPCE) organized the Aenigma 2008 DOTA Tournament as part of their annual business-related project. This is the first time that the group has organized a gaming tournament on a wider scale and the group also hopes that it will be a regular event.

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By Relly Carpio
INQUIRER.net

THE PHILIPPINE Team (Team PH) in the Supreme Destiny World Championship League lost by a slight margin to Team Global in their match on February 22.

“It was a very close call,” said Sonny Carlos, IP-eGames product manager for Supreme Destiny.

“The target boss had only about 5 percent to 10 percent life left when Team Global eliminated the boss of Team PH. Even the organizers said that this is the closest the outcome of a battle ever came since the beginning of the matches.” Carlos shared.

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