By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net
ONLINE game publisher Level Up! is bringing to the Philippines Crazy Kart, an online racing game developed by Shanghai-based Shanda.
Crazy Kart is one of the two online casual games that Level Up! is set to launch. It is also the first racing game to be introduced in the Philippines. The company has already put up a local website for their new casual game.
Level Up! marketing director Jake San Diego told hackenslash the game is modeled after some casual racing games, particularly the Mario Kart series. The games features customizable cars, track obstacles and even weapons for players.
There will also be more unique features for Crazy Kart such as customized local maps patterned after familiar roads in Metro Manila. San Diego said Shanda developers will also create a digital version of the Filipino jeepney, which will be playable like the other karts.
For the advergaming aspect, San Diego said the game has over 800 real estate spots for advertisers, in the form of billboards, car accessories and even car decals.
San Diego said they have started the internal testing of the game but will soon launch a closed beta, most likely in early June.
He added that the title of the second casual game they are launching will also be revealed sometime during the beta test of Crazy Kart.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
[...] I just announced that our new online casual racing game, Crazy Kart is now official and now let me give you the lowdown on how you guys can get a chance to be closed-beta-testers (CBT) for the much awaited game. But before that, let me just give back some link love to the cool dudes over at hackenslash for featuring Crazy Kart at their newsblog. And yes, also for my interview regarding the recent RF rollback incident. [...]
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 am
Top Speed? lolz look at other regional MMOs like Granado Espada and Hellgate London. La Kwenta.
E-games has a lot of problems with cabal and pandora to even try to get another game. lolol lousy service nila eh, just take a look sa fourms nila bwahah
May 31st, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Ill try to dig stuff about this. Apparently, Top Speed by IAH Games looks better but it will be released across south east asia and will not be completely localized in the Philippines.
What a coincidence !
May 31st, 2008 at 7:20 am
Very interesting, Crazy Kart is one of the best things when talking about online games.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:08 am
[...] was also revealed in a recent Inquirer article that Level Up will also announce another casual title in the coming days. Watch out for that one because it’s truly a unique and innovative product [...]