MegaMobile eyes locally developed games

By Alexander Villafania INQUIRER.NET MANILA, Philippines -- Mobile games distributor MegaMobile is planning to introduce more Java-based mobile games, both licensed and locally developed, as it expands its product portfolio. MegaMobile President Manny Fernando said that apart from their existing titles, the company will also introduce homegrown games. He did not describe what these games are but said that plans are being finalized with their partners. "Expect that we will be seriously capitalizing on this growth segment," Fernando said in an e-mail reply to queries from INQUIRER.net. Fernando said mobile gaming is one of the biggest mobile business segments, next to mobile music. He said all of the mobile service providers have gaming portals that have extensive library of titles. MegaMobile was acquired by IPVG Corp in February this year, under a stock purchase agreement. Currently, the company is providing six mobile games, all of which are related to the massively-multiplayer online games being offered by IPVG's gaming division, e-Games. Three of the mobile games are sub-adventures from RAN Online. These are Swordsman, Karuso's Escape, and Ran Girls Jealousy. The three other games are sub-adventures of Granado Espada Online, which are Girl Fight, Little Red Riding Elementalist and Musketeer's Wrath.