ONLINE game publisher Level Up! has started the open beta test of Rohan Online, its latest massively multiplayer online role playing game.
The open beta test for Rohan Online started last March 24 , three weeks since the company introduced the game on closed beta testing.
Level Up! partnered with online bidding company Auction.ph and Internet café operator Netopia to distribute the Rohan installation discs.
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SAN FRANCISCO–Californian technology firm OnLive is poised to launch a service that streams video games over the Internet, meaning players can avoid buying expensive consoles or packaged software.
OnLive ended seven years of “stealth” development late Tuesday by announcing the system should launch in the United States by the end of the year.
The firm is building a library of video game software on servers that players reach over broadband Internet by using mini-programs in home computers or OnLive MicroConsoles connected to television sets.
“We’ve cleared the last remaining hurdle for the video games industry: effective online distribution,” said OnLive founder and chief executive Steve Perlman.
GAME publisher iAM Interactive unveiled its second casual game for this year, a racing game called GoGoRacer [spelled as is], developed by China-based firm Radiance Digital Entertainment.
GoGoRacer would be the third online racing game in the Philippines, after Crazy Kart from Level Up! Philippines and IP e-Games’ Top Speed.
The game is similar to the Nintendo Mario Kart series where players try to outrun competitors while using various weapons to overtake them.
iAM Product Manager John Paul Pelayo said in an interview that the game would be distributed in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, allowing players from these countries to compete against each other.
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HAVANA–Havana on Tuesday debuted a baseball video game which includes famous Cuban-born defectors long expunged from official memory here after they abandoned the Communist island to play in the United States.
The country’s first baseball video game, MVP Cuba 1.0, features a number of Cuban stars who triumphed in the US major leagues, including star pitchers Orlando Hernandez — nicknamed “El Duque” — and Jose Contreras.
The game was unveiled at a state information science center over the weekend, according to Juventud Rebelde daily newspaper.
Livan Hernandez and Kendry Morales also figure in the game, as does Yadel Marti, who defected from the Caribbean island last December to pursue a professional baseball career in the United States.
LOCAL game publisher Z-Zone believes that casual gaming business is not profitable even as local online game publishers are introducing more casual games these days.
Z-Zone, which publishes the online games SkyBlade: Sword of the Heavens and the recently launched Oversoul, is not looking to launch any casual gaming titles anytime soon. It intends to focus on massively-multiplayer online games (MMORPGs).
Z-Zone Vice President for Marketing and Operations DJ Reclamado said casual games are less appealing to some gamers because of the current economic situation.
