By INQUIRER.net

MAKATI CITY, Philippines – Online game publisher IP E-Game Ventures Inc (e-Games), mobile application developer Megamobile and 3D animation studio BeeHive digital launched new mobile Java games for the Philippine market.

IP E-Game Ventures is an online gaming subsidiary of publicly listed IPVG Corp., while Megamobile is a mobile application developer affiliated with IPVG Corp.

In a statement, E-Games said it is releasing three mobile games for its 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) RAN Online and another three mobile games for Granado Espada, another MMORPG from famed legendary game producer Hakkyu Kim.

E-Games said these new mobile games were created exclusively for the Philippine market.

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MANILA, Philippines — Intel is challenging Asia’s gaming journalists and amateur gamers to the first Intel Asia PC Gaming Showdown.

The event aims to showcase the best gamers from among gaming journalists in India, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Participants will play three PC games, including racing game Need for Speed Pro Street, first-person shooter Crysis and the soccer game FIFA 2008. All these games are developed by Electronic Arts.

Lisette Paras, account manager for Howorth, organizer of the competiton, said participants can only join following an invitation from Intel.

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By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — A video game convention scheduled this month hopes to encourage growth of the video game industry in Asia, its organizer said.

“We would like to see the competitiveness of video game industry in Asia-Pacific to the level similar to the ones in Europe, Japan and the US. We believe competition would bring positive results to the industry, where everyone would strive to make the best game and provide the best game services,” said Leipziger Messe International (LMI) Asia Managing Director Joerg Zeissig about the upcoming Game Convention Asia (GCA), the Asian adaptation of a major European video game conference. LMI is organizing the GCA.

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THE JULY issue of GAME!, the gaming magazine of INQUIRER.net’s sister company Hinge Inquirer Publications, is already out in newsstands.

Here’s an announcement from the GAME! team to give you an idea of the goodies the July issue has in store for you.

GAME!, the Philippines’ best online gaming magazine, whips up a storm this July with facts and trivia on the most anticipated gaming event of 2007 — the Ragnarok Philippine Championships!

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INQUIRER.net is one of the sponsors of New Worlds: Transformed, where fans of science fiction, fantasy, role-playing games and comic books are expected to converge in droves.

Here’s the press release:

Do you love Harry Potter? How about those amazing Transformers?

Admit it: you were a fan of something at some point in your life. Books, TV shows, movies, comics, and many other creations in the media can make an indelible impression on anyone and stay for the rest of our lives.

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