By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

SINGAPORE – Gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) made major announcements of new titles for Asia during the Games Convention Asia (GCA) 2008 in Singapore.

EA Asia announced the availability of Warhammer Online, FIFA Online and NBA Street Online. The first two will be launched within the three-day period of GCA. NBA Street Online was already launched in several markets, including the Philippines.

EA Asia President Jon Niermann said nearly half of the world online gaming market is from Asia, making it a viable market for EA.

“Digital content on online and mobile is where we’re going to spend majority of our time because that’s where people are playing in Asia,” Niermann said.
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By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

Gamers unite!

The Games Convention Asia 2008 dubbed to be the “biggest” video game convention in Asia is about to begin.

On its second year, the event is considered to outshine last year’s convention, according to Organizer Leipziger Messe International Asia. The event has lined up renowned people from various video gaming companies and the technology field to speak during the three-day event.
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By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

SINGAPORE – An upcoming Asian game development convention aims to focus on establishing a regional industry for game publishing and development, organizers said.

With over a dozen exhibitors from several Asian and Western countries attending the Game Convention Asia (GCA) in Singapore, organizer Leipziger Messe International (LMI) Asia Pte Ltd said the convention will also showcase Asian game development and publishing firms.

LIMI Managing Director Jorg Zeisseg said developing Asia’s multi-cultural game development sector is the convention’s major theme this year.

Despite the relatively new interest in the video game business in this region, Zeisseg said the GCA will showcase not just gaming companies but also new premium products that have not yet been released.
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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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