By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

ABS-CBN’s online gaming division Amped Games recently treated reporters to a few rounds of its first casual game GetAmped, which is primarily a combat game that feels almost the same as Nintendo’s extremely popular Super Smash Brothers series. GetAmped was developed by Japanese firm Cyberstep and will be the first Japanese online game to be made available in the Philippines. It just started its closed beta testing but an open beta test is scheduled for another month, allowing more players to try out the game.

For those who have played SSB for the GameCube and the much older Nintendo 64, getting into GetAmped will be easy: a player would have to first create an account to log in. Next, the player will be able to create an in-game character from six different base characters, each having a different color palette. The base characters are Fighter, Military, Superman, ESPer, Spy and Armor. They have unique character attributes such as strength, technique, speed, jump and defense and the player would have to choose wisely what type of style he or she would be employing.

Weapons can also be bought from the item shop and these would vary in strength and type. There are melee weapons such as baseball bats, 4×4 sticks or golf clubs while there are long-range weapons such as guns, cannons and missile launchers. These items would have to be bought using an in-game currency called Gs.

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INTRODUCTION of the participating teams in the RAN Global Tournament held on Oct. 7 at the Esplanade mall in Bangkok, Thailand for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game RAN Online.

The Philippine team, composed of team captain Benito Carlo David S. Brosas (Ben), Ronnuel R. Florida (RR), Adrian Justin N. Magtoto (AJ) and Zulius Czar C. Apostol (Dookie), placed second in the tournament.

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I WAS in Bangkok last week to cover the RAN Global Tournament — the Philippine team placed second in that online gaming tournament.

Here’s a video of one of the contestants in the RAN Gang Zaa RAN Girls competition held on Oct. 7 at the Esplanade mall dancing during the talent portion. This video clip is courtesy of fellow journalist Carlo Suerte Felipe.

The contest was part of the festivities for the 1st RAN Global Tournament online gaming competition and the second anniversary of RAN Thailand.

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HERE are the video clips of the match between the Philippines and Indonesia in the RAN Global Tournament held on Oct. 7 at the Esplanade mall in Bangkok. The Philippines defeated Indonesia, 2-0, in their best-of-three match.

Here’s Game 1.

And here’s Game 2.

The Philippine team, composed of team captain Benito Carlo David S. Brosas (Ben), Ronnuel R. Florida (RR), Adrian Justin N. Magtoto (AJ) and Zulius Czar C. Apostol (Dookie), eventually placed second in the tournament after a hard-fought 1-2 loss to Thailand in the last match.

Congratulations to Team Philippines!

FILIPINO band Callalily performs “Pasan,” the official song and music video for the massively multiplayer online game Lineage II in Southeast Asia.

Video provided by AsianMedia, the Manila-based regional distributor of Lineage II.

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