THE Apple iPhone is fast becoming a popular gaming platform because of its touch-screen capabilities, motion detection and unique software development kit. Experts attending the eServices conference urged local startup developers to consider developing games for the iPhone.
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WIRELESS service provider Smart Communications is expecting growth in the mobile gaming business in the Philippines with stronger sales of Java-enabled mobile phones.
The company has already expanded its Game Station WAP service with a series of tournaments for mobile phone gamers. The prizes include PlayStation 3 game consoles and over P100,000 in cash.
Gian Conde, Smart Product Assistant for Value Added Service and Data, said gaming is huge in the Philippines, as shown by the popularity of online PC and stand-alone games, as well as handheld devices, such as the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS.
The sales of Java-enabled phones that are capable of running games have also increased, largely because of lower cost of handsets.
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.
By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines– Filipino-owned company Ubersoft Inc. has started offering an advertisement-wrapped mobile game download service called Swoopin.
The service allows users to download as many free mobile Java games as they want to their mobile phones via Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) and only pay for the corresponding phone network fees.
The ad-wrap feature will become available whenever mobile phone users start playing games.
There are also 850 Java games in 14 available categories ranging from racing, action, puzzle, sports, casino, arcade, among others.
More games are being added every week.
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.
