By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

ONLINE game publisher Level Up! recently partnered with telecommunications firm Smart Communications to start a wireless management service that allows online game players of Level Up! to manage their gaming accounts through their mobile phones.

Simply called Level Up! Mobile, it is similar to current consumer services being offered by Smart but is geared toward Level Up!’s 600,000 active players. It provides mobile downloads of wallpapers, operator logos and picture messages all related to Level Up!’s published online games.

Level Up! Mobile also has GuildText, a multi-recipient text service wherein a player can send multiple messages to their online gaming friends, preferably called “guild.”

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FILIPINO mobile game development firm Anino Mobile bagged a major award in the recently held International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) in Barcelona, Spain on February 15, becoming one of the six top winners in the prestigious competition.

The company’s game Anima Wars won IMGA’s Best Use of Connectivity Award, as well as a corresponding $5,000 in cash. The event was featured on the IMGA website.

Anima Wars is a turn-based battle strategy game based on the classic board game Risk. The main goal is for players to use their armies to take over the stronghold of their enemies. What gave the victory to Anima Wars in the category is its unique “ghosting system,” which is a wireless connection capability that allows four other players to cooperate and fight another four players in a battle.

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