http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:50:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net STARTUP game publisher EagleGame has announced the launch of its first game in the Philippines, HighStreet 5, with a premiere party on July 11. In an interview with hackenslash, EagleGame marketing and communications manager Rio Encarnado said the company has switched on the game's official portal where visitors can ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/07/04/highstreet-5-starts-countdown-to-virtual-street-party/ By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net UPDATE: Editor's note: Corrections made. ONLINE game publishing firm Level Up! is looking to use mobile platforms for distribution of their content. The plan is part of the company's content distribution enhancements, which started with a recent facelift of their online portal. In an interview with hackenslash, Level-Up! New Media ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/07/01/level-up-looks-into-mobile-content-distribution/ By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net DESPITE being its best launch so far, IP e-Games has said it does not see its new game Cabal Online competing directly with its most successful game RAN Online. According to IP e-Games president Steve Tsao, Cabal Online is targeting a different market segment. While Cabal is set in ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/23/ip-e-games-cabal-wont-encroach-on-ran-market/ By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net AMPED GAMES has recently partnered with local startup game publisher GPlayon to market and distribute N-Age, a new massively multiplayer online role playing game that is set in an "urban jungle." Amped Games director Mitch Padua told hackenslash that GPlayon will still build the infrastructure for the game while ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/19/amped-games-ties-up-with-startup-to-market-n-age/ By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net NEARLY a year since it introduced the game in the Philippines and the region, entertainment software publisher Asian Media will hold a major relaunch of Lineage II that is expected to have major overhauls in gameplay that will make it into a more "casualized" game. The overhaul in ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/16/asian-media-to-re-launch-improved-lineage-ii/ By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net THE PHILIPPINES will be the host country for this year's Ragnarok World Championship (RWC). This will be the first time in four years that Ragnarok Online developer Gravity has hosted the RWC outside South Korea. Online game publisher Level Up!, which distributes RO in the Philippines, will organize ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/13/rp-to-host-ragnarok-world-championship-in-october/ By Erwin Oliva INQUIRER.net IMAGINE running around a multi-level, 350-square-meter arena holding a laser gun called a phaser and tagging supposed enemies you find hiding behind a dark wall. For 15 minutes, this high-tech game of tag using specially-made laser-fitted guns allows players (a maximum of 24) to relive a favorite childhood game. "This ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/12/high-tech-game-of-tag-hits-manila/ RIGHT now, I'm checking out the casual games at Level Up!'s Be There portal, which is now open for beta testing. Have just started playing, but one of the games that my daughter Sam and I find interesting is Miam! Here's a screenshot. Anyway, check it out for yourself :)Share This http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/10/casual-games-galore-at-be-there-portal/ By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net AFTER successfully completing a two-week beta test, game publisher IP e-Games has set June 12 for the commercial launch of their latest online role-playing game Cabal. In an interview with hackenslash, IP e-Games product manager Mark Ng said they have switched on a fourth server to accommodate the influx ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/07/independence-day-is-cabal-day/ By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net PANDAS are not always seen as funny. They're just cute, something you'd like to take home as a pet. However, if the panda is Jack Black, then he's not just funny but extremely hilarious and in the latest computer animation flick from DreamWorks, you'll wish a panda could ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/hackenslash/2008/06/06/kung-fu-fighting-anyone/