It was an obvious choice for Blizzard to announce Starcraft II in the country that literally turned the RTS game into a national sport - South Korea. Starcraft has such a huge following in the world and we can expect it’s sequel to become another global phenomenon when it’s finally released to the public. Anyway, [...]
Since Counterstrike became an instant hit in the Philippines, a lot of people have been floating around the idea of “e-sports” and “professional gamers”. This gained more support when more Real Time Strategy Games like Starcraft, Warcraft, Red Alert, Generals, and DOTA built their own cult followings. Of course there is also the online gaming [...]
Around 2 hours ago I was at the building canteen eating a very late lunch. I was enjoying my Jollibee Champ Burger when the fire alarm blared through the entire building. What was really strange is that no one in the canteen seemed scared so I decided to continue eating my lunch, hehe. Anyway, to [...]
It looks like MVP Hunters will have a harder time in the coming patches. In Episode 11.2: Veins, MVP Bosses will get skill and HP buffs that will make them almost immune to Acid Bomb Spammers and 2-party MVP groups. In addition to that, Gravity will apply a patch that will randomize the spawn time [...]
It’s been a while since we’ve done a siege series event for Philippine Ragnarok Online. We’re actually preparing for a massive event this coming January/February but I can’t give any details yet. All I can say is that this event will be one of the biggest tournaments other than the annual RPC. For now, we’re [...]
This is the follow-up to my previous post about Kamikazee’s performance at the Level-up! Christmas Party. This time, I’ve uploaded the video of them singing Doo Bi Doo which they covered from APO. Personally, I’m very impressed with Kamikazee. They’re very humble and down to earth and it’s nice that they are very thankful to [...]
I’ll take a break from talking about online gaming for now and just talk about more personal stuff since this is still my blog after all, hehe. Last night, I went to meet up with my blockmates from Ateneo. It was really refreshing to see familar faces outside of the gaming and advertising industries! Can [...]
We’re just six days away from Christmas! Time really does fly by so fast. Anyway, I’m posting the weekly update again for Philippine Ragnarok Online. We have a lot of stuff for today and most of them have already been announced on the official website. The biggest news though would definitely be the three new [...]
Have you always wanted that elusive +8 Mini-Propeller or +10 Flying Angel Wing? I can’t blame you if it’s hard to get since those headgear are expensive. The combined costs of repeated failed upgrades with enriched eluniums is definitely not for the faint of heart. However, we’re going to make life a little bit easier [...]
Level-up! Games had our annual Christmas party last night (December 18, ‘07) at the Bagaberde Restaurant Bar across the World Trade Center. It was really fun seeing everyone in a more relaxed mood since the stress level in the office is usually high no matter what day of the week. There were a lot of [...]
Other than the new Ragnarok Animated Premium Headgears, we’re also going to have a Noche Buena Sale! All food buff items will be put on sale to prices similar to the Web Awards. These +10 stat food buffs are really helpful especially in PVP and PL’ing especially for one-stat dependent classes. Combined with Bless, you [...]
Last night I posted screenshots and the initial prices of the three new animated premium headgear which will be released tomorrow afternoon. Based from your feedback, you guys liked the headgear but you found it too expensive. I brought this issue up with the RO Team and they were able to convince Gravity to do [...]
This Wednesday 3 new animated premium headgear will be available across all servers. I already blogged about this a few weeks ago and all I could show was the initial draft sketches. The new headgear were patched in our internal test servers last week so I was able to get screenshots so that I can [...]
Perfect World, the latest MMORPG being published by Level-up! Games, will have another addition to their Holiday promos! Starting today, players that convert LU Credits to Perfect World Gold will get 10% bonus! This is very similar to the Rok ‘Til U Drop promotion which we did for Philippine Ragnarok Online a few months ago. [...]
With every passing day, internet access is becoming more available for everyone here in the Philippines. I can’t really say that the speed is that good, but at least more and more of Filipinos are learning how to become net savy. I was browsing through the latest Alexa Rankings and I’d like to share with [...]
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