AsiaSoft, one of the leading regional online gaming publishers recently announced that they’ve added 3 new games to their portfolio: Cabal, Darkness & Light, and Ragnarok Online 2. AsiaSoft Online is the publisher and operator of Maple Story and Pangya - two of the biggest hits in Singapore and Thailand. Yes, you read that right, [...]
MMOSITE, the leading MMORPG and Online Gaming portal, is currently having a poll asking their readers to vote on which MMORPG business model they prefer. There are basically two options: Free-to-Play and Pay-to-Play (Subscription). This is a discussion that I’d like to bring in here in the blog. In the past few months, F2P games [...]
Other than playing online games, I’m also an avid fan of console gaming. I used to spend countless hours on my PS2 playing the latest Final Fantasy installment or kicking some ass in WWE Smackdown or Soul Caliber. Unfortunately, due to work here at Level-up (LOL), I barely have any time to spend with my [...]
What makes for a good MMORPG server name? I’m sure that all the games used some kind of logic or pattern for the naming convention of their servers. In Philippine Ragnarok Online we used the character names in the Manga as well as other popular Norse mythology gods. In Fly for Fun, we used the [...]
Filipinos have always been fascinated with noontime shows. Eat Bulaga has made it big in both ABS-CBN and GMA 7. There was also a time when SOP and APO were big hits. Lately, the noontime show wars has been put into the spotlight because of the Wowowee Scandal. Joey De Leon, host of Eat Bulaga, [...]
In an unprecedented move by the Philippine Senate, the Wowowee scandal will be put under the spotlight as Senator Mar Roxas declared today that he will file a resolution seeking for a Senate probe on the alleged cheating. Apparently Wowowee’s segments are covered by the promo policies of the Department of Trade and Industry. The [...]
The Philippines MMORPG community is really addicted to bonus EXP rates. But before I even go there and discuss the topic, I’d like to announce that Philippine Ragnarok Online will have bonus EXP rates on September 5 - 12, 2007. This is to welcome Episode 11.1: Rachel which will go live on commerical servers on [...]
The Philippines Online Gaming industry is quickly evolving with every day that passes. As I mentioned in an earlier post, RF Online, the only sci-fi MMORPG in the Philippines, is going Free-to-Play. There are numerous rumors going around on why it changed business models but you’d be surprised to find out that the F2P Business [...]
Level-up Games decided to up the ante in the Free-to-play MMORPG market when they introduced Perfect World to the local gaming community. Perfect World continues to grow with each day and I really won’t be surprised if it becomes one of the biggest MMORPGs in the Philippines. The game has a lot of potential, especially [...]
I’m a regular reader of Jayvee Ferndandez’s blog and I was really surprised to read about the rigging of the popular noontime show - Wowowee. Willie Revilame really has a knack for getting himself and his shows in trouble, and while I’m really not that angry about the so-called rigging, this incident is bound to [...]
It seems like the medals will keep on coming for the gamers representing the Philippines! Last July, the Philippine Team made a very good showing at the Ragnarok World Championships 2007 in Seoul, Korea. They were able to take out Indonesia, Brazil, and Germany to bag third place (they lost to Korea). In a report [...]
In one of the community discussions that we held for Ragnarok Online, we asked all the players why they decided to play online games. One of the guys gave this as his reason: “Kasi nakakita ako ng magandang babae naglalaro ng RO sa internet cafe.” Various studies back this up - the social aspect of [...]
Other than online gaming, I used to be a huge fan of console fighting games. I can’t remember how many nights I stayed up till the wee hours of the morning just to hone my skills in Street Fighter EX. When Tekken came out, I immediately got hooked and I also invested a lot of [...]
Level-up LIVE 2007 is gaining momentum with each day that passes! Just last night, the Level-up LIVE 2007 Team announced the mechanics for all the side activities that will run during the 2-day event at the World Trade Center on November. The National Art Competition, LU Cosplay, Film Festival, and LU City activities are back [...]
Level-up Games is actually celebrating their 5th year Anniversary today! To celebrate, we’re going to give away item mall currency through a special promo which we’re calling the Level-up! Anniversary Blowout Bonanza! Participating games are Fly for Fun, Ragnarok Online, Freestyle, Pangya, and Khan. To qualify all you have to do is log-in and check [...]
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