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MU Online to Launch Game Changing Event
February 17, 2009 · Comments
On a very, very, very exclusive interview, I have confirmed the upcoming release of a new patch for MU Philippines that will “change the game”.
According to my source, the yet-untitled patch (MU 4.0) has several exciting new features which will “definitely pull new players into the game and rekindle interest for MU veterans”.
Hmmm… analysing what my source was telling me, I think it’s safe to guess the following:
- “pull new players into the game” – In PR-speak this means, there will be NEW features that previously haven’t been in effect. This can mean new items, new maps, new characters, even?
- “Rekindle interest for MU Veterans” – This might mean “new quests” or “new events”, OR a modification of a feature already in effect.
We all know MU-tizens have been CLAMORING (even DEMANDING!) the immediate release of this patch for QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
MU Philippines, by the way, is the 1st and longest-running 3D MMORPG title in the Philippines. Its classic gameplay promises timeless adventures for Pinoy gamers.
What do you think, guys?
Filed under Gaming · Tags: free server, mmorpg, mobiusgames, monstermu, mu bots, mu cheats, mu hack, mu news, mu online, mu patch, mu philippines, mu pics, mu server, mu updates, philippine gaming, video gamesAndroid and iPhone gets 1st MMO
October 16, 2008 · Comments
MMOs for Mobile Phones
It’s been years since the first announcement about an MMO for Mobile Phones – Nokia’s HinterWars: The Aterian Invasion. It’s defined as:
the revolutinoary dual-platform Symbian Mobile Massively Multiplayer Online Game (3MOG) that allows gamers to play simultaneously with tens of thousands of others using either their Nokia Series 60 and Nokia N-Series gamedeck or their PC.
(as copied from the official site)
Well, MMOs for Mobile Phones are getting closer and closer to reality.
But first, we have to check out how the journey continued after Nokia’s HinterWars. The next step (or maybe backstep) was the availability of Mobile Applications that allows a player to check his character and his friend’s statistics.
For example, the EVE Tracker by Saggy Software, that keeps you updated on your pilots.
The features available are:
- Pilot pager – track your pilots; includes attributes, race, gender, bloodline, and more
- Currently training skill
- Pilot skills
- Skills database – search the skills database and plan the future of your pilot
There is also Rudip’s Warcraft Characters, that tracks your World of Warcraft characters anywhere and everywhere.
It features:
- Checking all your characters
- A summary of your character, similar to what’s seen on WoWArmory
- Ability to see all the items you are wearing
- See the ‘tooltip’ of the items
- Track your reputation stats
- Worldwide support for WoW-US, WoW-EU, WoW-KR, WoW-CN, and WoW-TW
These two applications are available for Apple’s iPhone only, but we can see how the MMO world slowly invades our mobile phones. A short stage but with a wide effect and opened plenty of possibilities for the players and the companies alike. Today, welcome the new kid on the block, a Mobile MMO by PerBlue entitled Parallel Kingdom: Age of Exploration.
As the name suggests, this Mobile MMO is set on a parallel world much like Earth. In fact, this world is on top of our world! Or if you’ve seen the movie – “The Spiderwick Chronicles” (or read the book), there is another world right here on our own planet that we can only see by some ‘means’.
This is what Parallel Kingdom is, and that ‘means’ is the iPhone and Android-based phones. By using GPS (Global Positioning System) combining it with the virtual world, a player will be able to explore this parallel world as s/he travels around the real-world (products that use GPS are called geo-aware).
Get to fight monsters in this virtual world, collect gold in this world, and even have a duel with another player (you two must be near each other in-real-world). The virtual world itself shows a Google Map of where you are in the real-world, imagine your phone as the window to another world giving you a visual of what our naked eyes can not see.
Parallel Kingdom is set to launch on October 31, and will use the same game network regardless if you are an Android user and your friend is an iPhone user. The game will be free initially, and we can hope that they release a 3D graphics version that will make use of iPhone’s and Android’s GFX capabilities.
And that is only just the beginning. Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team have been conducting polls for the past few months about Mobile Phones and Mobile Games, which led fans to believe that the company is considering developing a mobile version of WoW. Philippine online gaming companies are into Mobile Games development already, some are already providing Mobile services link to a player’s account. The possibilities are endless and the future of gaming and mobile phones are merging.
I can’t wait as our lives gets more mobile than ever, bringing online and social entertainment together and wherever we go. I just hope that they do not separate the game worlds between mobile, console, and PC (it’s possible). For now, I’ll wait for Motorola’s first Android Phone, then I’ll join the world of Parallel Kingdom.
Originally posted at: Technology Playground™.
Filed under Cellphones, Gadgets, Gaming, Mobile, Software · Tags: Android, EVE, gameshogun, iPhone, Kingdom, mmorpg, Mobile, nokia, Parallel, warcraftDekaron SEA – Open Beta Na, Philippines!
September 5, 2008 · Comments
What’s up, mga nerds?
Hehehe…
Got your attention there, didn’t I?
ANYWAY, let me just run something quick to you guys, our avid readers here in TechBlog.ph. See, Dekaron SEA, (aka Dekaron Philippines, Dekaron Singapore, Dekaron Malaysia) is NOW on Open Beta.
Those of you who missed out on all the fun when Dekaron SEA was on Closed Beta, here’s your chance to experience and explore what has been hailed all over the world as “the most violent gaming experience you can have online.”
It’s so awesome, it’s the ONLY game that has to have a ratings advisory in its log-in page. A “For 17 Years Old and Above Only. Minors Cannot Play This Game.” warning appears briefly after you log-in. Hmmm…
"Wait, did you just say 'Without Herpes, we would all be dead by now'?" (Click Image For Larger View)
Ok, so, Dekaron SEA is FREE for the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia. You need a mobiusgames account to play. However, if you’re in doubt as to whether or not you can play Dekaron SEA if you’re not playing within the mobiusgames territory of the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia, refer to this short FAQ.
Also, mobiusgames has a lot of events and promos to keep everyone busy. There’s a 2x Drop and EXP rates in effect until the OBT ends in September 23.
I'm Your Momma
Perhaps, Dekaron SEA owes some of its buzz to, eherm, eherm, gaming blogs like Hackenslash, Techblog.ph, MikeGotGame.com, Jam Online, MMOTaku, and GameShogun. Dekaron SEA is definitely this gaming season’s dark horse. With not much hype, it has steadily steamrolled into one of the most buzzed about game in recent years.
Read MikeGotGame.com’s series of “hands-on previews”, beginning with his article on Dekaron’s eyecandy for an interesting read.
Hmmm… how about you, guys? Have you tried Dekaron SEA? Got an opinion?
Filed under Announcements, Events, Gaming · Tags: brunei, dekaron bots, dekaron cheat, dekaron cosplay, dekaron game guide, dekaron hacks, dekaron malaysia, dekaron online, dekaron open beta, dekaron philippines, dekaron sea, dekaron singapore, dekaron.ph, free online games, game bloggers, game blogs, mmorpg, mobiusgames, online games, violent videogamesPerfect World Launches New Site
August 31, 2008 · Comments
The new PW site
Level Up Philippines has recently launched the new design for the Perfect World official website.
The new site was launched last week and I am awed by how great the design it. It has elements of flash, the navigation has been fixed with the goal of having information more easy to find by the players. Plus, I was told that the team is integrating fresh, new content into the site such as a new game guide and (soon) a quest guide for all PW players.
Filed under Gaming ·Secret Maryo Chronicles
August 27, 2008 · Comments
Slideshow
Description
Secret Maryo Chronicles is an Open-Source two-dimensional platform game with a style designed similar to classic side-scroller games. It uses the platform independent library SDL and, since version 0.98, the OpenGL accelerated Graphics Renderer. The game is developed in C++.
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Rating/Review
I was looking for a FLOSS version, clone, or adaptation of Nintendo®’s Super Mario Bros.™, the first console game I played with my first and only console platform – the Nintendo Family Computer (released 1984 in the Philippines, after the massive product recall of the first version). I found Tux-related versions, however, as cute as Penguins are and a Linux user myself, I still want something closer to the original ‘SMB’. I found Secret Maryo Chronicles.
Filed under Gaming · Tags: FLOSS. FOSS, games, gameshogun.ws, Libre, Mario, Maryo, Open-Source, SMB, SMCDekaron SEA – Now On It’s 2nd Week of CBT
August 19, 2008 · Comments
Dekaron SEA is now on its second week of closed beta testing. For all of you n00bz out there who ain’t got the 733t haxxor skillz I do (for shiznits!), when a game goes into ‘closed beta testing’, it means the game goes live for a limited number of people in order for the publisher or developer to gather data prior to releasing the game publicly. It’s like your momma giving your friends free cookies before she starts her own catering shop. Or your sister sleeping with your friends before she turns into a bonafide hoe. Amazing what metaphors can do in this day and age.
Anyway, while you were busy getting your rocks off to your favorite yaoi, Dekaron SEA has been in closed beta for a week now. And you didn’t know, did ya?
Dekaron SEA started accepting registrations for closed beta testers as early as July 23 (last month), and gave out the activation codes Monday of last week, August 11. The CBT client has been available for download the day before the actual CBT began, but no one was able to log in until the virtual gates were open, and when they did, boy, it was a cyberstampede!
Filed under Announcements, Events, Gaming, Mobile, Wireless · Tags: awesome, dekaron, dekaron bot, dekaron cbt, dekaron hack, dekaron malaysia, dekaron philippines, dekaron sea, dekaron singapore, free online games, game guides, mmorpg, mobiusgames, violent video gamesDekaron Cometh
July 28, 2008 · Comments
According to this press release on gameshogun.ws, registration for the closed beta testing of Dekaron is now open!
If you had been living under a rock (or online in a dedicated narutard forums board), then you probably don’t have an idea what the Dekaron buzz is all about. Well, fat chance, chumps, coz I aint telling you what Dekaron is all about. Suffice to say, that according to the whole wide world, it’s “the most violent gaming experience you can have online.” For more information, go to http://dekaron.mobiusgames.net.
Just for the yummy, bloody goodness, here are several gameplay captures prepared by yours truly:
(all videos are available in high quality.)
Above is a video of a “Vicious Summoner”. Anyone with the first name “Vicious” has got to be related to Chuck Norris. Or Malu Fernandez. The Vicious Summoner class is, well, vicious. As a Vicious Summoner, you get to summon several spirits and beasts which can aide you in battle. Shown in video are Regulus, that big electrocutin’ bitch dawg, and a Tarantula. If you have bladder control issues and you need to go to the toilet a lot, or if stuffing food down your throat’s kinda more like your thing, then the Vicious Summoner is the right class for you. Summon a beast while you excuse yourself to make a grilled sandwich is fine (but don’t be gone for too long coz there just might be a Segnale lurking around).
Filed under Announcements, Gaming · Tags: closed beta testing, dekaron, mobiusgamesWCG PHILIPPINES
July 19, 2008 · Comments
After many months past…The WCG Philippine Finals has already ended last sunday, July 13 at SM MOA (Mall Of Asia). And the champions will go to Cologne, Germany in November. There are also cosplayers at the Cosplay contest.
Here are the players who will go to Cologne, Germany
COUNTER STRIKE
Erwin John Clores
Jupiter Mars Gaboy
Paolo Nancho
Arvin Agbisit
Gary Guevarras
GH3
Rafael Formoso
C&C3
John Raymond Tan
WC3
Frederick Pe
Players who will compete for asian championship:
DOTA
TEAM MINESKI
NFS
Israel Magante
VF5
Philip Ortiz
GH3
Luis Benesa
Make your own Xbox game
July 16, 2008 · Comments
Do you have what it takes to be a famous game creator? Or only by sharing your insights in a game community where all gamers are in. Microsoft has this all for you.
During GDC 2008, Chris Satchell, general manager and chief XNA architect at Microsoft, announced that the games created with Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio 2.0 would be made available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
And in order to create a game that you want, you need the latest version of XNA Game Studio 2.0. Released last year in December, XNA Game Studio 2.0 has added more than 15 new features compared with the first version released and launched in 2006.
Satchell unveiled the first seven games created with XNA Game Studio and he said Microsoft would start to offer the XNA Game Studio 2.0 development tool kit for free. Yeah you heard it right folks its for FREE.
via eFluxMedia
Filed under Gaming · Tags: microsoft, Xbox games, xna game studiomobiusgames > promos, launches, and games! (oh, my!)
July 16, 2008 · Comments
With not much hoopla, mobiusgames made several announcements over the weekend. Turns out, their new casual mmo soccer game is now in its commercial run, and they’re running several promos for GONG!, Rakion, and MU Philippines. To quote the press release (courtesy of gameshogun.ws):
Starting this July, GONG! coins go up for sale on the mobiusonline.net website. Players can now convert their ePoints easily to GONG! coins simply by logging in to their mobiusgames accounts, and choosing the amount of GONG! coins they want to purchase.
For a short guide on shopping with your GONG! coins, the Katropa Konekt! blog has this entry (with peekchurs!).
Imo Ong, product manager for GONG!, also announced TWO (2!) exciting promos for “Gongsters” to take part of: The “Honor Roll” and the “Mission Olympics“.
And, taking a cue from “unlimited txting” services offered by local telcos, Rakion Chaos Force is now offering its “Power User Card” for as low as 15php A DAY! Dubbed as the “Rakion Rainy Days Promo“, “Rakionistas” (as Rakion gamers fondly refer to themselves) can now experience turbocharging their characters to the extreme… even if it’s just for a day.
I was talking to Kenny Ilagan, product manager for Rakion, about this recent promo and how this sounds PERFECT for gamers like me who can’t commit to the valid-for-a-month Power User Card, but would love to play Rakion for 48 straight hours during the weekend, and he was all humble about it. He said the mobiusgames GM’s (that’s Game Masters to you, chump) helped in coming up with this awesome offer. Great work, guys!
And over at the Lost Continent of MU Philippines, a needful things store opens its doors to Mutizens. The MU Cash Shop, which has been in operation for a couple of weeks, is starting to generate quite a buzz from players. MU Philippines has been subscription-based (or Pay 2 Play) ever since it first came to the Philippines, but now, with a “cash for items” store in-game, players can’t help but wonder if this is but the tip of the iceberg. Is MU going to go item-based? Hmmm…
Well, mobiusgames seem to be on a roll this year. After a brief period of silence, mobiusgames seems to be banging up quite a storm (hello, pardon the rainy season reference). Earlier, they already made an announcement about bringing a very, very mature MMORPG (Dekaron) to Southeast Asia, and now, with new promos, changes, and even new game titles, it looks like mobiusgames is on a warpath to let everyone know why it’s been here for 4 years now and they’re still playing strong.
Who needs a life when you can live one in-game?
Filed under Announcements, Gaming · Tags: dekaron, gaming industry, gaming news, gaming updates, GONG, mobiusgames, mu, online games, philippines, rakion, southeast asia