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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?

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Written by Siege Malvar · Siege is a copywriter by profession, a poet by passion, a novelist by possession, and dead drunk by night. He keeps too many blogs for his own good. He needs to pay back the sleep debt he owes before the Sandman comes to repo his consciousness. He hates making reports, and believes MS Excel will cause the fall of mankind. Siegemalvar.net is his blog site. Nag-Siege Ka Na Ba? Mag-SIEGE Ka Muna!

Android 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™.

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Written by JC John SESE Cuneta (Shixi XIE) · JC John SESE Cuneta (aka Laibcoms/Laibeus Lord) or GM/CM-Yukino Xue as he is known in the Philippine Online Gaming Industry (“POGI”) is a pioneer of the online gaming space in the country. He has been involved in the growth and shaping of the POGI since 2002, and has been actively and continuously doing so to this day. In 2003, JC founded the Holy Order of the Light™, one of the largest gaming organizations in the country today. He also blogs at gameshogun™.ws, which is the evolution of the corporate-gaming blog he started in 2004, and today an unaffiliated collaboration blog. His experience can be summarized to “BEE Communities” – Building, Engaging, and Empowering Communities.

Dekaron 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)

"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.

Im Your Momma

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?

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Written by Siege Malvar · Siege is a copywriter by profession, a poet by passion, a novelist by possession, and dead drunk by night. He keeps too many blogs for his own good. He needs to pay back the sleep debt he owes before the Sandman comes to repo his consciousness. He hates making reports, and believes MS Excel will cause the fall of mankind. Siegemalvar.net is his blog site. Nag-Siege Ka Na Ba? Mag-SIEGE Ka Muna!

Dekaron 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!

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Written by Siege Malvar · Siege is a copywriter by profession, a poet by passion, a novelist by possession, and dead drunk by night. He keeps too many blogs for his own good. He needs to pay back the sleep debt he owes before the Sandman comes to repo his consciousness. He hates making reports, and believes MS Excel will cause the fall of mankind. Siegemalvar.net is his blog site. Nag-Siege Ka Na Ba? Mag-SIEGE Ka Muna!