Gaming

Local Apple distributor Power Mac Center recently has commenced Arcadium 3, the app arcade tournament now on its third consecutive year.

More than a week before the first NBA game between the Houston Rockets and the Indiana Pacers was played in the Philippines, local gamers already had the chance to play their favorite NBA teams as the NBA 2K14 game formally debuted in the country.

The number of game console bundles shipped worldwide in 2013 will be marginally higher than the 2012 total of approximately 33 million bundles, ending a four-year slide that began in 2009.

The role-playing game (RPG), which features 3D graphics and effects, is now available to play for free on Friendster.

For the third time in as many years, tech firm MSI is holding a gaming event called ?MSI Beat It! 2013: Overdrive Reloaded? on August 30 to 31 and September 1 at SM City North EDSA.

Asiasoft Online has announced the start of closed beta testing for the free-to-play football management game Football Club Manager which will serve players in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

GAME AUCTION SITE. Angeline Tham, one of the founders of Soldgers, the developer of Gamers.PH, speaks during the media launch of the site at the Bonifacio Global City on Monday. Gamers.PH features an online auction system, where shoppers can engage in a bidding war for the game titles and gaming gear at almost 80% off the retail price.

Thousands of gamers from all over the country trooped to the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Saturday, July 6, to participate in Level Up Live 2013.

The local office, to be headed by Malaysian Keith Long, will be hiring additional local staff members to boost its marketing efforts in the country.

Local video game distributor X-Play Online Games unveiled in the Philippines on March 26 the latest first-person shooter (FPS) game Bioshock Infinite.