Gaming

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.

Pinoy gamers can now purchase ?Heart of the Swarm? in retailers nationwide on DVD-ROM for both Windows and Mac at the suggested retail price of P1,795.

The gaming development industry in the Philippines is proud of one thing that is not quite common in the highly stressful BPO industry ? a low attrition rate.

Initially slated for commencement on Dec. 27, 2012, the Open Beta Test (OBT) was met with overwhelming response from players across the globe, resulting in severe congestion of the game servers and websites.

The NBA 2K13 ? called by gaming website IGN as ?possibly the greatest sports game of all-time? -- has landed in the Philippines.