Gaming

The easing of restrictions to face-to-face classes across the Philippines this August is seen as a boon to the country’s esports industry.

Wargaming has just launched its free-to-play mobile game World of Warships: Legends in the Philippines, available on Android and iOS.

Set to debut on November 18, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet have given a sneak peek at the games’ newest chapters in a recent promotional trailer.

The upcoming auto-battler game Anito Legends developed by Masayato Games -- a Filipino team led by mobile game developer and now CEO James Chua -- is opening its early access to the gaming community after concluding the beta phase last August 29.

Singapore-based esports startup and Web3 proponent Ampverse has just announced its entry into the Philippines with the Minana lifestyle and gaming brand.

Sony has finally announced the arrival of its new sub-brand ‘Inzone’ which is dedicated to market its new gaming monitors and headsets.

RSG PH was awarded the first prize of $140,000 (about P7.8 million) after defeating the Indonesian team, RRQ Hoshi, in an impressive clean sweep of 4-0 in the final match on Sunday, July 24.

Acer’s Asia Pacific Predator League 2022 international gaming competition is making a comeback as an in-person event again after a two-year long hiatus, expanding the contest to more countries and holding out a larger prize pool to represent the reinvigorated esports gaming industry.

Social networking platform Twitter reported a 36% growth in tweets about gaming year-over-year, driven mainly by the newly released action role-playing title Elden Ring, Mihoyo’s Genshin Impact, and gaming leagues for first-person shooters (FPS) like Apex Legends and Call of Duty.

Nvidia Geforce Philippines announced two new rosters of purpose-built PCs for the gamer and creator market in the Philippines: the GeForce RTX PCs and GeForce Esports PCs, both available through local partner computer retailers PC Express and PC Worx.