Gaming
Monster Hunter Tournament This Summer
Mar 12th
I’ve been told that there would be an upcoming monster hunter tournament this summer c/o Monster Hunter Philippines, the official monster hunter group in the country. There have been no details as of this moment but I was told by forum moderator, Committee that the competition would happen soon. I was also told that the primary sponsor of this tournament is local IT school Informatics.
Job Openings @ Anino Games
Mar 11th
The company who has brought out the country’s first pinoy-themed and pinoy made pc game are looking for applicants. You can visit their job page on this link or you can visit their page in the Trabaho sa Gaming Industry section which I’ve just finished making.
E-Games Goes Public
Feb 17th

E-games (IP E-games Ventures Inc.) has finally gone public today. The game publishing company is now listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) which is a first for a local game publisher. As a way for celebrating this milestone there are a lot of events:
Thoughts on I-Witness’ Adikaba.com
Feb 16th

Napanuod ko kagabi yung documentary n I-Witness about internet game addiction sa mga kabataan ngayon. The documentary’s title is Adikaba.com by Kara David and I liked how she did the documentary. Call me biased or whatever, I’m a gamer first and foremost and this is the first time na hindi one sided ang usapan tungkol sa videogame addiction.
E-Services Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibition
Feb 11th

Okay, the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind reading this is what the f was I doing in an event like this anyway? Am I right of am I right? What’s the business of an online gaming blog like b2g on a global sourcing conference when well– b2g’s about gaming?
Here’s my answer– b2g has NO business in such an event.
But that’s looking at e-services as a whole.
StarCraft II CBT Will Launch This Month
Feb 11th

According to the latest Kotaku post, Activision Blizzard President Mark Morhaime announced that Star Craft II will finally go to Closed Beta Test this month on selected regions. More >
The Rise of the Casual Gamer
Feb 6th

Gone were the days when we consider gamers as the nerds or geeks who lock up in their rooms and play video games all day. However, even with the considerable change in societies’ point-of-view about us, there is still this general perception that gamers are looked down upon by those of the “higher ranks of the food chain” in our societies’ heirarchy. More >
Persona 3 Portable US Release Date Announced
Jan 21st
I wasn’t able to post this earlier today because my net died on me but here’s one of this year’s big gaming news (well for JRPG fans anyway).

Yep that’s right, thanks to W3’s G who announced in their site that the US release date of the Persona 3 Portable is set this coming July 6, 2010. So yeah it would really seem that all my purchase plans this coming July will be sidetracked– oh well time to finish Persona then.
Popcap Games is Looking for Beta Testers
Jan 18th
Popcap Games is looking for beta testers of their first-online game service that gives new features to the tons of games under their belt.








