Level Up Gaming Blog Award

August 30, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, Blogging, Contests, Events · 1 Comment

If you’re a Filipino and maintain a gaming blog, yours could be the best gaming blog. The official Level Up Gaming Blog Award is now open for nominations for the Philippine Blog Awards 2008.

Yours truly, Codamon and Waukster will be the official judges. It’s so easy to join.

Check out the full mechanics after the jump.

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Level Up Weekend Events

August 16, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, Contests, Ragnarok, Events, Flyff, Marketing, Crazy Kart · 3 Comments

It’s a long weekend… yeah! Time for a nice break…

But there is no rest for the wicked.

We here at Level Up are still hard at work to bring you tons of events and activities this weekend. And it’s going to a busy one for us and you! The gaming teams are deployed across the country to as far as Cagayan De Oro and Davao to bring tournaments and EBs to our loyal users there.

The details after the jump.

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Say No to Vat on Oil

August 9, 2008 · Filed Under Blogging, Musings, Online, Events · 2 Comments

Name someone who’s happy about the rising cost of fuel? Well, even the gas company execs won’t make the cut in that list. One of the reasons for the high cost of fuel is that stupid law called VAT. Personally, I think VAT is just an excuse for some politicians to make money for their own pockets.

Good thing Senator Mar Roxas has spearheaded the fight to kill the 12% VAT on oil/fuel. And he’s taken the battle to the web with http://virtualrally.net

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Level Up Gone Wild

August 5, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, Events, Marketing · Comment

A couple of weeks ago, Thursday, July 24, to be exact; we celebrated our company’s 6th year anniversary.

The entire office was abuzz with whakcy cosplay, wild designs, great food and a festive atmosphere. Props to our HR department lead by Joyce and Ime (and to the members of the organizing committee) for coming up with an original concept this year - the theme was an “International Food Fest”. All departments were assigned a country and we would then decorate our areas, prepare food native to that country and of course, be “in theme” with cosplay, mood additions and other gimmicks.

For our department, Marketing, we were assigned Italy. Sadly, we lost the grand prize which was taken home by Sales (Philippines) just edging out Mexico (Customer Support/Game Ops) by 2 points. Congrats guys!

See “Nacho Libre” and more of the pics after the break.

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Race with the GMs on Crazy Kart

August 3, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, Contests, Events, Crazy Kart · 14 Comments

Guess what?

You can race with your favorite Level Up GMs like Cydie, Chastity, Cassiel and the rest inside our newest online racing game, Crazy Kart.

We’re cross-promoting with our MMORPGs like Ragnarok, RF Online, FlyFF and Perfect World during maintenance days. Race with the GMs and get a prize! It’s as easy as that.

The full mechanics and details right after the jump as posted at our site.

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Weekly Level Up Updates

August 2, 2008 · Filed Under Perfect World, Events, Crazy Kart · 13 Comments

Okay, I’m sorry.

I’m sorry for not posting for a couple of days. It’s been a helluva week at work as the team and I were frentically all around trying to iron out the final touches for the Crazy Kart Open Beta last July 31 (Thursday). Good thing everything went without any major hitches.

It was agreed that we would NOT delete the CBT accounts and instead, all CB testers can just link it a Mylevelup and even change your password from there.

But the star of the show is really the debut of the PINOY JEEPNEY. I was one of the first guys to go inside the game and show off the cool jeep. At the moment, you can’t buy the jeep. It’s available for 150,000 gold - this means you’ll have to grind your way for it.

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Game Night at Magnet Aug 1

July 29, 2008 · Filed Under Gaming, Events · Comment

Heeya peeps! Are yah allowed to drink? If you’re already legal, then head on over to Magnet for a wild night of Guitar Hero and Rock Band this Friday, August 1.

Who says they need bands?!?

Bands!?! We don’t need no stinkin’ bands! Bring the noise and your game to Magnet Café this Friday, August 1st. We’re breaking out the plastic axes for a full night of rhythm game goodness starting 9pm. Rock out with your friends or make a few at the bar and form a supergroup for Rockband. More of soloist? No problemo. Test your chops in head to head battle with Guitar Heroes II&III. The only rule you have to pay attention to is, like any good rock god worth their salt, you gotta down a couple drinks before you make it to the mic. The more belligerent the better. Magnet Café, Bonifacio High Street (behind Nike). Call 856-3400 to make reservations.

Oh and yeah, I might be there… so I’ll be saying y’all!

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Crazy Kart Presscon

July 28, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, Events, Marketing, Crazy Kart · 11 Comments

Last July 23, 2008, we officially launched our newest racing game, Crazy Kart via a press conference held at the National Sports Grill, Greenbelt Makati.

The event was a huge success. It was even graced by the presence of Gaby Dela Merced, the country’s top female racer (iRL) as our special guest. Our friends from the media enjoyed an afternoon of racing with Gaby. In fact, in lieu of a traditional raffle, the press had to race for the main prize - a brand new Apple iPod Touch!

I’d like to thank everyone, especially Gaby, for attending and supporting the launch. Special thanks also to my bosses, CEO Jane Walker, Marketing Director Jake Sandiego and Gameboss Ben Colayco, of course.

And yes, what’s a racing event without race girls… here are our models, Chek, runner up for Mossimo Bikini Summit (left) and Ara who was once featured in FHM (right). Rawwrrr!

More photos after the jump…

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Gadgets: More than just a Phone

July 23, 2008 · Filed Under Blogging, Gadgets, Events, Crazy Kart · Comment

Whew! It’s been a hectic couple of days for me. First, me and my new Brand Manager for Crazy Kart, Jeff, together with our ever-dependable guys from marketing services had to cram a lot of work to prepare for our press-launch: which we did today at the National Sports Grill in Greenbelt, Makati

Thank goodness everything went out fine. In fact, Gabby Dela Merced, the country’s top female racer (iRL) even graced the event to show her support for Crazy Kart. Anyways, I wasn’t able to get photos… but our official photographer, Michelle did! More about that (with LOTS of photos) in a separate post, ok?

Meanwhile, most of the tasks to prep for the event were done using my mobile phone. Instructions were just a text or call away. I couldn’t have done half of what could’ve been without my trusty mobile.

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E3: Final Fantasy 13 Video

July 17, 2008 · Filed Under Videos, Gaming, Events · 6 Comments

This game was first shown back in E3 2006 when Square gave us a first-look at FF13. The team for this was, according to the developers, ”focused on building a brand-new game engine, called the White Engine. This engine was developed to integrate graphics rendering, physics, cinematics, sound, and special effects.”

Meanwhile, just a couple of days back, a new trailer for one of the hottest and most-anticipated titles for the PS3 was shown at E3 2008 at Los Angeles.

I’m certainly a Final Fantasy fan and this is one of THE reasons to get a Playstation 3…