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IP
E-Game Ventures Inc., the business unit for online
gaming of IPVG Corp., has entered into a game licensing
deal with Japanese media company GDH K.K. through its
group company GONZO Rosso K.K.
In a
statement, IPVG said the deal “grants to IP E-Games the
license to publish GONZO Rosso’s first original title,
Pandora Saga, in the Philippines.”
Pandora
Saga is the first Japanese-made Massively Multiplayer
Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) to be launched in the
Philippines, IPVG said in the statement.
Developed by Headlock Inc., Pandora Saga has been
available in Japan since February. It is a full-scale
war game that “offers a highly strategic and
action-packed game experience in a battlefield where
three battling nations employ an extensive array of
siege weapons and horsemen for the ultimate victory.”
The GDH
group is known for producing cutting-edge entertainment
for teens and young adults and the company is a world
leader in content development targeting both domestic
and international audiences with Japan’s trend-setting
animation culture.
“The GDH
group will continue to actively promote and further
expand the online gaming business in Asia through GONZO
Rosso,” GDH chief executive officer Shinichiro Ishikawa
said in the statement. “By harnessing our partnership
with IP E-Games, we hope to pave the way for the release
of the title in multiple Asian territories.”
“We are
proud to have secured the rights to Pandora Saga which
brings yet again an ‘A-title’ to our gamers in the
Philippines,” IP-E-Games chief operating officer Enrique
Y. Gonzales said. “With this title and partnership with
GDH, IP E-Games is positioned to introduce high-quality
games and animation to the Philippine market, as well as
other countries in
South East Asia.”
IP
E-Games is scheduled to release Pandora Saga in the
Philippines this summer. The title is expected to
penetrate more Asian gaming markets soon after its
release in the Philippines. |
