E-Games' Domination V

I was at the e-Games Domination V last April 2. I arrived at SMX around 4:00 PM while the Shure Band was performing. The band was the 2nd place winner of the battle of the bands during the R2D5 NCR leg.

The event was hosted by Eri Neeman and two other girls I didn't get the names of.

SMX was packed but I think there were more attendees last year. Well, correct me if I'm wrong but I could barely roam around last year. Or was it just the floor plan this year that made it seem more maluwang?

There were computers for free play but the line was oh-so-long. I just busied myself with watching Ran Online's "Flip Top" challenge in the game's booth. The last two standing battled it out on the main stage.

The judge was no less than Gloc9, who confessed that he doesn't freestyle himself. He just chose the one with better construction and rhyming. The one in black, named Gabby(?), won the battle, while the one in red, I guess, will be dubbed "Yo!" after that.

Audition Dance Battle also had a dancing event. Just like in Ran Online's, teams of three dancers were screened at the Audition booth and the last two remaining groups battled it out on the main stage. And one group was so obviously better than the other.

Of course Team 1 (the all-male team) won.

Highlight of the event was the cosplay competition. I had two favorites:

Unfortunately, none of these two won.

Open category was won by Rolando Logronio, a familiar name in cosplay, as Hades and Eli Chan(?) as a nymph from some anime.

E-Games category, on the other hand, had Christian Umali in the second place and Zyka Managad (?) in the first place. Zyka cosplayed a character from Granado Espada.

Dragona's Pre-Beta Phase Scheduled on May 2011

I  blogged about Gameclub's Dragona last week. And yesterday, I received an e-mail from Gameclub with this press release:

Dragona PH is the new Free-to-Play Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by Liveplex and Studio Timber. The first English version of the game will be launched by one of the leading online game company in the Philippines: Gameclub.

Gameclub is also the publisher of Special Force Online, CrossFire, Weapons of War, Twelve Sky2 and iDate Online.

Pre-Beta phase of Dragona PH is scheduled for May 2011.

The game story starts with the development of the Radiant Magical Earth which was created by the Goddess, Huanis and the five Great Dragon Lords. The Magical Earth had prospered for many years until one Dragon Lord was born "Jurtan". The Dragon Lord Jurtanwas brought forth from the ashes of creation, mutated and spread darkness, jealousy, despair and death throughout the land.To prevent the evil Jurtan from spreading evil to the Magical Earth the five Great Dragon Lords decide to banish him to the degraded and tarnished land called “Bartan” known as “The Land of Death”. This had enraged the Dragon Lord Jurtan and oath the destruction of the five great dragon lords that lead to the first Dragon War...

The game offers a highly different type of gameplay systems and features, PVP, character transformation and graphic display of environment which is very appealing to players. It is a unique type of MMORPG due to its astonishing Dragon Transformation system, Auto Notification feature,Battle Arena and exceptional graphic design.

The Dragon transformation enables the player to fuse their character with the power of Dragons. With this awesome type of power the playerenable to go into dragon transformation mode in which you can turn parts of your body or your full body into a dragon to be able to overcome types of quest and battle system within the game.

The Auto notification is a function for displaying messages, alerts and updates on the screen.A notification icon will appear automatically in the top right corner of the screen.This notice indicates events such as the acquisition of a quest, transaction with other players or the beginning of Battle Arena. With this feature, it will make the players gaming experience a great ease.

An MMORPG will not be complete without the Player Vs Player. DragonaPH presents anexceptional and challenging PVPsystem called “Battle Arena”. The skirmish is held at a designated time every day andit is an instant siege battles were anyone can participate. The Battle Arena is solely divided into two parts the Battle of Celebration and the Battle of Might, both usually held every 2 hours. The Battle of Celebration is held for 30 minutes in 100 on 100 matches, and the Battle of Might is carried out for 10 minutes in 3 on 3, 6 on 6, and 36 on 36 matches. Each match is held in 30 minute intervals.Here players can test their character build, skill and progression that they made within their entire gameplay.

Transform your online gaming experience this May 2011.

Dragona – Gameclub's Newest MMORPG

Gameclub, the publisher of the hit FPS games Special Force and Cross Fire, is bringing to the country the first English version of Dragona, a new MMORPG developed by Korea-based Liveplex and Studio Timber. It was first introduced in Korea last year, and will hit our gaming shores next month, May 2011.

Dragona's character photos have been uploaded on the game's Facebook page. The look of the Ranger interests me more. But I'm sure I'd be more satisfied with Magician skills.

Take a look at the four character classes and a teaser video after the jump.