Under the
agreement, most of IP E-Games’ titles and assets relating to its
game-publishing business would be transferred to Level Up while
publishing operations of those titles would be merged into Level Up’s
online game publishing company, Playweb Games Inc. In exchange, IP
E-Games would receive equity in Level Up, a commercial interest in
Playweb Games Inc. and a cash consideration. The completion of the deal
is subject to closing conditions.
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IP eGames and LevelUp Philippines announcement
MAKATI, Philippines; 14 February 2012 – IP E-Game Ventures Inc. (E-Games) and Level Up! Inc. (LUI) have reached an agreement to merge their Philippine online game publishing businesses.
In accordance with the agreement, most of E-Game’s titles and assets relating to its game publishing business will be transferred to LUI and the publishing operations of said titles will be merged into LUI’s associated online game publishing company, Playweb Games Inc. In exchange, E-Games will receive equity in LUI, a commercial interest in Playweb Games Inc. (game publisher and operator of all LUI game titles and services), and a cash consideration. The completion of the deal is subject to closing conditions.
E-Games is the first listed online gaming company in the Philippines (PSE: EG) and is the only such listed company to date. It spearheaded the free-to-play game model and has over 15.9 million registered gamers and an average of 3.5 million active users per month. It is aggressively expanding its Internet café network through acquisitions (Netopia and CyBr cafes) and franchising and will incorporate other services such as food & beverage and remittance services. Recently, E-Games has also acquired the rights to operate and sell advertisements for the NBA.com Philippine portal. It is currently developing game enhancement technologies between its Internet cafes and online games titles and is eager to extend these synergies with LUI online games.
LUI pioneered the online game business in the Philippines. Its parent company, Level Up! International Holdings (LUIH), has a subsidiary in Brazil which likewise pioneered and leads the online game publishing business there. Aside from its presence in the Philippines and Brazil, LUIH also has a joint venture in the United States with an established Korean developer.
E-Games and LUI, as a merged entity, are expected to account for the majority of the Philippine online games market. The merged entity and its associated company, Playweb Games, Inc., will have the widest gaming pre-paid cards and PINs distribution network and offer a portfolio of hugely popular and successful games between them. These include top Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as Cabal, Audition, Pointblank, Ragnarok, Grand Chase, Rohan and newly launched (by LUI) Bounty Hounds.
The merger is expected to strategically benefit both companies as a result of future operational synergies and savings.
In accordance with the agreement, most of E-Game’s titles and assets relating to its game publishing business will be transferred to LUI and the publishing operations of said titles will be merged into LUI’s associated online game publishing company, Playweb Games Inc. In exchange, E-Games will receive equity in LUI, a commercial interest in Playweb Games Inc. (game publisher and operator of all LUI game titles and services), and a cash consideration. The completion of the deal is subject to closing conditions.
E-Games is the first listed online gaming company in the Philippines (PSE: EG) and is the only such listed company to date. It spearheaded the free-to-play game model and has over 15.9 million registered gamers and an average of 3.5 million active users per month. It is aggressively expanding its Internet café network through acquisitions (Netopia and CyBr cafes) and franchising and will incorporate other services such as food & beverage and remittance services. Recently, E-Games has also acquired the rights to operate and sell advertisements for the NBA.com Philippine portal. It is currently developing game enhancement technologies between its Internet cafes and online games titles and is eager to extend these synergies with LUI online games.
LUI pioneered the online game business in the Philippines. Its parent company, Level Up! International Holdings (LUIH), has a subsidiary in Brazil which likewise pioneered and leads the online game publishing business there. Aside from its presence in the Philippines and Brazil, LUIH also has a joint venture in the United States with an established Korean developer.
E-Games and LUI, as a merged entity, are expected to account for the majority of the Philippine online games market. The merged entity and its associated company, Playweb Games, Inc., will have the widest gaming pre-paid cards and PINs distribution network and offer a portfolio of hugely popular and successful games between them. These include top Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as Cabal, Audition, Pointblank, Ragnarok, Grand Chase, Rohan and newly launched (by LUI) Bounty Hounds.
The merger is expected to strategically benefit both companies as a result of future operational synergies and savings.
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Just imagine the two
big gaming company combining in to one portal. Though I must admit that
those games are addicting but the industry has already lost most of its
gamers due to the latest craze on portable gadgets being available.
Also, most of the gamers already matured to professional and have
forgotten spending those time and money to the game.
But
going back to those days where DOTA is still not available and that MMORPG
rules the in the gaming industry, I admit that I am one of the addicted
player of those games. This inspired me to open my own computer shop. I
did get possitive reaction from the players in our community during
that time. Now, since flash games from Facebook is one of the traffic
generated in the internet, I have uninstalled those games.
I wish the merger will give the new perspective to our fellow gamers to atleast be back with the game again.
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