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Philippine Online Gaming Summit
The Philippine Online Gaming Summit was a series of gaming conventions aimed to showcase the live service gaming industry in the country.
The Philippine Video Game Arcade Ban of 1981
The Philippine video game arcade ban of 1981 was enforced by then-Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on November 19, 1981, under complaints that video game arcades were a "destructive social enemy, the electrical bandit" that was weakening the moral fiber of the young and turning them into a generation of obsessives. [1] It resulted in the total ban of arcades until the ousting of Marcos in 1986, although the ban was mostly enforced in Manila only.
Steam's Philippine value-added tax price increase
On June 1, 2025, the Steam platform would start implementing a 12% tax rate inclusion on its digital products and services, thereby increasing the prices of games and microtransactions .
JBlaze Cup 2011 Road to Korea 2011
JBlaze Cup 2011 Road to Korea 2011 was a Philippine nationwide tournament for the live service FPS WarRock , a game published under Amped . The finals were held on October 15, 2011, at the Villman Computers branch in SM North Edsa's Annex Cyberzone in Quezon City, Metro Manila. The tournament served as a qualifier for the Philippine representative for the WarRock World Championship 2011 in Busan, South Korea.
Nightfall: Escape
Nightfall: Escape is a 2016 single-player survival horror game developed by Philippine development studio Zeenoh Games for Microsoft Windows.
Pinoy Gamers
Pinoy Gamers was a weekly console-based Filipino video game television show that aired on the Makisig Network (Sky Cable channel 76). It was organized by Gamehopper in collaboration with online Filipino gaming communities Pinoy Xbox, Pinoy-N, and PinoyPS.com. The show is no longer in production.
Steam Greenlight
Steam Greenlight was a game-submission platform by Valve Corporation where developers can submit games for the Steam user community can vote on. Top-voted games were added to the Steam distribution platform on a monthly basis. It was retired in June 2017 and it was succeeded by Steam Direct.
Starcade
Starcade was a Filipino video game news and reviews website of Philstar.com that ran from 2005 until 2008.
Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO is a 2016 augmented reality mobile game developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices.
TerraWars Online
TerraWars Online , formerly known as TerraWars: Counter Attack , was a canceled cooperative first-person shooter that was in development around 2007 by Philippine-based game studio LadyLuck Digital Media. It was planned to be released on the PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii.