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Pokémon Mezastar
Pokémon Mezastar (stylized in all-caps as MEZASTAR ) is an amusement arcade game developed by Japanese companies Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. and Marvelous. It was originally released in Japan in 2020, and was released in the Philippines on December 2025 in various branches of Quantum Amusement Corporation .
Value-Added Tax (VAT) on Digital Services Law (Republic Act No. 12023)
Republic Act No. 12023 , also known as the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on Digital Services Law , is a law implemented in June 2025 that subjects a 12% tax on digital products and services by foreign providers. This includes digital games, microtransactions, and subscriptions from platforms like Steam and Nintendo eShop.
Pinoy Indie Games Competition
Pinoy Indie Games Competition was a Philippine amateur game development contest organized by the Game Developers Association of the Philippines in January 2008. It was held on the i-Hooked Internet Café branch in C.M. Recto, Manila City.
Electronic Sports Gaming Summit 2014 (ESGS 2014)
Electronic Sports Gaming Summit 2014 , or ESGS 2014 , was a two-day Philippine gaming convention held on the weekend of November 15 and 16, 2014, at the SMX Convention Center in SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City, Metro Manila. Joebert Yu, who would later establish Gariath Concepts, was the head organizer of the event.
Level Up! Live
Level Up! Live was a series of annual gaming conventions held in the Philippines by the now-defunct live service game publisher Level Up! . It was known for hosting the nationwide grand finals of various tournaments published by Level Up!.
Ragnarok Landverse: Genesis
Ragnarok Landverse: Genesis is a free-to-play Web3 MMORPG developed and published globally by Singaporean company Maxion Pte. Ltd. since 2025, in partnership with Ragnarok Online's South Korean owner, Gravity Co., Ltd. It is the second official Web3 variation of Ragnarok Online, following 2023's Ragnarok Landverse .
PlayPark All-Stars 2018 (PPAS 2018)
PlayPark All-Stars 2018 , or PPAS 2018 , was a Philippine on-ground celebration event which saw the national finals of the PlayPark All-Stars 2018 tournament season, as well as the hosting of the international Audition Next Level Southeast Asian Championship Season 1 tournament. It was held on Sunday, August 19, 2018, at the Skydome of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
TNC CS: GO Pro Team's disqualification on GOTV.GG Invitational #1
In December 2017, the Filipino team TNC Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro Team was accused of cheating in an online match and was disqualified from the GOTV. GG Invitation #1 . The controversial decision was based on a match against the Vietnamese team 24BHB.
Matteo Guidicelli's controversial PlayStation 4 unboxing video
On June 2020, Filipino-Italian actor Gianmatteo Fernan Guidicelli , better known as Matteo Guidicelli , published a controversial unboxing video on his YouTube channel where he unboxed a sponsored PlayStation 4 Pro bundle. It gained notoriety for his lack of enthusiasm in the video and his sloppy unboxing of the package.
Popsicle Games
Popsicle Games was a Philippine game development studio that specialized in developing casual games for iOS and Android. The studio is best known for Vote Clicker, a mobile clicker game that ran in parallel with the 2016 presidential elections in the Philippines.