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SINGAPORE, 17 May 2010 – IAHGames has lined up a whole host of activities for One Asia Gaming, to be held at this year’s Licence2Play from 28th to f30th May 2010 at Singapore Expo Hall 6B. Highlights include the announcement of the Counter-Strike Online open beta and the EA SPORTS™ FIFA Online 2 “Score with nEbO” tournament. Other IAHGames favourites such as Animal Kaiser, Dragonica and Granado Espada will be present as well. Counter-Strike Online represents a fresh update to an old Local Area Network (LAN) favourite. The new additions include massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) elements such as character leveling and leaderboard rankings. Thifs allows players to witness their game characters grow the more they play the game, a feature absent in previous Counter-Strike games. By merging these MMORPG elements while retaining the polished feel of the classic Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Online promises to be a fan favourite. Furthermore, NEXON Corporation representatives from Korea will be at IAHGames is also teaming up with youth lifestyle community, nEbO, to send the winner of the “Score with nEbO” tournament at Licence2Play on an all-expenses paid trip to South Korea to take part in the 2010 Hyundai Motor Cup EA SPORTS™ FIFA Online 2 Championships. With a total prize purse that promises to be bigger than that of 2009, which gave away a Hyundai Verna and USD20,000, the 2010 Hyundai Motor Cup EA SPORTS™ FIFA Online 2 Championships will be the largest yet. One Asia Gaming will play host to the announcement of the 2010 FIFA World Cup game mode for EA SPORTS™ FIFA Online 2. Players will be able to select from 199 national teams including all 32 teams playing in this year’s World Cup. The game mode also allows players to either play through the actual real-life line-up of teams in this year’s World Cup or select a randomised line-up of 32 teams in their own virtual version of the World Cup. For Animal Kaiser, IAHGames is planning to hold a daily two-hour challenge at One Asia Gaming. At this challenge, participants will compete against each other in a “winner stays, loser out” format. The winner of each match gets to keep playing while the loser has to rejoin the queue. Participants will be awarded a crown for each win and at the end of the two hours, the participant with the most crowns will receive a complete collection of Animal Kaiser Version 3 cards. The registration fee for the daily challenge is $5 and participants get to play for free during the challenge. IAHGames staples, Dragonica and Granado Espada, both have patch updates to announce at One Asia Gaming Fest. Dragonica’s patch will include the long-awaited fourth job upgrade. Players now get rested Experience Points when they log out at Port of Winds as well. Other additions include new pets, an increased level cap, new weapons, a wedding system and a new in-game area called Paris Dungeon. Granado Espada’s new patch v4.5 offers a revamped tutorial system, and new non-player characters (NPCs) to recruit. Other in-game improvements include new raids and quests to join, and new weapons, armour, items to obtain. In addition to patch updates, both Dragonica and Granado Espada will be holding charity auctions. Rare in-game items will be auctioned in aid of the Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN). Granado Espada auctioned off a suit of armour for $1,500 at its last charity auction, making that amount the target to beat. One Asia Gaming is the successor to last year’s successful One Asia Cup held at Games Convention Asia where participants from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore competed against one another on the EA SPORTSTM FIFA Online 2 game. IAHGames’ way of thanking its gamers as well as providing them with a platform for the gaming community to interact, its name stems from IAHGames’ unique “One Market, One Asia” strategy that offers developers and publishers a one-stop distribution service for multiple countries in the region. For more information, please visit www.iahgames.com --END-- About Infocomm Asia Holdings Pte Ltd Headquartered in Singapore, IAHGames is a leading publisher, operator and distributor of interactive entertainment. The company currently operates award-winning titles including EA SPORTS™ FIFA Online 2, Granado Espada, Dragonica and distributes Take-Two Interactive products such as Grand Theft Auto IV™ and the Bioshock® series. One of the first online game companies in the world to receive ISO 9001:2000 certification for “Distribution and Operation of Online Games”, IAHGames executes a unique “One Market, One Asia” strategy that offers developers and publishers a one-stop distribution service for multiple countries. |