IP E-Games
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IP E-Games, also known as E-Games, is the leading online game publisher in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 under IPVG Corporation . IP E-Games is also an F2P(Free-To-Play)-based-company, meaning every one can play their titles freely.

Published titles

  • Ran Online
    Ran Online
    RAN Online is a free, 3D MMORPG. The concept is based around several schools competing for control. Developed by Min Communications of Korea, RAN Online has become one of the most played MMORPGs in Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines...

  • Cabal Online
    Cabal Online
    Cabal Online is a free-to-play, 3D massively-multiplayer online role-playing game , developed by South Korean company ESTsoft. Different versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions...

  • Superstar
  • Operation 7
  • Dragonica
  • Band Master
  • Audition Online
    Audition Online
    Audition Online , also known as X-BEAT in Japan, is a downloadable multiplayer online casual rhythm game produced by T3 Entertainment. It was originally released in South Korea in 2004, but it has been localized by various publishers around the world. Audition Online is free to play but it earns...

    (as Dance Battle Audition)
  • Jade Dynasty
    Jade Dynasty (video game)
    Jade Dynasty is a free to play MMORPG game created by Perfect World.The game is currently in its third expansion,Path of Glory...

    (as Zhu Xian Online)
  • Nostale
  • Runes of Magic
    Runes of Magic
    Not to be confused with RuneScape.Runes of Magic is a free massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the Taiwanese developer Runewaker Entertainment and adapted for the English and German-speaking market by German company Frogster Interactive...


Past titles

  • Dreamville
  • Battle Position
  • O2Jam
    O2Jam
    O2Jam is an online casual rhythm video game developed in South Korea by O2Media. At present there are agencies in many countries and regions.-Gameplay:...

  • Supreme Destiny
    Supreme Destiny
    With Your Destiny often referred to as WYD or SD , is a Free-to-play Scandinavian-based MMORPG game developed by JoyImpact Co. Ltd in South Korea...

  • Granado Espada
    Granado Espada
    *Granado Espada, also known as Sword of the New World: Granado Espada in North America , is a Korean fantasy MMORPG developed by IMC Games Co.,Ltd., and published in North America by K2 Network. It was launched in the summer of 2007...


2005: Ran Online, Dreamville, O2Jam and Battle Position

In December 2005, IP E-Games released 4 titles: Ran Online (the company's flagship), O2Jam, Battle Position and Dreamville. Ran Online, then, became very popular to a lot of gamers in the country being the company's flagship for a very long time before Cabal Online. On the other hand, O2Jam became very popular to music-lovers. Dreamville and Battle Position shut down their servers on late 2007 and O2Jam on 2009.

2006: Ran Online Commercial Launch, Dance Battle Audition and Supreme Destiny

In April 2006, E-Games had the commercial launching of Ran Online. Since then, April became a very important month to E-Games and its gamers. Every April of every year, e-Games celebrates its anniversary called as the E-Games Domination which has been the most successful and the biggest on-ground event hosted by an online-gaming company.

In 2006, E-Games also released Dance Battle Audition and Supreme Destiny. Dance Battle Audition became very popular to different online gamers and has been the top casual game in the Philippines. On the other hand, Supreme Destiny became very popular to gamers who have been hooked with fantasy online games, its servers shut down by 2008.

2007: E-Games Dom1nation and Granado Espada

In 2007, E-Games had its first anniversary dubbed as E-Games Dom1nation. Dom1nation was set in Le Pavilion, Roxas Boulevard. In spite of the limited space, still, it garnered a lot of e-Gamers.

E-Games also launched Granado Espada, a partnership between E-Games Philippines and IAH Games. Granado Espada has been very popular because of its game system and graphics. It has been a pay-to-play game at first, but since E-Games is known to be a free-to-play gaming company, it went to F2P later on.

2008: E-Games Domination II, Cabal Online, Topspeed, Nostale and ZX Online

In 2008, E-Games had its second anniversary as E-Games Domination II. This time, e-Games set its venue in a bigger venue at the SMX Convention Center. They have added a live-streaming system that allows gamers who cannot be there in the event to witness the activities inside the convention center.

In Domination II, E-Games also released Cabal Online PH. Cabal Online PH has been one of the most successful online games on its release garnering about 50 000 players on its first weeks.

E-Games also released its first kart racing game - Topspeed. And for the second time, e-Games PH and IAH Games partnered in publishing an online game. Unfortunately, before the game was released commercially to the gamers, both E-Games and IAH decided to stop the operations of the game due to developer issues.

In the same year, E-Games also partnered up with Servex to officially publish Nostale in the Philippines. Unfortunately, the game did not hit the PH market and e-Games stopped publishing the game on 2010.

Another title in 2008 was released - ZhuXian Online, a fantasy-based MMORPG under Perfect World, Ltd. The game has been very popular to those who are hooked with fantasies, love stories, and empires. Unfortunately, the game did not hit the PH market and e-Games stopped publishing the game on 2010.

2009: E-Games Domination III, Operation 7 and Runes of Magic

In 2009, e-Games celebrated its third anniversary titled: "Domination III: Sa e-Games, San ka Pa?!". The theme of the event was outer space, being really attractive to the different gamers who attended the event. By Domination III, another system was introduced by the company, following the live video streaming during Domination II comes the Live Blog. In the Live Blog, the E-Games/X-Play Correspondents blog about what are the happenings inside the event for the subscribers of the live blog, there are also surveys, photos, and players may also submit their query in the live blog. One of the highlights of the event was also the Alodia Gosiengfiao
Alodia Gosiengfiao
Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao is a Filipina cosplayer model, artist and host. She graduated in 2009 from Ateneo de Manila University with a BFA Information Design Degree...

fans day, which happened as the event was running garnering different cosplayers, from the youngest to the adults. When the event ended, 21000 gamers attended the event.

E-Games also released 2 New Titles by 2009: Operation 7 and Runes of Magic. Runes of Magic is a fantasy-based MMORPG mostly referred to be a photocopy of World of Warcraft. Runes of Magic also has a lot of unique features like: Server-to-Server PVP, Housing System, Secondary Class System and etc. Operation 7 on the other hand is a First-Person-Shooting game. One thing that is unique about Operation 7 is that it allows players to customize their game character and weapon.

X-Play

In 2008, IP E-Games partnered up with GMA NMI in publishing the casual games of E-Games. The partnership of both E-Games and GMA NMI has been called as "X-Play." Since then, all casual games has been under X-Play.

E-Games Evolution

E-Games Evolution has been the event held by e-Games when the company set a new logo for e-Games. It has been a nationwide event that garnered a lot of online-gamers around the country.

Road to Domination

Road to Domination is a nationwide on-ground event in preparation for the yearly anniversary of e-Games - Domination. It has started in 2007 for the Road to Domination 3, followed by another Road to Domination IV. Nationwide tournaments, as well as promotion of new titles are some of the highlights of the said event. It has been one of the most successful on-ground events in the country.
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