Gaming - Written by Pinoy Tech Blogger on Thursday, August 21, 2008 22:22 - 25 Comments

Bangu Bang Mania – First Filipino online game?

Over five years in development and with only about a dozen people to develop it, Bangu-Bang Mania has finally been shown to gaming journalists in a simple ceremony at GameFrog at Metrowalk, Ortigas Center.

Bangu-Bang Mania, developed by VITAS, is considered as the first fully Filipino made online casual game. It is primarily a two-dimensional beat ‘em up game similar to the popular Nintendo game Smash Brothers and can be played by up to six players on three-against-three matches.

The game’s characters are all robots whose body parts can be upgraded with different weapons. These include upgrades for the head, torso, arms, legs, primary and secondary weapons and backpack weapons.

VITAS President Rainier Umali said the open beta test of the game will start before the end of August while the commercial launch will happen by mid-October.

Instead of following the commonly used free-to-play scheme in other casual games, VITAS decided that Bangu-Bang Mania will be pay-to-play wherein players will top up their gaming cards with 50 pesos for one week play time, 100 pesos for 2 weeks, and 200 pesos for one month play time. He said they are in talks with ePLDT’s Get Loaded payment system as well as Load Central for the top-up card loading service.

“The pay-to-play model helps balance out the game because users will start out with just the same amount of money to play, instead of buying more expensive items. Of course, if they want to continue playing they have to get the higher amount,” Umali said.

Umali added that they are not hoping to be the most played casual fighting game but they are aiming for just “one percent” of the online gamer market, which would sustain the game.

For the next few weeks, Umali said the company will be having in-game promos that would include awarding prizes to the top scorer in the game for the open beta test as well as the person who reports the most bugs in the game.



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rolie
Jan 3, 2009 17:41

kuya paano maka create ng online game niyu po gusto ko sana maglaro niyan
nang masubukan kung maganda ba yan i Hope nga makareply kau agad
please lang gusto ko lang makalaro ^_^

francis gabriel s. roa
Jan 3, 2009 17:44

i’m going to game bangu–bang mania

Rafael
Jan 3, 2009 18:18

wow! i want this game, i want to play and explore this bangu-bang mania

Rafael
Jan 3, 2009 18:21

how will i download this game? is this game is free to play?

clifford
Jan 3, 2009 18:46

ahhmmmmm…… how to download dat game??……… and how to play dat cool game??……

clifford
Jan 3, 2009 18:47

wat isa da website of that game??

aeron
Jan 4, 2009 10:46

games

mark cedrick
Jan 4, 2009 11:27

hello po ano po bang website nyo po para madownload ko po yung bangubang…………………

mhelvin
Jan 4, 2009 11:58

panu poh mag register sa bangu bang???
gus2 ko pong mag laro nyan….

^________________________^

raya
Jan 4, 2009 12:39

panu mag register??

Optimus
Mar 16, 2009 18:37

Bangubang, A SCAM!

pricelezs
Apr 2, 2009 20:14

kuya ndi poh ba pwde mga free play mukhang enjoy poh kasi or sample play guzto ko poh san mga laro kaso mahal eh. . . .

jim
Apr 5, 2009 11:08

pano po mag register dyan????

enzo
Apr 9, 2009 23:16

nu ka yun ayaw naman madownload pano malalaro iyan turo nio ng maayos ang pag download ng game na iyan ok

kenneth
Apr 17, 2009 17:24

kua..panu poba makapag create nian..mukang magnda yan :D

Anonymous
Apr 23, 2009 16:26

WLALNG KWENTA to MY BAYAD PALA

dhennz
May 3, 2009 9:07

pano makregester s online games nio

paolo
May 4, 2009 7:13

panu pho mg download ng game nio

paolo
May 4, 2009 7:15

kua gus2ng gus2 q phong mglaro niang game nio ang ganda pho pla niang game ninio

tres
May 4, 2009 13:19

pano gawa acc.

jack
May 4, 2009 18:22

bkt gnon pg ngreregister aq lgi na lng retype password lgi lgi nkkpgod di tuloy aq mkalaro excited pa nmn aq..pno b help me nmn plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..zZ

wewew
May 6, 2009 10:43

walang kwnta to cgurado fighting game??? edi mag tekken 6 nlng aq!!! hahaha!!!

edward
May 27, 2009 13:34

hello poe panoe poe ba mag reregister sa bangu bang kc daw po retype daw yung password naka retype na po ayaw padin panu poe ba kc gustung gustu ku maglaru ng robot vs robot pls sagut po kayu

Chrono
Jun 4, 2009 22:09

uhmmm,m,…..bkt ganun??
“page error” ang lumalabs evrtym na pumupnta ako sa http://www.bangubangmania.com para idownload ang luancher,..whuhuhuhuhuhuhuh,..too sad,..T_T

rose
Aug 24, 2009 11:25

i would like to know can u pls. give me contact person for ur promotional activities of bangu bang mania. pls. email 2 me.. tnx…

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