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Although smartphone and media tablet gaming platforms are poised to take some share from dedicated handhelds like Nintendo’s DSi and 3DS and Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Vita over the next several years, a gaming analyst from research firm IDC said the game is far from over for dedicated handhelds.

Abu Dhabi-based games developer Karkadann Games has announced the launch of the iOS game “Manny Pacquiao: Pound for Pound: Volume 1”, which features the Filipino boxing great as an action hero.

MOL Global, one of Southeast Asia’s largest Internet companies, has announced that it has partnered with gaming powerhouse Electronic Arts (EA) to distribute prepaid game cards in six Asian countries, namely India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines.

DFNN, one of the first information technology companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange, is eyeing a 100-percent increase in its revenues for next year with the consolidation of its gaming systems.

Online gaming firm IP-Games has announced that X-Play Online Games, its joint venture company with GMA Network’s New Media Inc. (NMI), has signed an agreement with US game developer Take-Two Interactive for an online sports game.

The Asia-Pacific digital games market will more than double over the next five years to be worth over $30 billion in 2016, according to research firm Ovum.

After the initial success of its app arcade tournament dubbed Arcadium, Apple retailer Power Mac Center (PMC) has brought back the contest – now with bigger prizes and more games to be played in a wider variety of Apple devices.

GMA New Media Inc. (NMI), the Internet division of broadcast firm GMA Network, has agreed to invest P130 million into IP E-Game Ventures by subscribing in the mandatory public offering of the online gaming firm.