It's quite fitting for the Valentine's Day as two huge online gaming companies here in the Philippines, Level Up! and e-Games, merges. What does this mean for the Online Gaming community? Well, it will be amazing! Imagine, one massive national event for all the games alone will be epic!
Official Announcement below:
IP E-Game Ventures Inc. (E-Games), the listed online gaming subsidiary
(PSE:EG) of IP Ventures, Inc., and Level Up! Inc. (LUI), have reached an
agreement to merge their Philippine online game publishing businesses. On
February 14, the parties signed an agreement stating that most of E-Game’s titles
and assets relating to its game publishing business will be transferred to LUI and
the publishing operations of said titles will be merged into LUI’s associated online
game publishing company, Playweb Games Inc.
In exchange, E-Games will receive equity in LUI, a commercial interest in Playweb
Games Inc. (game publisher and operator of all game titles and services under the
Level Up! brand in the Philippines), and a cash consideration. The parties shall
work in good faith to complete the deal. The appropriate disclosures and
comprehensive statements shall be made at the appropriate time.
E-Games and LUI, as a merged entity, is expected to strategically benefit both
companies as a result of future operational synergies and savings.
Source: PSE
Level Up! and e-Games Merge?! [OMGWTFBBQ]
