Level Up! Games is the NO.1 game publisher in Philiphine. At this year's Chinajoy we had the opportunity to talk with Jake San Diego, the Marketing Director for Level Up! Games. we took this opportunity to make an brife interview with him. Enjoy it.

MMOsite: Hello, Jake, thanks for taking our interview. To start, can you say hello and introduce yourself and Level Up! to our readers?

Jake San Diego: Hi to the beautiful people who belong to the mmosite.com community. I'm Jake San Diego, Marketing Director for Level Up! Phils. Inc. We are the ones who pioneered MMORPG's in the Philippines through the introduction of Ragnarok Online in 2003. We are currently the leading game publisher in the country with 7 titles in our game portfolio.

MMOsite: Welcome to China, and what is your impression of this year's ChinaJoy? Have you achieved your goals for attending the sixth ChinaJoy?

Jake San Diego: Well it's my first time in China and I must say I was really impressed. Not only with the number of game companies who showcased their games, but more so with the intensity and passion of the Chinese online gaming community RO zeny. Braving 38 degrees Celsius under the heat of the sun to line up outside of the Shanghai Convention Center is no mean feat.

I would say that we as a team were able to achieve our goals for coming to CHinajoy. We've met the top game developers, checked out how they market their games in China and saw very interesting new contents.

MMOsite: Are there some criteria for you to select a title to distribute? At the 2008 ChinaJoy, did you find any interested title you will like to distribute? What will be the next title you're planning to release in Philippine?

Jake San Diego: One basic criteria we have for selecting a game is the accessibility in terms of game specs RO zeny. That's why we are very keen on going to China as any game that works in China will work in the Philippines because both countries would have the same internet infrastructure.

We definitely saw a lot of interesting titles there; our team of 5 people from our content group went to all the booths and tried out all the games during the convention's first 2 days. However, we can't say which titles we will be testing further when we get back home...for obvious reasons.