Thusday, 30/08/2007 05:49

Infocomm Asia Holding Game Alliance In Republic Indonesia

JAKARTA : Infocomm Asia Holdings (IAH) Pte Ltd has initiated alliance with Intel and Machinimasia in multimedia trainings to produce video and movie with characters and online game content in Indonesia. IAH Games Vice Marketing President Mr.Yeo Yeok Chuan stated that with this alliance, his team are planning to introduce premium online game for indonesian gamers.

"We believe this will provide a new platform for multimedia and machinimator artists in Indonesia", he said recently. Machinimasia which office is located in Singapore, is a branch of Academy for Machinima Arts and Science New York ( the United States of America ). The three teams are also planning to hold various "Granado Espada Machinima" workshops in Indonesia and other South East Asia Countries until the end of the year. 

Machinima is claimed to be an evolutionary technique to create film by joining and manipulating video game characters into unique digital animations. Granado Espada is one of the online game which had won numerous graphic and technology awards. Therefore, it was chosen as the official game content for Machinimasia.

"We are planning to translate this game to 'Bahasa Indonesia' in the near future." Mr Yeo announced. Furthermore, Indonesia will be the second country in Asia for the Intel-Machinima Workshop Tour.

Since the prelaunch of beta version in April 2007, the international edition (English Version) has attracted more than 300.000 Asian gamers. So far, Machinima has already had more than 500.000 community in gaming world.

The concept of film-penetration which combines gaming and personal expression through digital media has already been popular in the United States of America and Europe.

by Roni Yunianto

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