Grand Chase is a new online game by Level-Up Games which is currently in Beta Test. The game is an arcade style hack and slash game where up to 6 players can battle head on or by teams. Players can also join up to a party of 4 to go through dungeons in which they can complete their quest and acquire items.

Graphics and Sounds are great in the sense that they are cute, The characters looks like characters in a typical anime series where the heroes is around 7 year of age but able to kick ass. The music are lively and in a fast beat, character voices complements their appearance.

Controls are easy to understand, use the directional keyboard to move around, Z to attack, holding Z will charge to execure special attacks. X makes you select an item while C uses it. A will make your char taunt. However while the controls are easy it is too simple, this makes the variation of combos limited tapping the Z buttons a couple of time until the enemy drops or just using the skills in order to pawn someone

So far there are three characters that can be used Elesis ( Knight ), Lire ( Archer ) and Arme ( Mage ) each with their own set of skills and some innate movement ability.

Grand Chase didn’t fail to offer excitement because the battle happens real time specially in Survival Mode where all six players fight for themselves in a Royal Rumble Slug Fest.The Dungeon Missons are also addicting speciall when the whole party ganging up on a boss at the end of the mission.

There are still a lot of things in the game that needs to improved. The limitation attack button in a single key is one of the things i hated, it would be better if i can string between hard and low hits. Battles tend to end very soon because there are times you can be killed in a single 5 hit combo or a single meteor shower most of the time the duration of the battles is shorter than the time spent waiting for other players. Aside from those minor flaws Grand Chase is equipped to blow your mind away.

LU Live is an event that has been done yearly to celebrate the success of the gaming community here in the Philippines. This year the LU LIVE event still rocks the world of gaming.

The event took place in the same venue as last year, The World Trade Center is the home of the affair. Even though it blow our mind to playfully run around and look at whet they offer us, everything looks like the same as before, the location of the booths, the Cafe, the LU City are in the same location they just have different things to offer. The gimmicks are the same there are some ingame movies played at the screen, Game Tournaments Hosted etc etc.

Same or not, we enjoyed our time playing games specially wearing the cute poring costume, did some shopping and able to snag the limited edition of RF jacket, emperium keychains and ragnarok dog tags.

To sum it up LevelUP never fails to bring excitement to its people because as everyone leaves the building,  cannot hide the smile and the enjoyment they experience inside. We are looking it forward for the next year so just keep em coming.

Pictures are available here.

The night is young, and the creatures of the night will come out. But wait a minute its the 21th century and the only thing these  creatures will do is PAAAAAARTEH!!!! And in order to quench these night being’s hunger and thirst we welcome you to join.

What: Clear Black Night, a Halloween Dance Event
When: October 31, 2008, Friday, 7:00 p.m. (till you drop)
Where: Taste Asia (beside SM Hypermarket, Mall of Asia)
Attire: Come in Sexy Black (no need to for costumes!)
What to expect: Just be in party mode and get a chance to win instant prizes! Everything’s going to be Fun! Fun! Fun!

Come Register here. Make sure you are listed here.