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A report from MDEC's SEA Digital Content Industry Report 2022 showed that there are large talent pool coming from Philippines ranging from programmers to content creators. While the country use Tagalog as their language, Philippines can also use English as they both are official and primary language. Furthermore many overseas company hire Philippine worker due to cheap labor without compromising quality and they are notorious for freelance markets .

Reports from Statista showed Philippines are among one of the largest market for mobile games, gaining for over $1,275.00m in 2023 .

## Anito: Defend a Land Enraged

### Anito : Defend a Land Enraged (2003)

Anito: Defend a Land Enraged is a Role-Playing-Game developed by Anino Entertainment, a studio based in **Philppines**. The game was released on November 22 2003. The game follows the story of Anito must find Datu Maktan to restore peace on the island of Maroka. According to interview from the founder of Anino Games Niel Dagondon, Anito : Defend a Land Enraged focused on Philippines mythology and folklore to attract local markets. The game is a hybrid between adventure and RPG similiar to Diablo. In 2005 the game released to public and considered as the birth of game development in Philippines and making it the first game released both on locals and internationals .

## The Letter

### The Letter (2017)

**The Letter** is an interactive horror visual novel developed by Yangyang Mobile - a game developer from **Philippines**. The game was released July 25th 2017. In order to solve the mystery of an old mansion from 17th century, a group of 7 people must solve and survive within the mansion from never-ending nightmare. Prior to its development, the team wanted to explore on a visual novel style game based on horror elements. According to founder of Yangyang Mobile John Pineda, The letter is a traditional take on Japanese visual novel similiar to Corpse Party .

## Gubat Banwa

### Developer

Joaquin Kyle “Makapatag” SaavedraDylan "illsvillainy" Briones

### Release date

17 November 2021 (Early Access)28 December 2022 (Full Release)

### Gubat Banwa (2022)

Gubat Banwa is Tabletop RPG physical game developed by Waks Saavedra and Dylan Briones, developer from **Philippines**. Set in released on 29 December 2022. The game received high praise from both Southeast Asia TTRPG community as well as public. As a Kadungganan, you must find what it takes to fight in the land of guts and glory. While it's unknown how long has the game been developed, the game was announced and released in 29 January 2021 in early stage. According to a devlog by the writer and creator of Gubat Banwa Makapatag, the visual elements are currently undergoing development and certain aspects of the game have been redesigned and adjusted. The inspiration of Gubat Banwa is based on numerous TRPG title such as LANCER, Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition, Pathfinder 2nd Edition, Strike! RPG, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Apocalypse World, and many more .

## References

1. ↑ [1] MDEC. 2022. *SEA Digital Content Industry Report 2022.* Cyberjaya : Malaysia.
2. ↑ [2] Statista article report of Video Game market in Philippines.
3. ↑ [3] Anito: Defend A Land Enraged Released. IGN article. 23, November 2003.
4. ↑ [4] Game page of Anito Defend a Land Enraged on IGN.com
5. ↑ [5] Gmanetwork.com article "Anino Games, other Pinoy tech success stories enshrined in ‘The Finishers'" written by MIchael Logarta
6. ↑ [6] Anito: Defend A Land Enraged Released. IGN article. 23, November 2003.
7. ↑ [7] VNGameden.com article "Behind the Scenes with Yangyang Mobile" written by Kristi Jimenez
8. ↑ [8]Saavedra Waks, and Briones, Dylan. 2023. Gubat Banwa First Edition Core Rulebook. Page 4.