RP set to become global outsource for games

THE Philippines is set to emerge as one of the global outsourcing destinations for the games industry.

Thus declared Manny Ayala, director of MoAnima, a global animation company, after attending the recently concluded 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California.

More than 17,000 game-industry professionals took part in the world’s largest industry-only event in San Francisco, where MoAnima represented the Philippines.

MoAnima is a premier 3D-services company offering animation services to global clients in the video-game and entertainment industries. It has over three years of experience in the 3D-animation industry. Its team has experience in triple-A game titles and computer-generated animated feature films.

“We believe that the Philippines is ideally suited to this outsource-gaming industry. We have the creative talent, good English communication skills and affinity for US culture,” said Ayala.

“Although the economic recession has weighed down heavily on other sectors, the gaming industry has proven to be quite resilient thanks to more people investing in home-based forms of entertainment,” Ayala declared.

As a Filipino gaming-outsource company, MoAnima proudly represented the Philippines in a series of side meetings with leading game developers, publishers and other luminaries in the field.

Apart from meeting with key executives from leading game developers and publishers, MoAnima also attended several lectures, panels, tutorials and roundtable discussions in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center.

During the course of the meetings with the industry professionals, MoAnima received positive feedback from gaming companies outsourcing to the Philippines, Ayala reported.

“In addition to excellent English-language skills, Filipinos are fast learners when it comes to mastering complex software,” Ayala said. Over the past years, the Philippines has gained a reputation for its dedication and high level of quality when working on 3D graphics and animation.

Source: http://businessmirror.com.ph/