Blizzard Entertainment has finally launched the alternative pricing options for their highly popular RTS game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty in Southeast Asia. Starting last week, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty prepaid cards will be available locally at select Internet gaming cafés, convenience stores, and gaming retail shops nationwide in the Philippines, and other countries will follow up shortly. The 3-day, 7-day, and 30-day passes can be used to connect to Blizzard Entertainment’s Southeast Asian Battle.net servers for single-player and multiplayer play of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which solves the issue for cybercafé players that are high in numbers in this region where game piracy is a big issue.

Level Up!, Inc. – the Philippines’ first and leading online game publisher – is appointed as one of the prepaid card distribution partners in the Philippines for IAHGames subsidiary Monsoon Online, the Southeast Asia distributor of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

IAHGames CEO Roland Ong stated, “Our partnership with Level Up! is an important one for us to fulfill our promise of bringing world-class games to everyone in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia. We are confident that this partnership will allow every Pinoy gamer to have the opportunity to enjoy the game.”

“It is a great honor for us to be chosen as one of the local partners of Monsoon Online for the distribution of prepaid cards for Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft II in the Philippines,” added Jake San Diego, general manager of Level Up! Inc. “With the introduction of prepaid cards as a means to purchase game time, StarCraft II has become even more accessible. With Pinoy gamers’ penchant for playing competitively, it won’t be a surprise to see local Internet café gamers rise up the Southeast Asia Battle.net rankings soon.”

Once the prepaid card goes live, players that usually camp at cybercafé will have a chance to wage wars with players throughout Southeast Asia in regional StarCraft II tournaments.

SOURCE via Techie