Philippine Star offers online games

In addition to breaking news and features, the online portal of The Philippine Star will now also provide online games in a bid to engage its tech-savvy readers.The online unit of the local broadsheet has teamed up with Netherlands-based HTML5 games distributor Booster Media to create a gaming section on www.philstar.com. Booster Media is represented regionally by Singapore-based AccelerAsia.The section boasts over 350 games “to kill time in between breaks of reading the news or compete with other readers around with the dedicated high scores page.” The HTML5 games can be played on smartphones and tablets running on Android and iOS connected to the internet."As South-East Asia is now quickly converting from feature- to smart-phones, BoosterMedia aims to build long-term partnerships with the leading mobile network operators and media companies, especially in Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia," said Alexandra Hoon, BoosterMedia's manager of business development.