• Culture
    Culture
    Filipino actors Bridgerton

    Get to know the Filipino actors in ‘Bridgerton’

    pura luka vega chappell roan church

    Matched her freak! Pura Luka Vega performs Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ at ‘Church’

    AI and deepfake porn is a form of sexual assault—and we need to talk about it

    AI and deepfake porn is a form of sexual assault—and we need to talk about it

    • Women
    • Queer
    • Politics
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Style
    Style
    Pond's serums

    These night serums are your new solutions for radiant, glowing skin

    5 original Filipino fragrance brands to check out

    5 original Filipino fragrance brands to check out

    Here’s where you can get unique, one-off accessories—designed by you

    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Space
    • Shopping
  • Entertainment
    Entertainment
    Filipino actors Bridgerton

    Get to know the Filipino actors in ‘Bridgerton’

    pura luka vega chappell roan church

    Matched her freak! Pura Luka Vega performs Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ at ‘Church’

    charlie’s angels totally spies!

    Our favorite onscreen spies, from Austin Powers to ‘Totally Spies!’

    • Celebrities
    • TV & Movies
    • Music
  • Life+Money
    Life+Money
    Single woman adopts baby

    Forming a family: When a single woman adopts a baby

    painting of baby

    A mother-to-be’s survival guide

    Navigating a friend breakup that has no bad blood

    It’s no one’s fault: When a friendship naturally runs its course

    • Career & Money
    • Parenting & Relationships
    • Sex & Health
    • Astrology
    • Travel
  • Inquirer.net
  • Lifestyle
Reading
‘Gameboys’ is coming to Netflix—with new bonus content
ShareTweet
In TV
2 min read

‘Gameboys’ is coming to Netflix—with new bonus content

By Zofiya Acostaon November 23, 2020
Share

For some reason—and I’m not complaining—the pandemic has been an especially fruitful time for BL (Boys Love) shows. 2020 has been the year of Filipino BL, with shows like “Gaya Sa Pelikula,” “Hello Stranger,” “MyDay” and so on making their dent on the local web series scene. 

“Gameboys” was the first to come from this wave. If you’re a fan of the show, we have some good news. A “leveled up” version will be added to Netflix on Dec. 30. Called “Gameboys Level-Up,” it’ll feature bonus content: “refreshed and re-shot scenes, additional footage, new correspondence and ‘vidgram’ stories from the characters throughout the series.” 

The rumors are true! Ahh!! Caimazing and Angel2000 are finally headed to Netflix ? Gameboys Level-Up Edition drops on December 30 ? See you, @elijahcanlas_ & @kkydsnts! pic.twitter.com/yhetMyFDhV

— Netflix Philippines (@Netflix_PH) November 23, 2020

Originally premiering on YouTube like most BL series, the show is by The IdeaFirst Company and has a unique rivals-to-lovers dynamic. Or more accurately, rival gamers-to-lovers. If you couldn’t tell from the title, “Gameboys” follows the lover story of two live-streaming gamers, Cairo (Elijah Canlas) and Gavreel (Kokoy de Santos). 

“Our goal with Gameboys was to create a truly Filipino BL while also delivering universal themes and messages about two boys who find themselves connecting during the pandemic using the all-computer-screen format. The global health crisis basically forced us to rethink how we were producing stories, and institute a work-from-home shoot, involving actors recording themselves using their personal phones, supervised by a small crew attending the set virtually,” says series creator and co-producer Jun Robles Lana, who was also the filmmaker behind two recent queer indie greats: “Bwakaw” and “Die Beautiful.”

“At a time when the world literally paused and people had to step back from all the daily routines they’ve gone used to, Gameboys was born. The show served as a glimmer of hope for us especially when we, the people in production, thought we were going to lose our jobs,” says director Ivan Andrew Payawal. 

But taking the challenge that is Gameboys is no easy feat, Payawal adds. “It has definitely expanded our creativity to deliver content that we’re truly proud of despite the quarantine and safe distancing measures. The message of this show has been our unstoppable force to carry on no matter how hard the challenges were, because we believe that Gameboys shows a love that is universal and speaks one language regardless of gender, orientation and physical connection. It is the kind of love that encompasses virtual connection as we prove that love indeed has no boundaries. Now it is going to be on Netflix for the world to discover as Gameboys Level-Up Edition, and I am very proud of what our team has achieved,” says its director. 

We can’t wait to see the refreshed “Gameboys,” and we know we’re not the only ones. The show’s been popular enough that it warranted a GL (Girls Love) spinoff with one of its supporting characters Pearl (Adrianna So).

 

Photo courtesy of Netflix

Follow Preen on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Viber

Related Stories:
The new poster for ‘Pearl Next Door’ is satiating my GL fix
Meet the cast of ‘#Influencers’a BL series going socio-political
I’m ready to yearn with BL series ‘Gaya sa Pelikula’
BL but make it a movie—”Hello Stranger” sets its sights on the silver screen

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Share 0

Action Required!

We embed Facebook Comments plugin to allow you to leave comment at our website using your Facebook account. It may collects your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the commenting interface, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the interface (such as “liking” someone’s comment, replying to other comments), if you are logged into Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.

Accept    Decline

Tags
BLNetflix

Subscribe to our newsletter

Stay in the loop


By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

ShareTweetEmailShare
Zofiya Acosta
Zofiya, editor, cat parent, and Very Online™️ person, has not had a good night’s sleep since 2016. They love movies and TV and could spend their whole life talking about how 2003’s “Crying Ladies” is the best movie anyone’s ever made.

Peek This

Pond's serums

These night serums are your new solutions for radiant, glowing skin

Filipino actors Bridgerton

Get to know the Filipino actors in ‘Bridgerton’

pura luka vega chappell roan church

Matched her freak! Pura Luka Vega performs Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ at ‘Church’

AI and deepfake porn is a form of sexual assault—and we need to talk about it

AI and deepfake porn is a form of sexual assault—and we need to talk about it

Preen.ph © 2020. Hinge Inquirer Publications, Inc.
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • HOME
  • ARCHIVES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
preen end the sem campaign
Previous
Do we really need to end the semester? A student and a teacher explain
Next
This local beauty brand is releasing velvety lipsticks
  • Culture
    • Women
    • Queer
    • Politics
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Style
    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Space
    • Shopping
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrities
    • TV & Movies
    • Music
  • Life+Money
    • Career & Money
    • Parenting & Relationships
    • Sex & Health
    • Astrology
    • Travel
  • Inquirer.net
  • Lifestyle
  • Subscribe
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Search
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
fashion fashion news music Culture News movies
See all results

Subscribe to our newsletter

Stay in the loop


By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.