Wamda

6 ways to gamify your customer acquisition model

If you have never heard the word ‘gamification’, the reason is not because it is not a proven concept, but because companies might not tak...

Gamification Customer Acquisition

Lebanon

twofour54 invests in Arabic online game developer Falafel Games

Falafel Games, the designer and producer of Arabic Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), just received...

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Arab Mobile App Challenge 2014

The Arab Mobile App Challenge (AMAC) opens its doors to the Pan Arab region teams to compete with mobile solutions in the focus areas of en...

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How Game Cooks' side project became its newest attraction

It's all about the screen tap. (Images courtesy of Game Cooks) In a departure from their usual games, which...

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Gaming Alliance Middle East Show Dubai, deadline August 20th

The Gaming Alliance Middle East Show was started in 2008 by Microsoft Xbox Gulf, PlayStation Middle East & Africa, Pluto Games and Red...

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Jordan

Tamatem Games' secret to 2 million downloads in 2 months

Amman-based games publisher Tamatem announced last week that they had hit 4 million downloads. When Wamda spoke to them this week that...

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Here's how group messaging app Palringo raised $230,000 for Syria and Gaza this Ramadan

Palringo, a London-headquartered group messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android launched in 2006, used its 27 million-strong user...

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Twofour54 and Lamsa: a partnership to support Arabic content for children

Lamsa, the interactive children’s “edu-tainment” Arabic platform, has signed a long-term strategic partnership with twofour54, the comme...

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Ramadan a new opportunity for gaming startups, if they play their cards right

(Image via ajib.fr) Update 2/9/14: Game Cooks' Haram Al Maarifa, originally slated for release during Ramadan, is now available for...

Ramadan Gaming

Lebanese game developer fights uphill battle despite international recognition

Over the past few months, I’ve heard numerous stories from game developers in the Arab world and across Europe looking to target regional c...

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Second Arabic quiz game in two months: beginning of a new trend?

It seems that the online gaming industry revenues exceeding the $100 million USD threshold in the Middle East has been encouraging...

Al Mwajaha launches as the QuizUp for the Arab world

“Online challenge games are very popular in the region. However, most of them are only available in foreign languages. That is why we d...

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Developer Maysalward partners with Zain to accelerate regional gaming industry

It has been a busy couple of months for veteran Jordanian mobile game developer/publisher Maysalward. In May, the company launched...

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4 Arab game developers you should know about

Crossposted with Cloud Games' May 25 post. Arabic game development is on the rise. Many talented regional indie as well as larger...

Lebanon

Can mobile games be social? Meet Qwidz, a board game gone mobile

Ever wondered why board games like Monopoly, Chess and Risk are still popular? Unlike mobile and online games, board games increase...

games Mobile Gaming

Gaming studio stops developing games, pivots into do-it-yourself platform

Alaa-eddine Kaddouri has a dream: to create the first MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) in HTML5. It sure is an...

Pivot games

How this Tunisian gaming company rebounded after a failure

Just over a year ago, then-Features Editor Glen Dalakian got pretty excited about a new game, DefenDoor, and a new gaming studio,...

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Morocco's Meditel Apps Challenge helps first time developers get coding

Morocco is a country full of paradoxes. For instance, you can find 3G SIM cards anywhere, at the airport or on the beach, but local apps...

app Competitions

Finnish game developer bets on the Arab region - and wins

Developing games for the Middle East, and making current titles available in Arabic, are usually difficult and time-consuming tasks for...

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What are users in the Arab world watching on YouTube? [Infographic]

Saudi Arabia

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