Regional Tamatem: Gaming for 18 million users As global gaming publishers overlook the Arab region’s hunger for localized mobile games, regional publishers are... Tala El Issa • 07 August, 2016 tamatem Gaming localization
Jordan Zain Jordan wants you to ditch your console and grab your phone There isn’t a better example than Pokémon Go to highlight the crucial role of mobile in the gaming industry. Several of the... Tala El Issa • 03 August, 2016 tamatem Gaming Telcos
Iraq Home or away? The best market may not be under your nose Starting in your home market is not necessarily the best way to success, a lesson Iraqi-founded Apps Lab learned the hard way. Apps Lab... Marwan A. Jabbar • 19 July, 2016 Apps Lab Ali Al-Hilli Hajwilha ya Saudi
Iran Iran's gaming market, an overview part II Such a large market, with a few hurdles still. (Images via Sourena Game Studio) Yesterday I shared some statistics on who is using the... Hassan Mehdiasl • 12 May, 2016 Free2Play Sanctions Sourena Game Studio
Egypt Zombies in Egypt: Epic VR brings the undead to malls This was the reaction when students first tested Epic VR in an event at the American University in Cairo. (Images via Epic VR) Virtual... Eman Mostafa • 29 May, 2016 Zombies EpicVr MEMakersGE
Iran Iran's internet users, an overview With nearly 80 million people in Iran you can imagine there is a huge internet audience waiting to be pounced upon. Unfortunately,... Hassan Mehdiasl • 11 May, 2016 Sourena Game Studio iran Gaming
Lebanon Growing Lebanon's gaming scene The video gaming industry in Lebanon is facing a fresh chapter in 2016 with the introduction of new publisher, Morage... Sophie Rimington-Pounder • 29 February, 2016 Goliath Games Fovea MENA Games 2016
Regional MENA game makers show off skills at Global Game Jam Disclosure: the author was present at the Lebanon jam site as a participant with team Groovy Antoid, who produced the game Ugnug... Omar Al Fil • 09 February, 2016 game development ggj16 global game jam
Palestine 72-hour gamer comp tests Ramallah talent Palestine has joined Game Zanga’s 72-hour design competition as game developers converged on Ramallah over the weekend to try and beat the c... Rafat Abushaban • 04 August, 2015 game competition game jam game zanga
Lebanon Lebanese game developers Wixel Studios targets cancer with new project Still from the Aurora game. (Image via Wixel Studios) Despite a growing tech-healthcare sector - which by now has hundreds of... Maysaa Ajjan • 12 May, 2015 Cancer Aurora Wixel Studios
Maghreb Disrupt!Games! aims to solve problems creatively Getting down to business. (Images via Cogite) Tunisia’s young gaming community came together from May 1st through 3rd at the Cogite c... Christine Petré • 07 May, 2015 digital mania Hivos Gamification
Saudi Arabia What is the Saudi game industry lacking? Two developers respond The bar for producing games in the Arab region is at its highest point yet, as more developers enter the market. But a cool idea is not... Reine Farhat • 12 April, 2015 Hako Games Game Tako MENA Games
Regional Synthesis and community: how MENA Game participants plan to boost the gaming industry The MENA region is one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world - for game developers - and is expected to reach $3.2 billion in... Stephanie Nour Prince • 30 March, 2015 gaming industry Play 3arabi MENA
Regional MENA Games Conference & Exhibition in Beirut The region’s gaming industry has been steadily growing in the past few years. Although some countries show more activity than o... Wamda • 25 February, 2015 gaming industry MENA Gaming
Jordan Tamatem Games hits six million milestone but won't be celebrating (yet) After landing two million downloads in two months last summer, Jordan’s Tamatem Games has closed out 2014 with more big numbers: the g... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 16 January, 2015 jordan gaming tamatem games tamatem
Jordan Jordan's gaming industry steadily grows Over the last few years Jordan’s IT and entrepreneurship fields have witnessed sizeable boom. The most significant of them... Tala El Issa • 14 January, 2015 beelabs tamatem maysalward
Palestine Entrepreneur puts Palestine on region's educational gaming map “We suffer from a deep shortage of digital Arabic content in the region” at least that is a complaint often made by entrepreneurs, despite e... Eman Mostafa • 04 December, 2014 palestine Gaming
Egypt Saving the world, one game at a time Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to... Hanan Solayman • 22 October, 2014 undp Social Entrepreneurship Gaming
Jordan Jordan's Beladcom sold a virtual stable for $2,200. What does this mean for Arab gaming? How much would you pay for a virtual stable on a distant planet in a virtual universe? Whatever the number in your head, it’s likely less t... Hayden Pirkle • 23 September, 2014 planet toulan beladcom Gaming
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... Wamda • 13 August, 2014 uae events Dubai
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... Lucy Knight • 12 August, 2014 tamatem Jordan Gaming
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... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 13 July, 2014 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... Glen Dalakian II • 10 July, 2014 indie Competitions Mobile
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... Maya Rahal • 16 July, 2014 AlMwajaha trivia quizup