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
Maghreb Ubisoft Casablanca closes: is this good news for Morocco game devs? After 18 years of activity French gaming giant Ubisoft has announced it will close its Casablanca studio, leaving 48 developers looking for... Aline Mayard • 14 June, 2016 Rym games Moroccan Game Developers The Wall Games
Regional What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014... Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016 games xp babil games Joseph Shomali
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 8 things we learnt at MENA Games in Beirut The gaming industry in the Middle East and North Africa is growing. More than 40 gaming startups from Europe, MENA and Turkey... Lucy Knight • 12 April, 2016 Turkish Game Developers Association Netmarble Nuked Cockroach
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
Jordan Will e-sports be the next industry to level up in MENA? The next generation of star athletes from the Middle East and North Africa recently gave spectators a glimpse of the future of... Samuel Wendel • 13 January, 2016 AFKG Viva Algeria esports
U.A.E Makersbuilders joins the innovators of the Arab region Makersbuilders with parents and children filling up In5 in 2014. (Images via Makersbuilders) Gaps in the market, children... Pamela Kesrouani • 12 November, 2015 robotics MEMakers the cribb
Regional London calling A Lebanese, a Briton, a Dutchman and an Italian walk into a London investment firm. They bond over hip hop. One year later they launch a... Lucy Knight • 21 October, 2015 Braci Hoxton Ventures Slidr
Saudi Arabia App Annie’s big blind spot: Saudi Arabia Ask around for the latest stats on mobile app markets and most professionals will point to research group App Annie as the... Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh • 13 October, 2015 gaming data App Annie Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia How this Saudi app developer is nurturing talent [Update]: Ibtikar released a new trivia game called HEXA, with tens of thousands of questions in more than 15 different fields... Ahmed Gabr • 13 October, 2015
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
Saudi Arabia Saudi game developers, failure before success As game developer Sami Khanfor stood in front of a large crowd and pitched his startup, he was very aware of the tough journey he had taken... Ahmed Gabr • 14 July, 2015 Team Reem jeddah gaming industry
Egypt When being a game developer just isn’t enough Kareem Abdullatif andHani El-Akel have a passion for gaming and in 2010 the Egyptian entrepreneurs decided to take a risk and found their... Safar Ayad • 22 June, 2015 Appsinnovate gaming industry Egypt
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
U.A.E Dubai's Pixelbug launches highly anticipated edutainment app Colorbug The coloring is taken to a whole other level. Are you a child between 4 and 10? Do you want to meet Patrick the Horse, Pablo the... Pamela Kesrouani • 04 May, 2015 PixelBug Colorbug edutainment
Lebanon 5 things I learned from making a video game in 30 hours Sten Selander of Media Evolution (Sweden) briefs Arabic Game Jam participants As a kid, I had two main hobbies: drawing and playing video... Omar Al Fil • 02 April, 2015 video games arabic game jam MENA Games
Regional 'They're not there yet but they will be soon': Ubisoft analyst on MENA gaming [Wamda TV] No matter how you slice it, the gaming industry in the Middle East lags behind European, Asian, and American markets when you look at... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 12 April, 2015 mena games conference beirut mena games conference teut weidemann