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

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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

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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

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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

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'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

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Data key to the growth of the MENA gaming industry [Wamda TV]

For the gaming industry of the Middle East to grow, developers need to expand to other markets. Equally, the region needs to present a...

Lucy Knight • 08 April, 2015

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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

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Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges

Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l...

Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015

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

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Games in Saudi Arabia: What’s popular and what’s profitable

This article has been crossposted from Firnas.org. Smartphones are widely spread in Saudi Arabia, to the point that the mobile...

Safar Ayad • 11 December, 2014

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How to scale Jordan's gaming ecosystem? Community and strategy, say experts at Think ZINC

From left to right: Moderator and Zain CEO Ahmad Hanandeh, Alison Kelly, Greg Mitchell, Gavin Goulden, and Rachad Saddi. Taking advantage...

Hayden Pirkle • 26 November, 2014

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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

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Language game app to take the pain out of learning

The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey...

Alexander Hawkes • 20 October, 2014

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Californian launches gaming startup focused on Arab and Islamic history

Gaming is a far cry from finance and the military, but not only is American Thomas Tellner now creating games from his base in California,...

Lucy Knight • 01 October, 2014

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Touch screen is out and voice commands are in for new Jordanian mobile game

Victory might be cause for some people to take a break and rest on their laurels for a while, but not the team at Jordan’s Bee...

Tala El Issa • 30 September, 2014

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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

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TechForum Dubai: how will wearables impact our daily lives?

Organizers of the 16th TechForum, held on September 16 at Dubai Silicon Oasis in partnership with the Emirati telecom Etisalat,...

Pamela Kesrouani • 24 September, 2014

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Game Zanga competition draws 300+ contestants to 4th annual developing competition

Last weekend in Amman, game development studio GameTako, in collaboration with publisher Game Nomads, hosted its fourth...

khaled sleiman • 21 August, 2014

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Use your Monopoly and Risk skills to learn entrepreneurship

“Where do I start? I have a business idea but have no clue what to do next.” If you’ve ever said this sentence, then you’re the audience fo...

Hanan Solayman • 26 August, 2014

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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...

Hanan Solayman • 27 August, 2014

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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...

Maya Rahal • 18 August, 2014

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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...

Wamda • 18 August, 2014

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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...

Lucy Knight • 13 August, 2014

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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...

Wamda • 13 August, 2014

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