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

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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...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 12 August, 2014

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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...

Maya Rahal • 27 July, 2014

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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...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 13 July, 2014

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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

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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...

Eman Mostafa • 23 July, 2014

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

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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...

Hayden Pirkle • 03 July, 2014

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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...

Johan Lofstrom • 28 May, 2014

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...

Reine Farhat • 01 June, 2014

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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...

Aline Mayard • 19 June, 2014

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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,...

Aline Mayard • 15 July, 2014

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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...

Aline Mayard • 28 April, 2014

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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...

Ahmed Gabr • 10 March, 2014

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

YouTube’s potential for regional startups is clear: Saudi Arabia alone accounts for 190 million YouTube views a day, and other...

Reine Farhat • 19 March, 2014

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Meet PinchPoint, the 7 month-old Palestinian gaming startup that just got funding from Sadara Ventures

  “I remember when Apple released its first SDK [software development kit]. I made my first game there,” recalls Khaled Abu Alkheir, CE...

Eric Reidy • 27 February, 2014

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Ubisoft Abu Dhabi launches Arabic version of hit game The Settlers

Ubisoft Abu Dhabi has released an Arabic beta version of its mega-popular game The Settlers, accessible to all players and free to play,...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 27 February, 2014

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Over 300 game developers gather for Egypt Game Jam conference

At the end of last month, the Egyptian Information Technology Institute  (ITI) hosted the second annual Egypt Game Jam, hosting...

Ahmed Gabr • 18 March, 2014

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How to successfully crowdfund your next game

Cross-posted from Cloud Games on February 10, 2014. Continuing its streak as the most successful crowdfunding campaign to date, upcoming...

Glen Dalakian II • 20 February, 2014

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Is Morocco ready to become the regional capital of game development?

The video games market is a flourishing industry that has, over the past few years, gained more financial revenue and made more of a...

Mehdi Reghai • 20 February, 2014

Egyptian startup Funwave bets on social gaming

“We believe that social gaming is the future of electronic games. Game genres no longer matter; what really matters is that the game is s...

Ahmed Gabr • 02 March, 2014

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Iranian developers gamify a 1,000 year-old poem

The story of how Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh first met Hossein Jalali, his partner at their new startup, GameGuise, is “a MAKE Business ...

Nina Curley • 11 February, 2014

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Na3m Games' latest (accidental) release tops Saudi game charts

An accidental release has been a serious success for Saudi game developer Na3m Games. Harwil Ya Wahsh!, the company’s free-to-play iOS g...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 10 February, 2014

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Turkey's Gram Games secures $600K to scale new Wild West strategy game

Clash of Clans, the social combat game, was the most lucrative gaming app last year. As a result, Japan's SoftBank Corporation...

Nina Curley • 06 February, 2014

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