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Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding News Feb 14th, 2020

Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding

Wamda led the backing

Tencent Games sets up MENA HQ in Dubai News Aug 28th, 2019

Tencent Games sets up MENA HQ in Dubai

Chinese publisher set to invest in emerging market

East Meets West: DOCOMO invests $280m in Magic Leap, the Middle East's growing games market, and Let's Hunt Monsters a top grosser in China News May 6th, 2019

East Meets West: DOCOMO invests $280m in Magic Leap, the Middle East's growing games market, and Let's Hunt Monsters a top grosser in China

Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market

Maysalward CEO: “The Middle East market is a key player in the mobile industry” Interview Apr 30th, 2019

Maysalward CEO: “The Middle East market is a key player in the mobile industry”

The MENA video games market has a 25 per cent year on year growth with the largest youth population in the world”

Google’s Indie Games Accelerator is back, and now open to 37 countries News Apr 18th, 2019

Google’s Indie Games Accelerator is back, and now open to 37 countries

Google opens up its indie program to developers in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America

Rovio opens Angry Birds World amusement park in Qatar News Jun 28th, 2018

Rovio opens Angry Birds World amusement park in Qatar

It’s called Angry Birds World, of course

Middle East player habits: More Saudi women gaming on the go than men News Jun 18th, 2018

Middle East player habits: More Saudi women gaming on the go than men

Surveys show a region saturated with mobile gamers young and old

Animoca Brands eyes Middle East revenue potential with Crazy Defense Heroes release News Jun 13th, 2018

Animoca Brands eyes Middle East revenue potential with Crazy Defense Heroes release

An Android version of the game is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2018

PocketGamer.biz expands with new Arabic-language sister-site PocketGamer.me News May 9th, 2018

PocketGamer.biz expands with new Arabic-language sister-site PocketGamer.me

Steel Media partners with leading Jordan games publisher Maysalward

Mobile a key driver for Nintendo's growth in Asia and Middle East News May 3rd, 2018

Mobile a key driver for Nintendo's growth in Asia and Middle East

Access to IP leads to strong Switch sales, says company president

International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominees for second Middle East and North Africa competition News Oct 3rd, 2017

International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominees for second Middle East and North Africa competition

52 games nominated, lots of them from Iran

1 Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues Comment & Opinion Jul 25th, 2017

Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues

Zenna's Bohdan Chernobai breaks down the data from emerging markets

Why mobile developers shouldn't ignore the high-spending Middle East Interview Mar 10th, 2017

Why mobile developers shouldn't ignore the high-spending Middle East

Tamatem CEO Hussam Hammo on the challenges and opportunities in MENA

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