December 6, 2021 Strengthening Studios Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation Funding to scale team and advance development
November 25, 2021 Mena Expansion Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations First expansion into MENAT region
November 3, 2021 Event Arabic Games Conference returns with online 2021 edition The conference provides game developers a hub to discuss and tackle industry challenges in MENA
September 13, 2021 Mena Expansion Stillfront Group acquires Jordan-based gaming startup Jawaker for $205 million Strengthens pre-established presence in MENA region
August 4, 2021 Rising Stars Sakura Games reveals its Rising Star philosophy and how it hopes to work with Disney, EA and Epic Jordanian educational game makers Sham and Jana Al Bdour scoop Rising Star trophy at PG Mobile Games Awards
July 29, 2021 Esports In Mena Estaz launches esports tournament platform in MENA "Gen Z is the first generation to make gaming an integral part of their lives..."
June 17, 2021 Expansion Nazara buys a majority stake in MENA publisher Publishme Spends $3 million for a 70% stake
April 26, 2021 To The Max Garena opens pre-registrations for Free Fire Max for MENA users An update version of the battle royale game
April 19, 2021 Pgc Digital #6 PGC Digital: MENA games market to hit $6 billion in 2021 So saysArslan Kiran, Yoozoo Games' CEO of YooZoo and MENA
November 9, 2020 Pgc Digital PGC Digital: Just how big can the MENA market get? "[MENA] is far away from being mature. We still have not scraped the surface on how much money this market can make"
November 9, 2020 Pgc Digital PGC Digital: How to get your game ready for the MENA region "The better you adapt to different cultures, the better chance you have of attracting more users"
November 9, 2020 Pgc Digital PGC Digital: The state of play in the MENA market "The market is going to grow more. Because people here like to play games"
October 28, 2020 Mena Market Celebrate the fast-growing Middle East and North African games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4 Explore the fastest growing domestic market in the games industry with the Jordan Gaming Lab and the King Abdullah II Fund for Development
July 22, 2020 Tamatem Partnership Tamatem and Tamalaki partner to release Home Designer Blast Makeover in the MENA region Renamed خبير تصميم المنزل Home Design Expert
June 15, 2020 Welcome To Mena Tamatem forms strategic partnership with Tilting Point to bring its games to the MENA region Languinis and Food Truck Chef to be localised
June 8, 2020 Sandsoft Launch New MENA game publisher Sandsoft Games opens its doors Former Wargaming head of global esports Mo Fadl leading the company
April 16, 2020 Global Expansion Tencent launches hugely popular MOBA Arena of Valor in Russia and MENA 200 million players worldwide to date
April 16, 2020 Interview Why Tencent thinks now is the right time to launch Arena of Valor in Russia and MENA Arena of Valor executive producer Ray Ning and TiMi Studios director Vincent Gao discuss the move
April 10, 2020 Here's A Story Tamatem secures strategic partnership with Nanobit for launch of Hollywood Story in the MENA region Now know as Fashion Queen
January 31, 2020 Huawei Appgallery How Huawei's AppGallery can rapidly grow your app in the Middle East and beyond Huawei head of AppGallery MENA mobile services Naji Robehmed tells all from Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019
December 2, 2019 Indie Winners Mulled 2 takes the Very Big Indie Pitch crown in Jordan Ball puzzle sequel from Hako Games headlines three great indie games from the heart of the Middle East
November 7, 2019 Magical Mena Pocket Gamer Connects launches into MENA with 700+ delegates at PGC Jordan in association with the King Abdullah II Fund for Development First event in the Middle East and North Africa region
October 28, 2019 Putting The Pieces In Place The potential of Bahrain’s fledgling games industry The right environment for growth
October 25, 2019 Region Focus Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale A sleeping giant
October 23, 2019 Vote For People’s Choice Now International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominations for IMGA MENA 2019 63 games nominated
October 22, 2019 Region Focus Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential What happens next
October 9, 2019 Outward Bound How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global At the heart of the MENA region
September 10, 2019 Region Focus MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry Continuing our series of articles exploring the mobile game sector across MENA, we turn the spotlight to the world's second-largest oil producer
August 30, 2019 Region Focus Region focus: A deep dive into the MENA games industry Kickstarting a series of features looking at the opportunity and challenges of the burgeoning MENA mobile games sector, we take a broad look at the reality of the market
August 28, 2019 Mena Expansion Tencent Games sets up MENA HQ in Dubai Chinese publisher set to invest in emerging market
June 26, 2019 I Love Mena Jordanian publisher Tamatem working with NokNok studio to bring I Love Mart to MENA region Game to be renamed Bandar’s Farm to help become more culturally relevant
December 21, 2018 Speaker Spotlight Speaker Spotlight: Tamatem's Hanin Suradi on data-driven UI/UX for the MENA region Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
November 16, 2018 Pitching High A Cat's Manor wins the Big Indie Pitch in Jordan Second place place goes to educational game Crimson by all-girl team Sakura.Jo
October 3, 2018 Event The Jordan Gaming Summit is one month away We’ll be there with another of our hotly contested Big Indie Pitch competitions
May 15, 2018 Publishing Partnership India's Nazara partners with Indonesia's Touchten to publish mobile games in the Middle East "Emerging markets are not a mere afterthought for us," says Touchten founder
May 9, 2018 Mena Expansion PocketGamer.biz expands with new Arabic-language sister-site PocketGamer.me Steel Media partners with leading Jordan games publisher Maysalward
February 5, 2018 Funding News Jordanian mobile games publisher Tamatem raises $2.5 million Plans to extend operations in the MENA markets
October 3, 2017 Imga Mena International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominees for second Middle East and North Africa competition 52 games nominated, lots of them from Iran
July 6, 2017 Bridging The Gap Swedish mobile developer FunRock opens new studio in Egypt MENA-focused team physically moves into the region
May 12, 2017 Ramadan What makes Ramadan the hottest month for mobile games in the MENA Tamatem's Jawanna Sawalha on why you should plan in-game events and special IAP packages ahead of time
March 10, 2017 Out-spending China Why mobile developers shouldn't ignore the high-spending Middle East Tamatem CEO Hussam Hammo on the challenges and opportunities in MENA
December 16, 2016 Big Deal Swedish firm Stillfront acquires MENA publisher Babil Games in deal worth up to $17 million Stillfront aims to expand its presence in the region
November 17, 2016 Very Hush Hush How to make the most of the MENA mobile games market Palringo's Magnus Alm breaks it down
November 10, 2016 Still In Season Koukoi Games pushing Crashing Season into Middle East and North Africa markets Working with Maysalward to make the move
December 15, 2014 Interview 2014 in Review: MJ Fahmi, Babil Games - Both developers and publishers must compromise Future trends from the remembrance of things past
August 14, 2014 Interview Saudi Arabia, UAE and Iraq are key markets says MENA specialist Babil The rise of the Arabic region as a gaming hotspot