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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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Lebanese developer overcomes technical challenges to launch Arabic mobile word game

After attending a seminar about the lack of digital Arabic content at ArabNet 2012, Samer Hamandi came up with the idea of Charbaka, a...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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Can Kuwait's Waveline Media disrupt the mobile gaming market by remaking a classic title?

Kuwaiti startup Waveline Media seems to be going from strength to strength lately. First, the media company...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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How HTML5 will change gaming in the Arab world

Browser games are resurging thanks to HTML5. This fifth version of the revolutionary markup language supports the latest multimedia and...

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Two successful Saudi game developers eye the international market

“We felt like aliens,” says Bandar Al Mashari, on how he and his friend Sultan Al Sharif related to the mobile gaming industry four years a...

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Startup news ticker: GoodGame Empire reaches 50 million players

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

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Lebanon's Game Cooks launches new game, makes global top 50 list

Drawing on previous themes and skills they’ve built since their launch in 2012, Lebanese game developer Game Cooks has demonstrated a new m...

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How Lebanese gaming portal At7addak is building an online empire with user-generated content

As I drove up to the town of Mansourieh overlooking sprawling Beirut, I wondered how such a successful online company could operate in...

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5 tips for building a successful mobile game, from 2013's biggest app success story

There’s no secret to building a good game, especially in the Middle East. Despite the fact that people in the region – especially the Gulf ...

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Meet the all-woman gaming community igniting creative culture in Saudi Arabia

Gaming, they say, can make a better world. Games make us better at being hopeful, forming social bonds, being productive, seeking...

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What are the most popular mobile app categories worldwide?

AppAnnie, the app metric tracker, has released its quarterly market index to reveal how mobile app sales are evolving...

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4 reasons why game developers should consider crowdfunding

Update: The campaign mentioned at the end of the piece is updated to show a more realistic representation of an unknown developer raising...

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