Dubai Esports and Games Festival 2025 will be spotlight event for gaming industry in the UAE
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Saudi Arabia established as global esports hub with Olympic Games, World Cup and $13bn target with 39,000 jobs
Saudi Arabia is stepping forward as a global leader in esports events
eSports
Saudi Arabia to host Olympic Esports Games 2025
The first official Olympic Esports Games will be held in Saudi Arabia in 2025
e-sports
Gaming market: Chinese tech giants eye MENA entry with mega plans
Global biggies and homegrown companies such as Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ubisoft and GameCentric said to have alredy begun investing and expanding partnerships in the region
eSports
Saudi Arabia announces world’s first gaming and esport district at Qiddiya with themed-hotels, real estate and retail
Qiddiya will be home to an esports and gaming-themed district in Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
Abu Dhabi Gaming integrated into Department of Culture and Tourism in bid to boost esports industry
Abu Dhabi Gaming committed to developing gaming and esports industries
eSports
Esports set for Middle East boom amid global uncertainty
Middle East esports is set for massive growth amid global industry uncertainty
eSports
Saudi Esports Federation, stc announces strategic partnership for this year’s Gamers8
The Saudi technology group will provide high-speed internet service at all events of the federation this season
eSports
Dubai Esports and Games Festival begins with MiniMinter and AboFlah
Influencers including MiniMinter and AboFlah will appear at Dubai Esports and Games Festival
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Dubai GameExpo Summit 2023: Gaming and Esports industry to meet to discuss business opportunities
Dubai will bring gaming industry leaders together for GameExpo Summit 2023
Best video games of 2022
2022 round up: Best video games of the year
From ginger cats, to five-letter words and mysterious character disappearances, 2022 has seen some of the most interesting games
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi to host esports gig Blast Premier World Final 2022
It will feature eight of the world’s best esports organisations competing for a slice of the $1 million prize pool
Dubai
Dubai Silicon Oasis looks into building e-sports campus to train future gamers
The free zone technology park will also host its first ever e-sports event in October as it develops Dubai’s gaming eco-system
Digital Games Conference
In-person Digital Games Conference 2022 brings ‘Fable’ creator Peter Molyneux to Dubai
Attendees will also have the opportunity to win an Xbox console by beating the highest scores set by some of the UAE’s biggest streamers
DGC MEA
Speakers revealed for KSA edition of the Digital Games Conference Middle East and Africa
Event, which is being held virtually from December 13-15, will focus on Saudi Arabia’s rapidly growing games industry and its ambition to be a global player in this sector
augmented reality
AB Live: Business of gaming – how to monetise, the role of emerging tech and ethical challenges of the industry
Habib Chams from ITP Gaming and Karim Ibrahim from Robocom VR discuss the business of gaming in the time Covid-19, monetisation avenues for gamers, role of emerging technologies like AI, VR, AR and XR and the ethical dilemmas and challenges of the industry.
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Neom signs MoU to become global e-gaming hub
Saudi officials believe 21 percent of Saudi Arabia’s young population participate in online gaming every week