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Esports Business Opportunities in Saudi Arabia: The Economic Impact of Hosting E-sports World Cup and the 2025 Olympic E-sports Games
Riyadh is currently buzzing with excitement as it hosts the first inaugural e-sports World Cup with prizes worth a total of $62.5 million – positioning Saudi Arabia at the forefront of the global e-sports market while setting the stage for the first-ever Esports Nation Cup and Olympic Esports Games. This focus on esports aligns with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030’s diversification objectives. It centers around powering the growth of its non-oil sectors, including sports, and accelerating the shift towards a tech-driven […]
A sector-building blueprint: Upping the Game In Saudi Arabia’s eSports Circuit
Turning the Kingdom into a key player in the international sports arena is high on the roadmap of Vision 2030, aiming to increase the sector’s share of Saudi Arabia’s GDP to up to 1%. Saudi Arabia is rapidly making its mark in the global sports arena, and the progress is becoming palpable day after day. Most recently, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) just announced a multi-year strategic partnership with the ATP Tour, signaling the global stature of the country and […]
Gamester Kids: Immersive Educational Experiences in the Saudi Gaming Sector
Saudi Arabia is strategically positioning itself to become a global epicenter for the thriving $347 billion gaming industry. With a substantial investment of $38 billion, the Kingdom is leveraging gaming as a key catalyst for economic advancement, aligning with the futuristic vision of Saudi Vision 2030. Mobile gaming application Gamester was swift to capture one of the top 3 positions within the kids’ category on the App Store in Saudi. On a mission to revolutionize early childhood learning, Gamester has […]
Saudi Gaming In-focus: PLAYHERA and “Abu Makkah”, Impacting the Saudi Esports Ecosystem on Every Scale
In celebration of the incredible momentum that the Saudi gaming industry has been garnering for the past decade, we published our 2023 Saudi Gaming Market Outlook Report. To gauge the sentiment of some of the industry’s most notable professionals and facilitators, we surveyed 130 Saudi-based pro-gamers and game developers, and spoke to representatives from the Saudi gaming ecosystem’s most influential stakeholders. The report features key thoughts and insights on the opportunities and challenges of the Kingdom’s gaming and esports market, […]
تقرير جديد يكشف عن فرص النمو الهائلة لقطاع الألعاب الإلكترونية في السعودية مدفوعاً بتزايد الدعم الحكومي وازدهار ألعاب الهواتف الذكية
أسترولابز تتعاون مع IMPACT46 لإطلاق تقرير آفاق سوق الألعاب السعودية لعام 2023، بالشراكة مع بلاي هيرا PLAYHERA العالمية. المملكة العربية السعودية، 14 يونيو 2023 – أعلنت شركة “أسترولابز” عن تعاونها مع شركة (“IMPACT46”) لإطلاق تقرير آفاق سوق الألعاب السعودية لعام 2023، بالتعاون مع “بلاي هيرا” العالمية. ويقدم التقرير الأول من نوعه لمحةً شاملة ومستمدة من السوق مباشرةً حول إمكانات قطاع الألعاب الإلكترونية في المملكة العربية السعودية، إضافة إلى آراء ورؤى معمّقة للاعبين ومطوريّ الألعاب ورواد القطاع المحليين. وجاء التقرير الرائد […]
New Report Finds Saudi Gaming Sector Conducive for High Growth with Government Support & Mobile Gaming as the Biggest Opportunities
AstroLabs partners with IMPACT46, in collaboration with PLAYHERA, to release the flagship 2023 Saudi Gaming Market Outlook Report. Saudi Arabia, 14 June 2023 – AstroLabs partners with IMPACT46, in collaboration with PLAYHERA, to release the flagship 2023 Saudi Gaming Market Outlook Report. This first-of-its-kind report provides a comprehensive outlook on the Saudi electronic gaming potential directly from the market, with in-depth insight from local gamers, game developers, and industry pioneers. The report collated insight from 130 surveyed gamers and game […]
Game Changers: A Conversation between the Saudi MCIT’s CODE and AstroLabs
AstroLabs CEO Roland Daher and General Manager at Saudi Arabia’s Center of Digital Entrepreneurship (CODE), MCIT, Abdullah Alshamrani had the chance to sit down and look back at one of our most successful and impactful collaborations, Game Changers. Game Changers is a program targeting the nascent gaming ecosystem in Saudi Arabia. It aims to equip emerging professionals in the gaming industry with the right know-how to develop winning video games and launch their own gaming studios. The program has enabled […]
<strong><em>جيل الفائزين: أهم مبادرات الرياضات الإلكترونية في السعودية</em></strong>
أثبتت المملكة العربية السعودية في الفترات الماضية مكانتها كمركز عالمي للرياضات الإلكترونية. على هذا النحو، وبالتعاون مع شركة تأثير المالية (Impact46) وبلاي هيرا (PLAYHERA)، نعمل في أسترولابز على تقرير مفصل عن قطاع الألعاب والرياضات الإلكترونية في المملكة. شارك في استبيان الألعاب الإلكترونية في المملكة العربية السعودية الآن. الكثير من الفرص تنتظر الفاعلين في قطاع الألعاب والرياضات الإلكترونية، من مبادرات وبرامج لتحفيز مجتمع المحترفين والجيمرز واللاعبين. لذلك فإننا بصدد جمع معطيات وبيانات أساسية لتعزيز وتنشيط هذا المجال الواعد. في الأعوام الأخيرة […]
<strong>Going for the Win: Top Initiatives Driving Saudi Esports Forward</strong>
AstroLabs is collaborating with Impact46 and PLAYHERA to produce a comprehensive report on the state of the Saudi esports and gaming, which has already established itself as an epicenter for esports on a global scale. Take the 2023 Saudi Gaming Market Sentiment Survey Today. Many key players recognize the opportunities in gaming and esports and are actively working on empowering this passionate community. We are compiling key data that can be used to further develop this booming sector. In recent […]
DMCC to Advance MENA Region’s USD 1.8 Billion Gaming Industry Through the Launch of the DMCC Gaming Centre
DMCC – the world’s flagship free zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has announced the launch of the DMCC Gaming Centre in support of the increasingly growing global and regional video games industry. Currently standing at USD 1.8 billion, revenues generated by the gaming industry in the MENA region are expected to reach USD 5 billion by 2025. Launched during the Dubai Esports Festival, the DMCC Gaming Centre formalises DMCC’s efforts in the gaming […]
The Big Winners: Saudi Arabia Gaming readies to level up
What happens when the future of gaming is translated into the future of Saudi? The projected monetary gain is almost $21Bn by 2030, but with every radical shift in the Kingdom, the impact is far wider. In an interview with the Arab News, Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan, the president of the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports and the Arab eSports Federation– an avid gamer– projected that the gaming industry will contribute 1% of the Kingdom’s […]
AstroLabs Showcase series launches in Riyadh
Press release: AstroLabs, MENA’s technology ecosystem builder, launched its first edition of the ‘AstroLabs Showcase’ series in Riyadh on March 30th, a gathering showcasing how AstroLabs has been contributing to the MENA ecosystem and specifically its impact on Saudi over the past 9 years. Fueling foreign companies’ expansion to Saudi Since entering its strategic partnership with the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA), AstroLabs has helped more than 200 regional and global companies expand business to Saudi through its […]