Gaming Riyadh offers record prize pool at Esports World Cup Riyadh will host the Esports World Cup this summer, offering a record prize pool of more than $70 million as the kingdom aims to become a global gaming centre. The tournament, which will run from July 7 through August 24, includes 24 games this season, adding chess and shooting games such as Crossfire, Fatal Fury: […] April 11, 2025
Opinion Gaming Saudi Arabia’s Pokémon Go deal is a gamechanger No longer a niche sector, gaming is driving the evolution of other cultural fields April 1, 2025
Gaming ‘Pokémon Go’ maker to sell game division to Scopely Niantic Labs has said it would sell its video game division to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion as the US augmented reality company shifts focus to geospatial technology after failing to recreate the success of its 2016 smash hit Pokémon Go. The deal, announced on Wednesday, also advances Saudi Arabia’s ambitions to become the “ultimate […] March 13, 2025
Gaming Saudi company in talks to buy Pokémon Go maker Scopely, a video game developer and publisher owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, is reportedly in talks to buy the gaming division of the company that created Pokémon Go. The deal to acquire the video game business of Niantic, a company that develops augmented reality mobile games, could be worth $3.5 billion, according to […] February 19, 2025
Gaming Second casino in UAE not on cards, says Wynn’s CEO A second casino in the UAE is unlikely for quite some time, according to the man whose company is building the first gaming outlet in the Gulf. Wynn Resorts of Las Vegas last year won a licence to build and operate a casino in the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Wynn CEO Craig Billings, […] February 18, 2025
Gaming UAE Lottery operator in talks to sell tickets in shops The UAE Lottery’s operator is in talks to sell tickets in shops across the country. The weekly draw and spin-off games were launched in December, for online play only. Bishop Woosley, director of lottery operations at The Game, which manages the draw, said discussions had been held with retailers to allow ticket sales as early […] February 4, 2025
