Gaming

20 stories about Gaming
ד"ר ורד פנואלי Vered Pnueli gateways stampa

Vered Pnueli: a leading female figure in the gaming world

06.01.21|CTech
In game design and research in academia, Pnueli is smashing stereotypes and applying gaming characteristics to everyday life
רז פרידמן פלייטיקה Raz Friedman gateways stampa

Raz Friedman: Playtika’s gaming visionary

06.01.21|CTech
For 10 years Friedman has been a central player in one of Israel’s most successful ventures - Playtika and the huge acceleration of the country’s gaming sector
משמאל בר סרף שמעון ויינר מייסדי RestAR הייטק רסטאר

RestAR acquisition by Unity a potential landmark for Israeli gaming

29.12.20|Amit Kling
“I'd really like to see a TripleA game being developed in Israel and it will be interesting to see how Unity's entrance into Israel will affect this," said RestAR co-founder Shimon Vainer
משחק מובייל קוין מאסטר של מון אקטיב coin master moon active

Israel’s Moon Active, the developer of Coin Master, acquires Melsoft in deal valued at over $100 million

23.12.20|Meir Orbach
The Israeli gaming company is looking to build on its success by adding mobile games Family Island and My Cafe to its catalog
מימין רוביק מילקיס ו יותם נחשון

Team Finest announces first-ever funding for an Israeli eSports team

21.12.20|Amit Kling
Backing from U.S. investment group will allow the organization to pay salaries, fund participation in international competitions
אסף ריב בעל סטארט-אפ המשלב אופנה במשחקי מחשב

Gaming’s growth presents the fashion world with an unexpected challenge

10.12.20|Amit Kling and Omri Rosen
"Fashion houses aren't scared yet, but they should be. There is a limited sum a person can spend and if they spend it on a digital experience they won't be spending it on a physical experience," says Assaf Reeb, co-founder of startup Immersive Virtual Apparel
צילום מסך Diabattle

Maccabi Healthcare launches gaming research program

07.12.20|CTech
Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi (KSM) Playzone handed out $25,000 grants to two developer teams that created games to help fight diabetes and cognitive decline
המבורגר הדפסת תלת מימד SavorEat

Which cyber vulnerabilities did hackers exploit to attack Israeli companies and what's next for gaming?

26.11.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Deloitte initiates equity-free program for Israeli growth-stage startups in the U.S.
מימין רון קלדס אלינור שפס גיגי לוי ועידת גיימינג

“The pandemic has given a push to invest in the gaming industry,” says NFX general partner

26.11.20|Tomer Hadar
“The fact that people are locked in their houses causes them to want a different type of content, something that inspires togetherness,” says Ron Kaldes, CEO of Nintendo Israel
לואיס ברוגה מנכ"ל גלובל X

"The gaming industry's biggest growth opportunity comes from the cloud"

24.11.20|Maayan Manela and James Spiro
The remarks, made by Global X CEO Luis Berruga, were made at Calcalist and Google’s gaming conference
קונסולות ה־ Xbox החדשות

The battle between Sony vs. Microsoft will determine the future of gaming

14.11.20|Amit Kling
Can Sony’s exclusive games be enough to keep dominating a market in the face of GamePass and the casual gamer appeal of Xbox’s Series S?
מתוך המשחק הישראלי Of Bird and Cage

Israel’s indie game industry is ready for its big breakout

11.11.20|Amit Kling
Digital distribution has transformed indie developers into dominant forces in the gaming industry; after years out in the cold, a new generation of Israeli creators is heating things up
ליאור נוי גוגל Lior Noy Google

Google launches the second cohort of “Gaming Growth Lab” acceleration program

20.10.20|CTech
In January 2021 Startup Growth Lab will open the fourth cycle of the program to which startups from all sectors can be admitted.
איור גיימינג

Game Changers: The evolution of Israel’s video game industry

03.10.20|Amit Kling and Omri Rosen
Is the local gaming ecosystem ready to make the leap from casual mobile games to Triple-A titles?
Intel Darryl Adams and Jamie Sherman

Intel studies disabled gamers to help make future products more accessible

11.09.20|James Spiro
As Intel pivots from chip-making to more consumer-facing technology, two researchers zoom in on a niche, but revealing community
מוסף שבועי 3.9.20 משחק מחשב מאייר צח כהן

End game: How #MeToo is disrupting the gaming industry

04.09.20|Amit King
The gaming industry which, for too many years, operated as a closed boys club, is finally making way for diversity and empathy and it is partly thanks to recent testimonies of sexual misconduct
מימין מתי ארנסט איתמר ארנסט יותם פריד חברי קבוצת Lonebot פנאי

“We don’t want you to play our games on the toilet,” say Israeli indie game developers

15.08.20|Amit Kling
The Lonebot team, the trio behind the winner of this year’s Game Maker's Toolkit game jam, prefer a deep puddle over a shallow sea
Galit Steinberg Overwolf

Laid-off techies are flocking to gaming, where app developers can make big scores

07.08.20|James Spiro
With more people out of work, many are turning to game app development for their chance to take part in the global gaming boom
Eitan Reisel

Former Google exec launches Israel’s first investment fund dedicated to gaming

15.07.20|James Spiro
VGames already has four portfolio companies and focuses on pre-seed and seed funding for games studios
אדם גזאלה

Warning: the following game is, in fact, a drug

03.07.20|Amit Kling
The FDA recently approved a video game as a prescribed drug for the treatment of ADHD in kids, opening the door to the development of new chemical and side-effect free treatments that can also be fun
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