Nine Saudi game studios to share development insights at GameDevTober 2026

Each session will feature a studio representative sharing their experience of building games in Saudi Arabia

Feather’s Edge is a new Metroidvania adventure from South African studio Clockwork Acorn

The game combines sword combat, platforming and tactical abilities

Lagos Life opens its platform to game developers

Developers can use an SDK to build games that connect to the platform

Maysalward CEO Nour Khrais says AI will not replace game creators

"A game can look beautiful and feel empty..."

Iraqi-Canadian brothers release Curse of Baghdad on PS5

A major milestone for the family-run studio

Lagos Life crosses 7 million players in 10 days

It has now recorded more than 36.5m visits

Arabic Games Conference 2026 set for November 28th

The conference is volunteer-led and free to attend

Lagos Life surpasses 5 million players in nine days as parent company Vatar raises $500,000

The game has recorded more than 34m visits

MerjUp is a new physics-based puzzle game from Nigerian studio Xelabyte

An arcade can-merging puzzle game...

Arab Roblox players are heavily focused on roleplaying games

MJ Studios' founder believes the region's Roblox community needs more variety

Lagos Life review: The Nigerian life simulator where everyone is rich

Managing a tiny version of myself in a virtual space is a lot more fun than I thought...

Lagos Life passes 3 million players in six days

Lagos Life has passed 3 million players just six days after launch, as the Nigerian browser game continues to attract thousands of users at the same time. Developer Shalom Rayhamen shared the milestone on October 7, saying the game had reached 3,058,259 total players. The game also recorded