It took Abdulrahman al-Zanki, then 14, a few weeks to develop his first game, Yellow Taxi, and upload it to Apple iTunes in 2010, learning from written instructions between school hours and homework. Since then, the Kuwaiti teenager has created 22 more iPhone games in le

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DEAD SEA - With Jordanian companies developing 70 per cent of the Arab world’s online and mobile games, industry leaders on Saturday said well-trained IT university graduates are crucial to further growth in the sector.   Predicting a boom in the local and regiona

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by Nina Curley, November 16, 2011 Jordanian video game developer Quirkat has announced the release of a new game for the Sony PlayStation Network, called MENA Speed (Sur3a).   The game, which can be played in both Arabic and English on Sony’s Minis p

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Dubai, November 2011   Quirkat, the Middle East's leading video games developer today announced the release of its latest title for the Sony PlayStation Network, MENA Speed. Playable in English as well as Arabic, this minis title is a game of speed and strategy as th

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  Sales of digital games such as Angry Birds are forecast to soar to US$3.2 billion (Dh11.75bn) in the Middle East and Africa, partly due to the high smartphone use in countries such as the UAE.   Digital games include those downloaded or stre

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The geeks are coming to the capital as three video-game publishers aim to set up in the emirate this year. Arabs adore playing and Abu Dhabi wants to be a gaming hub for the region. To nurture the industry, a 'gaming academy' is being planned by the twofour54 media centre.

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  Il y a quelques semaines, nous vous avons proposé une interview d'Abou Dabi, puisque l'Emirat s'est lancé dans l'édition de jeux mobiles. Il existe également un éditeur dans l'émirat voisin de Dubaï, Quirkat, actif notamment sur PlayStation 3 et PSP. Son stud

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By MOLOUK Y. BA-ISA   The Middle East is in the grip of a heat wave. So to while away those hot Ramadan nights, Quirkat has just released its new game, Tawle. "The game is basically the three most popular versions of backgammon in our region: Sheish Beish, 31 and

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  ‘EuroScorers achieved more than its targeted 50,000 users with friends playing against each other from 180 countries.’ said Mahmoud Ali Khasawneh, Quirkat’s CEO. “Fantasy sports games are a worldwide phenomenon; with millions of players betting their knowled

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Our co-founder and CTO Candide Kirk's interview starting at minute 21:30 regarding the PlayStation Network security breach.   As the region is facing political and social change, what does the economic future look like in times of uncertainty?

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  Established in 2004 with headquarters in the UAE and studios in Amman, Jordan, Quirkat is making a name for itself and Middle East gaming. This abbreviated version of this Game Hedz interview can be read in the bigger, awesomer Tempo Magazine's May issue. Thanks t

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  An interview with Jordan-based game developer Candide Kirk. Political messages: A Lebanese boy plays Special Force 2, a game which dramatises the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006. Photo: Getty Images Shamefully, I rarely think about what life is like for non-Wes

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جائزة رواد الأعمال عمان – عندما يشتري الشباب ألعابا إلكترونية، فإن آخر ما يخطر ببالهم هو الشركة المصنعة، أو طريقة وصول هذه اللعبة إلى السوق، وهو الأم

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Dylan Collins I spent some time in China earlier this year talking with online games companies and looking at the market in more detail. Blunt assessment: if you’re not Chinese, you can forget about competing in their domestic market.  

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By Candide Kirk   It’s an exciting time to be living in the Middle East. The start of 2011 has seen the rising tide of change sweep across Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Yemen, with more and more young people determined to take charge of their fate in a pe

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2月28日、ローカリゼーションサミットの最後を締めくくる講演では、Corbomite GamesのCEOであるオデド•シャロン（Oded Sharon）氏とquirkatのCEOであるマフマド•アリ（Mahmoud Ali）氏によって「Games Markets in the Middl

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The Middle East has been pretty much off the map when it comes to making video games. But a small Dubai-based start-up called Quirkat would like to change that. The company’s very existence is a nod to the globalization of the video game business. In a time when web

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Mahmoud Khasawneh is the founder and CEO of Quirkat, a games development company based in the UAE with studios in Jordan. He is also the IGDA Middle East Chapter Leader. As the games industry in the Middle East has grown and evolved over the past decade, video game deve

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In the late 90′s, India, Israel, and Ireland (often called the “three i’s”) grew from having unremarkable software industries into major software exporting nations. According to the Taxonomy of New Software exporting Nations by Erran Carmel in 2003, they went fr

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By PAUL TASSI When you think of a nation with a large population of gamers, what image comes to mind? Hundreds of thousands of kids in American running home to play Call of Duty after school? Patrons flocking to internet cafes in South Korea to play Starcraft? One regio

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and PlayStation Division, Sony Gulf FZE, today announced the launch of the Basha Collection of card games (Basha Baloot, Trix and Tarneeb) available for download through the PlayStation Network for both PSP and PS3 games systems

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A Jordanian developer is the first company in the Middle East to publish a video game for the Sony PlayStation. Quirkat, a developer based in Amman, will release the Basha Collection, a series of Arabic card games, such as Tarneeb and Baloot. The games will cost from US$

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Just six hours daily can be filled with 2010 FIFA World Cup matches. That means there’s still plenty of time left to play Quirkat’s Fantasy Football on Facebook. The game aims to break barriers across Arabic, English and French speaking markets with a shared love of

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Middle East games developer Quirkat has announced the launch of a fantasy football World Cup 2010 game on Facebook.   The Quirkat Fantasy Football World Cup 2010 application, which is available in Arabic, English and French, includes all of the usual features found

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Leading Middle East games development studio, Quirkat today announced the launch of its newest online 'Fantasy Football' game. The game was developed exclusively for the Facebook platform and can be played in Arabic, English or French.   Gam

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Quirkat the Amman based online gaming development studio has launched it’s first facebook fantasy game that you can now play in Arabic, English or French called Quirkat Fantasy World Cup 2010. Fantasy Games have been getting increasingly popular on Facebook with games

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A MELODY: In Al-Moosiqar, the player controls the Musician’s movements to play back Oud selections. Do you think you have the talent of Mohamed El-Qasabgi or Farid Al-Atrash? Or perhaps you limit yourself to putting on virtuoso performance

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Leading Middle East games development studio, Quirkat today announced the launch of its newest online game ‘Al-Moosiqar’ (The Musician). Al-Moosiqar is available exclusively on the company’s premium online Arabic/English Games Portal, Fuzztak, (www.fuzztak.com).‘

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  Played for free via Fuzztak The latest online game from Middle Eastern developer Quirkat is an Arabian take on the Guitar Hero formula which replaces the Les Paul Gibson with an oud – better known in the west as the humble lute. Al-Moosiqar – the Musician

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Dubai-based game developers Quirkat have released a new online music game that reflects its commitment to creating games that are relevant to the Arab world.   Al-Moosiqar (The Musician) sees gamers can take on the role of a musician and play the historical Oud

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Leading Middle East games development studio, Quirkat ™ today announced the launch of its newest online game ‘Al-Moosiqar’ (The Musician). Al-Moosiqar is available exclusively on the company’s premium online Arabic/English Games Portal, Fuzztak™, (www.

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Quirkat Launches New Music Playing Game ‘Al-Moosiqar’ Quirkat, the Middle Eastern game development studio announced today the launch of its newest online game ‘Al-Moosiqar’ (The Musician), through the company’s online Arabic/English Games Portal, Fuzztak.

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One of the first lessons in Entrepreneurship 101 is to find an underserved market and serve it, and that's just what BreakAway Games and Quirkat have done with their Arabian Lords PC video game. Inspired by the rise of Islam between the 7th and 13th centuries, Arabian

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The end of August saw the launch of Arabian Lords, the first ever real time strategy PC game based during the period of the rise of Islam. The game was developed in partnership by UAE- and Jordan-based Quirkat and US-based BreakAway Games. The bilingual game puts the pla

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The end of August saw the launch of Arabian Lords, the first ever real time strategy PC game based during the period of the rise of Islam. The game was developed in partnership by UAE- and Jordan-based Quirkat and US-based BreakAway Games. The bilingual game puts the p

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BreakAway Games, a globally renowned developer of entertainment and award winning games and Quirkat; the Middle East's leading video gaming brand announced the debut of Arabian Lords, a bilingual, personal computer (PC) strategy game inspired by Islamic history during t

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