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כנס גיימינג - פאנל - מימין אורי מרשנד קרן מרום ו שרגא מור והמנחה מאיר אורבך וידאו

"People worry AI will replace them, but those who master it will thrive"

25.12.24| Adiel Eithan Mustaki

Keren Marom, co-founder of Beach Bum, was speaking in a panel held as part of Calcalist's gaming conference in collaboration with Google and Playtika. The panel also included: Schraga Mor, CEO of Plarium, and Uri Marchand, co-founder and CEO of Overwolf.

כנס גיימינג - יעל חקשוריאן ראש תחום לימודים מעשיים בביס לעיצוב הפקולטה לאמנויות סמינר הקיבוצים וידאו

War games of a different kind: Games developed in this war have a higher purpose

25.12.24|Mayaan Manela

Yael Hakshurian, head of practical studies at the School of Design at the Kibbutzim College, spoke about these new games at the Calcalist Gaming Conference held in collaboration with Google and Playtika: "These are games that have an agenda they are interested in promoting."

כנס גיימינג - גלעד טלמון מייסד משותף ומנכל Yoom וידאו

"AI will not replace game developers - it will make their lives easier"

25.12.24|Maayan Manela

Gilad Talmon, Co-founder and CEO of Yoom, spoke at Calcalist’s Gaming Conference in collaboration with Google and Playtika about how AI tools will allow for the creation of higher quality and quantity of content.

כנס גיימינג - דפנה אלטמן VP Creative Mavens וידאו

"Smart advertising is much more than marketing – it can be used to uncover user needs"

25.12.24|Meir Orbach

Dafna Altman, VP Creative at Mavens, spoke at Calcalist’s Gaming Conference in collaboration with Google and Playtika about the power of marketing to anticipate and even influence the needs of users.

סיטק ועידת גיימינג 2024 ניר מירצקי – CTech Gaming 2024 Nir Miretzky

Here’s how AI helped CrazyLabs achieve 7 billion downloads

25.12.24|James Spiro

Nir Miretzky, Head of Innovation and AI at CrazyLabs, joined CTech to discuss how AI is impacting the game production process.

כנס גיימינג - גיגי לוי שותף NFX וידאו

Gigi Levy-Weiss: “Funds that used to visit Israel every month haven’t been here for a year and a half”

24.12.24|Meir Orbach

Levy-Weiss, General Partner at NFX and considered one of the leading entrepreneurs and investors in the gaming industry, spoke at Calcalist’s Gaming Conference about the struggles facing local startups in the sector.

כנס גיימינג - אילן גרייצר מייסד משותף ומנכ״ל Playo.ai וידאו

Playo.ai promises 5,000 games in two years as AI reshapes gaming industry

24.12.24|Hagay Gilboa

Ilan Graicer, Co-Founder and CEO of Playo.ai, spoke at Calcalist’s Gaming Conference about his plans to go from producing 50 games a year to 5,000, while Remagine Ventures Managing Partner Eze Vidra discussed the surge in AI in the sector.

סיטק ועידת גיימינג 2024 גבריאל ריצמונד – CTech Gaming 2024 Gabrielle Richmond

Prodege outlines how to manage growing pains in the gaming sector

24.12.24|James Spiro

Gabrielle Richmond, Account Executive at Prodege, spoke to CTech at Gaming 2024 about “skyrocketing” costs to acquire new customers during the holiday period.

כנס גיימינג - פאנל - מימין איתן רייסל אור גילרון ליאור קינן והמנחה מעיין כהן רוזן

Israel’s gaming industry employs 14,000 workers and makes up 2% of the GDP

23.12.24| Adiel Eithan Mustaki

Eitan Reisel, Managing Partner of vgames, spoke at Calcalist's Gaming Conference in partnership with Google and Playtika as part of a panel discussion about the current landscape in Israel’s gaming industry.

כנס גיימינג - אסף וקנין ראש תחום אפליקציות Google וידאו

"Israeli companies are responsible for 5% of global mobile game downloads"

23.12.24|Mayaan Manela

Assaf Vaknin, Head of Apps at Google, spoke at Calcalist's Gaming Conference in partnership with Google and Playtika about Israel's role in the world of gaming, while Dani Valevski, a researcher at Google Research discussed the future of gaming.

כנס גיימינג - סבטה מורג ארכיטקטית פיתרונות ענן Google Cloud וידאו

"Google's AI models allow users to generate content and integrate it into games in real-time"

23.12.24|Omer Kabir

Sveta Morag, Cloud Solutions Architect at Google Cloud, spoke at Calcalist's Gaming Conference in partnership with Google and Playtika about a platform game where the levels were created using AI.

כנס גיימינג - שובל נחום Director of Customer Experience Playtika וידאו

"50% of our players have been playing with us daily for over five years"

23.12.24|Omer Kabir

Playtika’s Director of Customer Experience Shoval Nachum spoke at Calcalist's Gaming Conference in partnership with Google and Playtika about how the gaming company has maintained its success through personal and connections with players.

Vgames raises $142 million to fuel global gaming investments

18.12.24|Meir Orbach

The Israeli fund doubles down on gaming with its third and largest fund since 2020.

מתוך המשחק פיסמייקר פנאי

From dystopia to gaming for peace: The eerie prophecy of "Israel 2023"

27.11.24|Shiri Lev-Ari

Asi Burak’s Bezalel thesis resurfaces, inspiring global conversations about peace and social change through video games.

מכונת משחקים מרחוק של ג'ייגנטיק

Gaming startup Gigantic requests court freeze after amassing $10.7M debt

26.11.24|Lital Dobrovitsky

The Israeli gaming company, known for the Clawee app, seeks a court-appointed trustee after struggling to raise funds amid mounting financial challenges.

עובדי חברת אפצ'ארג' Appcharge

Mobile games D2C platform Appcharge nets $26 million Series A

25.11.24|Meir Orbach

Appcharge helps mobile game publishers to sell virtual items and currency directly to players, helping developers retain up to 95% of their revenue.

המשחק Raid Shadow legends של פלאריום

Israeli-founded gaming firm Plarium sold for up to $820M to Sweden’s Modern Times Group

12.11.24|Meir Orbach

Founded by two sets of brothers, Plarium transitions from Aristocrat, which acquired it for around $500 million in 2017, to a new chapter under MTG.

Eyal Netzer Gilad Almog SuperPlay

Playtika acquiring Israeli gaming startup SuperPlay for $700 million

18.09.24|Sophie Shulman

Additional contingent consideration of up to $1.25 billion is subject to SuperPlay achieving certain financial targets over the next three years. Founded in 2019 by former Playtika employees Gilad Almog and Eyal Netzer, along with industry veteran Elad Drory, SuperPlay has two successful titles in Dice Dreams and Domino Dreams, and has two more games currently in development.

פיץ ועידת לונדון 2024 אלכס גולד Pich Mind The Tech London 2024 Alex Gold

Arcademy: Turning popular games into education tools

אורי פרל Head Of Marketing פאפאיה

Papaya to enter UK market by end of 2024

17.09.24|Ariela Karmel

Uri Pearl, Head of Marketing at the Tel Aviv-based gaming company, spoke to CTech about Papaya’s plans to expand to the UK market and how it differs from the U.S. market where the company is currently active.