Gaming

20 stories about Gaming
גיימרית משחק מחשב גיימינג

Game on: Buff Technologies aims to become the first publicly traded gaming company on TASE

09.06.21|Hezi Sternlicht
Buff, which developed a platform that rewards users with Buff Points on their performance in different popular games such as Fortnite and Counter-Strike, is aiming to be valued at NIS 100 million despite concerning financial results
NOVOS team

NOVOS is the new sports school for Gen-Z

07.06.21|James Spiro
Fortnite might be a mystery to some, but there are 80 million monthly users that are looking to be the best player - and that’s where NOVOS can help
אור בן שמעון ו עידן שריקי מיסדי קומיוניקס

Comunix closes $30 million series A funding to expand hit game Pokerface

02.06.21|Meir Orbach
A community of eight million users has emerged around the game developed by the Israeli startup, as people from across the globe look to create meaningful social connections online
Gigantic Team

Gigantic's ‘connected reality’ brings claw machines arcade to your smartphone

02.05.21|James Spiro
Blending mobile apps and physical devices, Gigantic is bringing the arcade to our homes
לן בלווטניק בעל ה שליטה ב כלל תעשיות

Billionaire Len Blavatnik investing in Israeli-founded gaming startup Tripledot

11.04.21|Meir Orbach
Blavatnik’s Access Industries leads $78 million series A round with Eldridge and Lightspeed at a company valuation of close to $500 million
אמיר אסקרוב עמיר אסקרוב מייסד מנכ"ל בלו ריבון Blue Ribbon

Gaming giant DraftKings acquires Israeli company BlueRibbon

05.04.21|Meir Orbach
The acquisition sum was not disclosed; DraftKings says it will onboard the acquired company’s team and increase hiring for Tel Aviv development center
ציור איור קזינו מכונת הימורים

A good gamble: How Israel became a social casino powerhouse

27.03.21|Amit Kling
They are scorned by gamers and puritans, but social casino games are the backbone of the country’s thriving gaming industry
אורי מרשנד מנכ"ל אוברוולף overwolf

Gaming giant Ubisoft takes part in Overwolf’s $52 million series C

16.03.21|Meir Orbach
“The madness started in 2019 and the pandemic just added a tailwind to what was already working fantastically,” said Overwolf’s CEO
יעל יהודאי סמנכ"ית משאבי אנוש של חברת פלייטיקה

Playtika launches specialized employee onboarding app

15.03.21|CTech
The user-friendly app helps candidates keep track of the different stages of their interviews, providing them with information ahead of each step in an interactive format
מנכ"לית Toya ענת שפרלינג

Israeli gaming company Toya found a home in the Roblox community

11.03.21|Amit Kling
When it comes to the kids-orientated gaming giant’s platform, user-generated content takes on a fluid meaning
Barak David Murka

Send in the Israelis: How a European company can be saved with some Chutzpah

10.03.21|James Spiro
When Blackstone acquired Murka in 2019, the gaming company was struggling to stay afloat - so they called Barak David
אנדרו פסקל מייסד Playstuidos

“Everyone’s flocking to our games, but without restaurants and cruises our core proposition was impacted”

02.03.21|Amit Kling
Playstudios CEO says slew of gaming companies going public symbolizes the deep faith that everyone has in the industry’s future
משחק מובייל קוין מאסטר של מון אקטיב coin master moon active

Moon Active raking in the money as Coin Master crosses $2 billion income mark

01.03.21|Amit Kling
Coin Master was the fourth-highest revenue-generating mobile game worldwide last year, bringing in $1.2 billion in 2020 alone
מתחם גיימינג של חברת NOM

Israel launches first competitive eSports leagues

21.02.21|Amit Kling
Players to compete in popular games Fortnite, Counter-Strike, and FIFA
Tami Shachar Incredibuild

The fight for gamers will be “worse than a World War,” according to Incredibuild CEO

08.02.21|James Spiro
As game developers move from on-prem to the cloud, companies like Microsoft and Nintendo will be competing against Amazon - for the eyes of 2.7 billion players
מייסדי חברת Obscure Games  מאג׳ד עבד-אלקאדר מוחמד בושנאק   איימן חוראני

“UAE investors want to get in on the Israeli gaming scene”

07.02.21|Amit Kling
Arab gamers partnered with Israeli startup accelerator Hybrid to help boost their startup, Obscure Games, which is set to release its first game
מנכ"ל פלייטיקה רוברט אנטוקול בהנפקה נאסדק

While 2020 was good for the gaming industry, the rules of the game are changing

17.01.21|Amit Kling
The gaming industry may have gotten a boost from the pandemic but the risks are still the same: growing competition, a fickle audience, and new threats from Apple
רוברט אנטוקול מייסד ומנכ"ל פלייטיקה

“We aim to be the largest gaming company in the world,” says Playtika CEO

17.01.21|Tzally Greenberg
Robert Antokol, co-founder and CEO of Israeli-based mobile gaming company Playtika, which was listed on the NYSE on Friday, has big plans for his company
פלייטיקה חברת משחקים הרצליה פיתוח

Israeli gaming company Playtika's shares leap nearly nearly 17% in Nadsaq debut

15.01.21|Reuters and CTech
The IPO, the biggest U.S. listing in 2021 so far, raised $1.88 billion for the casual gaming powerhouse valued at $13.79 billion
ביטקוין עובדים משקיעים כסף דיגיטלי מטבע וירטואלי

Happy Bat Mitzvah Bitcoin! My how you’ve grown

08.01.21|Dov Greenbaum
12 years on, the world’s top cryptocurrency is affecting the lives of more and more people and increasingly finds itself under state scrutiny