Gaming

20 stories about Gaming
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
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“Despite the stigma, social casinos are a form of entertainment”

07.01.21|Omri Rosen and Amit Kling
SciPlay, an online American social casino platform, became one of the hottest trends in gaming this past year. CEO Josh Wilson spoke about his plans to expand SciPlay’s Israeli branch
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Sagi Schliesser: Israel’s casual gaming king

07.01.21|CTech
With over 3.5 billion downloads and over 110 million unique monthly users, CrazyLabs is a leading player in the hyper-casual space
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Eze Vidra: The investor every gaming entrepreneur needs to impress

07.01.21|CTech
The Remagine fund invests in early-stage startups in entertainment tech, including AI, gaming, sports and esports
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Guy Ben-Dov: Levelling up Israel’s gaming industry

06.01.21|CTech
Today, Ben-Dov is the Vice President of Performance Marketing Partnerships at StreamElements - but how did he get there?
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Game On: How gaming is transforming Israel’s startup ecosystem - and the world

06.01.21|CTech
This year, the gaming sector is set to make more than the movie and sports industries combined. Here are some of the Israeli superstars leading the sector
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Eitan Reisel: From Googler to Gamer

06.01.21|CTech
Israel's gaming sector inspired Reisel to become the Founder and Managing Partner of VGames - the country's first venture fund dedicated to gaming studios
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Tomer Bar-Zeev: Connecting players across platforms

06.01.21|CTech
Bar-Zeev is the co-founder and CEO of ironSource that has over 700 million installations and provides people with easy access to relevant content
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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