Gaming

20 stories about Gaming
גוש ווילסון מנכ"ל sciplay

“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
נינטנדו אנימל קרוסינג Animal Crossing

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
משמאל בר סרף שמעון ויינר מייסדי RestAR הייטק רסטאר

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
משחק מובייל קוין מאסטר של מון אקטיב coin master moon active

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
לואיס ברוגה מנכ"ל גלובל X

"The gaming industry's biggest growth opportunity comes from the cloud"

24.11.20|Maayan Manela and James Spiro
The remarks, made by Global X CEO Luis Berruga, were made at Calcalist and Google’s gaming conference
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The battle between Sony vs. Microsoft will determine the future of gaming

14.11.20|Amit Kling
Can Sony’s exclusive games be enough to keep dominating a market in the face of GamePass and the casual gamer appeal of Xbox’s Series S?
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Israel’s indie game industry is ready for its big breakout

11.11.20|Amit Kling
Digital distribution has transformed indie developers into dominant forces in the gaming industry; after years out in the cold, a new generation of Israeli creators is heating things up
ליאור נוי גוגל Lior Noy Google

Google launches the second cohort of “Gaming Growth Lab” acceleration program

20.10.20|CTech
In January 2021 Startup Growth Lab will open the fourth cycle of the program to which startups from all sectors can be admitted.