The CEO of Power League Gaming, Matthew Pickering, shares with Rabab Zehra, Executive Editor of TECHx, his insights into the gaming scene in the Arab region, and how his company engages gamers and promotes esports there.

Huawei, the global tech giant, is awarding US$15,000 to each of the top three gaming apps in the recently launched Huawei Global App Innovation Contest (Apps UP) 2022 – Middle East and Africa (MEA) edition to celebrate the mobile gaming industry boom. Through this competition and other initiatives, Huawei encourages mobile game developers.

Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) has announced that the city will host the first Dubai Esports Festival (DEF 2022) from November 9 to November 20, 2022 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre at Expo City Dubai. DEF 2022, which will be hosted in collaboration with VSPN, will be the first international leisure event to be held at the Dubai Exhibition Centre following the hugely successful Expo 2020,

Pixoul Gaming, the cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) and Esports hub, will open later this year at Al Qana, Abu Dhabi’s most exciting waterfront destination, putting the city on the international Esports map. Pixoul Gaming, with its elaborate Virtual Reality Gaming Zone, is an integrated, immersive entertainment destination that appeals to both professional and amateur gamers.

Video games are now the first choice of entertainment for people ages 13 to 17—ranking above social media, TV, music or any other form of media—according to a new study by Bain & Company. These young gamers are currently spending more time and money in the metaverse than older gamers,