The Evolving Gaming Landscape in MENA Games markets in all 3 MENA countries Niko tracks, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, grew in 2023. The MENA-3 video games market is set to grow at a rate of 8.2% in 2024, with revenue of $2.1 billion, and is forecasted to reach $2.9 billion in 2028, growing at a [...]
Women are the fastest growing demographic in gaming, both as players and increasingly as industry leaders. Niko Partners finds that this growth is often complimentary. As more women Identify as gamers, more are pursuing careers in the field. And, as more women work in the field of gaming, we see more games developed that appeal to [...]
On February 14, Indonesia held its general election, the biggest single-day election of any democracies in the world, with the electorate voting for both presidential and legislative candidates. Both official and unofficial counts show the Chairman of Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto significantly leading the other candidates in the presidential race, he is expected to be Indonesia’s [...]
Niko Partners is celebrating its 22nd anniversary of providing high integrity data, insights and analysis as local experts with global expertise. In 2024, Niko Partners continues to cover five regions: China (Mainland China), East Asia (Japan and Korea), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore), South Asia (India) and MENA (Saudi Arabia, United [...]
Southeast Asia (SEA) known for its vibrant and rapidly growing gaming community, has emerged as a hub for mobile esports, vividly demonstrated by the record-breaking M5 World Championship. The first four iterations of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship were hosted in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, with M1 (2019) held in Kuala Lumpur, while M2 [...]
Last week the entire senior analyst team at Niko Partners gathered at Tencent America headquarters in Palo Alto, California in front of a roomful of gaming professionals to discuss their latest research and insights focused on the Asian, Middle East, and Northern Africa video games markets. At the event, Niko Partners provided additional context and detail [...]
Tencent and Niko invite you to join us at the Tencent America offices in Palo Alto for a deep dive into the Asian and MENA video game markets. For the first time, the Niko Partners senior team will be gathered in one place to discuss and answer questions about their latest research, providing additional context and [...]
The 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou took place in September and early October 2023 – after a long delay attributed to the pandemic. The Games’ Director explained, "This is the first Asian Games after the COVID-19 pandemic, so it will play a unique, inspiring and important role for the Asian people." It was an exciting Games, [...]
The MENA region is booming for gaming and esports according to Niko Partners’ ongoing tracking of the Asia & MENA games industry. As a result, event organizers and government agencies have initiated many conferences, exhibitions, and esports events in MENA countries. Niko Partners analysts have attended key events this year to present our research, engage with [...]
When foreign game companies decide on localizing languages in games to be published in Asia, the list of languages considered is typically limited to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean due to the massive game revenue of the markets using those languages. This could cause issues as not all gamers in the region are proficient in either English [...]
