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Don’t just sell
into the GCC.
Build into it.
A global gaming intelligence and market-entry platform for studios, publishers, investors, technology companies and ecosystem builders.
Global gaming command center
From the gaming world
into the GCC.
Select an origin market to reveal a possible route through the UAE. Metrics remain unmapped until verified data is available.
Live route
Europe → Dubai → GCC
Region / EU
Europe
Publishing, co-development and market entry
Country layer: United Kingdom · Germany · France · Poland
Select origin market
Companies
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Studios
Data being mapped
Publishers
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Games
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Jobs
Data being mapped
Events
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What can a studio do?
Turn market signals
into a pathway.
Choose an objective to see where a focused exploration could begin. No route implies guaranteed access, funding or outcome.
Regional gateway
Why UAE?
Evaluate the UAE through six evidence-led lenses: market, operating base, capital, talent, community and regional scale.
Open the six lensesGLOBAL STUDIOS
UAE
GCC / MENA
Entry pathway
Your journey into the GCC
Assess
Evaluate commercial and operational fit
Connect
Meet potential ecosystem partners
Establish
Set up a UAE presence where appropriate
Scale
Expand across the GCC and MENA
Start with a conversation. Not a company registration form.
Explore my expansion pathFlagship pathway
GCC Gaming
Soft Landing
Not every studio is ready to open a company on day one.
Understand the market, test commercial opportunities, meet relevant partners and develop a regional strategy. If the opportunity is validated: establish, launch and scale.
Apply for soft landingWhere the gateway lands
Where the exploration
lands.
Six environments where the work becomes a decision. Hover or select a card to see what lands.
Why UAE
Market, base, capital, talent, community, scale
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Why UAE
Six lenses for judging the UAE as a regional platform: the size of the player market, what a connected operating base gives you, where capital and talent sit, and how the country works as a launch point into the wider GCC.
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Explore the lenses Market
Published figures, companies and initiatives
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Market
Regional revenue and player spending as published by named research houses, the companies already operating in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and the government programmes shaping the sector — every figure attributed to its source.
RevenueCompaniesInitiativesSources
Open the market data Soft Landing
Understand, test, connect, evaluate, scale
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Soft Landing
The flagship pathway for studios not ready to register a company: build a real view of the market, test commercial fit, meet the right people and only establish once the opportunity holds up.
UnderstandTestConnectEvaluate
Follow the pathway For Studios
Eight profiles, from indie to AAA
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For Studios
Indie, scale-up, publisher, AAA, developer, investor, technology company or esports organisation — each profile opens into what the region realistically offers a company at that stage.
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Find your profile Ecosystem
Twelve categories of regional participants
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Ecosystem
Studios, publishers, investors, talent, esports, events, universities, technology, corporate services, media, communities and wider GCC partners — the connection layer, category by category.
StudiosInvestorsTalentPartners
Meet the ecosystem Intelligence
Ten desks and a live news briefing
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Intelligence
Source-led coverage across market, investment, esports, policy, production and MENA trends, alongside a briefing of today's regional headlines gathered and summarised on demand.
ReportsPolicyTrendsNews
Read the desks Your next market may not be where you expect it.
Explore the opportunity. Meet the ecosystem. Build your next chapter.