Had the honor to share a panel with esteemed industry peers and veterans Alexandre Besenval (Social Point) and Reginaldo Valadares (Rovio) with Ted Verani (Scientific Revenue); the panel was titled Designing Mobile Games for Optimal IAP The brief of the panel: While the vast majority of mobile game revenue is earned through in-app purchases, designing games for optimal IAP remains … Continue reading Casual Connect Feb 2017 in Berlin
I've had the honor of taking part of MGF in London this January; I was part of a panel that spoke about the future of mobile games industry as we looked back at the biggest events of 2016 and our outlook towards 2017 Panel: Defining the Future of Mobile Gaming Questions that were discussed included: Is … Continue reading Mobile Games Forum 2017 – London
This is the time of the year when I take a step back to reflect on what a crazy ride 2016 has been for the world, for me personally and most importantly for gaming. There were a lot of good games out this year, so many in fact that I had 5 runner ups to my … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 Games of the Year 2016
One of the first things I did when I arrived to Berlin is to get in touch with the schools for games in the city, and since we had a bunch of graduates of the Games Academy already working in our studio I was put in touch with them fairly early on to which I … Continue reading A talk with Students at Games Academy Berlin, November 2016
Last October I took part of the first ever game developers conference to take place in Morocco or the entirety of North Africa for that matter; it was a key event for a community that has suffered a great loss with the closure of Ubisoft Casablanca earlier that year. It was my first time to … Continue reading Morocco Game Developers conference 2016
On April 7th till 8th 2016, MEGA 2016 game conference took place in Beirut, Lebanon. I was proud to a speaker at this event where I met tons of very talented individuals from all over the region, I did a presentation for professionals as well as a workshop for aspiring game designers and young developers, … Continue reading MENA gaming expo in Beirut
Not too late I hope, but here's my list to the top games of 2015, as usual I played most of the new releases and made a list of the games that made the most positive impression on me. This year however there's something different, there are three titles that I am yet to play … Continue reading Game of the Year 2015
I just arrived back to Tokyo last night after a phenomenal week at Dubai, where I was a speaker in the Dubai World Gaming Expo, I had two presentations as well as moderated one panel during the event. I had an absolute great time in the city catching up with old friends and making new ones, It … Continue reading Dubai World Gaming Expo 2015
I was asked to be the Keynote Speaker of GameZanga - a MENA wide game Jam that's taking place this weekend. The keynote should include an introduction and advice for people going into the industry, for that I made this video, It's a bit cheesy and self serving, but it's also straight from the heart. … Continue reading GameZanga 2015
I've been warned that once I move to Japan I wouldn't have as much time on my hands as I had before, everyone was right. I've been really busy, and terrible at updating this blog, but a lot of stuff happened, and seems like a lot of stuff are on their way as well. So … Continue reading 2015 highlights so far
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