The gaming and electronic sports industry in Saudi Arabia is growing rapidly, with major investments being made to encourage local game developers and world-class competitions in the region.
According to Arab News, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently pledged to participate in 30 competitive sports in the Kingdom by 2030 as part of the Kingdom's national gaming and e-sports strategy.
A further 20 billion riyals will be invested in gaming industry partners and dublin riyals will be earmarked to support early-stage games and e-sports companies.
According to the official SPA news agency, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister said last week that Savvy Games Group is an important part of our strategy to make Saudi Arabia a global center for games and e-sports by 2030.
Speaking at the Next World Forum in early September, Prince Faisal bin Bandar, president of the Saudi eSports Federation, informed about the growth in the sports sector in the last five years.
"One of my favorite things about gaming is that you first introduce yourself to another person and learn gaming skills," he added.
He said that this young community and population are really trying to make their place on the world stage with the aim of leading Saudi Arabia on the global path of sports.
The move is expected to create 39,000 new jobs and boost domestic talent for sports, which will increase the sector's contribution to the country's economy to 50 billion riyals by 2030.
Abdul Rahman Al Soleimani is an artificial intelligence engineer and games designer who worked in Japan for nine years before returning to the Kingdom in 2020.
During his career, Al Soleimani has witnessed the astonishing growth of Japan's world-renowned gaming community and has now returned home to set up his own studio.
Abdul Rahman Al Sulaimani has said that he wanted to bring the youth together under one roof and created the studio with the same vision to let the world know how talented our games developers are.
From designers to developers, it's a class of talented people who come together to try new technology tools to come up with innovative game ideas.
Saudi Arabia is fast establishing itself as a major gaming hub, with youngsters achieving world-class results in international sports tournaments.
It should be noted that in 2018, Saudi youngster Masad Al-Dusri, known online as MS Other, became the first Saudi youngster to win the FIFA e World Cup, an event in which more than 20 million gamers qualified. tried to do.
