The Hunger Games Adventures, Matific, Piano Mania, Paint Sparkles, Stormfall, Romans from Mars … Israeli startups are behind some of the world’s most popular digital games. Blue-and-white gaming companies chalked up a whopping $300 million in funding and acquisitions in 2014.
And with awesome technology advancements available in Israel, the future looks rosy.
ISRAEL21c asked Yaron Leifenberg, founder and CTO of Funtactix; Vic Boaron, head of business development at TabTale; and Ohad Barzilay, one of the founders of the Israeli Game Industry Association and a designer at Side-Kick, all about making the next big hit and where gaming is headed.
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Music: Lana Del Ray – Video Games
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