Mansour bin Mohammed inaugurates Insumania Dubai International Virtual and Electronic Games Festival

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, inaugurated yesterday the Insumania Dubai eSports Festival, which is being held for the first time in the region. The major specialized in this field, which comes hosting Dubai coincided with the development of its status as a global center for future technology and its various sectors, attracting the best competencies, minds and expertise, as well as the most important and largest competitions and events of the world specialized, and attract stars from different H. region and the world.

His Highness toured the festival, which was held with the support of Dubai 10 X Media, which is affiliated to the Dubai Government Media Office, at Grandstand Square. The event will feature 240 leading players in the field of electronic games, 100 virtual and electronic gaming platforms, in addition to the pavilions of a number of IT, digital gaming and virtual reality organizations are part of the region's largest event, which is expected to attract over 25,000 visitors in its three days.

During the tour, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum learned about the latest developments in the world of electronic and virtual games, both in the world and in the Middle East and North Africa, which is one of the most promising markets for this modern industry, which is estimated to grow by 25%. This is an indication of the extent of opportunities available in this area, especially that the practitioners of electronic games in this region represent about 60% of the total Internet users in the region.

His Highness heard from the leaders of the major electronic and virtual gaming companies participating in the festival, the future opportunities in the sector of digital games and video games, and what they aspire to achieve by entering the markets of the region, and the impact of their participation in the festival to enhance their opportunities in the regional market promising for them, Fastest growing compared to global rates.

Insomnia Dubai is the largest edition of the festival outside of Britain, with 240 exhibitors and developers of digital games, and 100 platforms, including 16 platforms for the most popular virtual games, including PBJY, Fort Knight, X-Battle and X-Battle. Arcade games, Go Games, and other global platforms.

Commenting on the significance of the event, Abdulla Al Mansouri, Chairman of the Dubai X Media team, said: “Dubai's economic development movement is based not only on keeping up with the global development in the field of economic activities and new industries, but also on the leadership of those activities and industries. Most of it has borne the technological revolution that has transformed many concepts, practices and rules in the business world. Today, as it moves into the digital environment, Dubai is establishing itself as a content development hub and a global platform for one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. For virtual and electronic games.

Al Mansoori explained that the Dubai Government Media Office, through the Dubai 10 X Media team, continues to achieve this achievement by attracting the most important international events in this field, and attracting the most important elements affecting it, both at the level of experts and at the level of responsible institutions and companies. The development of these games, which are very popular around the world, in a huge industry worth tens of billions of dollars, with the opportunity of these events to meet and share experiences, experiences and ideas, access to the latest state-of-the-art related new technologies, and build cooperation networks Aim to View Explore opportunities for partnership with industry leaders around the world.

Organized by the Dubai-based Global Event Management Company, the World Festival includes many virtual games and entertainment events. Insomnia Dubai, with its first event in Dubai, will include some 22 competitions, one of which will explore talent in the world. The Games, which will compete with game experts from the manufacturers, will also include performances, workshops and dialogues in the presence of celebrities on social media.

On the other hand, the event will witness the participation of many of the most famous virtual and electronic games stars in the world, led by the Saudi electronic games star, who uses the nickname «beans», and is one of the most popular stars of these games in the Arab region, as well as participating in the festival, triple « Josh, Ethan, and Toby are the stars of the famous YouTube channel The Sidemen, and will be joined by the icon of the world of electronic games, Tommy Tallarico, and the international singer, Jason Page, the owner of the song featured for the famous films «Pokémon» famous around the world, and will perform live on the main stage of the event , So for the time The first in the Middle East throughout the festival days.

Competitions and offers

Insomnia Dubai has welcomed all enthusiasts, practitioners and families of online games for a unique experience, whether by participating in the games or enjoying the competition that will be held within the framework of the festival. Fun and interesting.

It is noteworthy that the number of practitioners of virtual and virtual games around the world is estimated at 2.5 billion people, while it is expected that the volume of spending on those games exceeded $ 152.1 billion in 2019 alone, an annual growth rate of more than 9.6%, while the volume of spending in the market of virtual and virtual games in the region The Middle East and North Africa to around $ 4 billion in 2017.