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  2. Video games in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The video games sector in South Africa is one of the largest video games markets and Esports scenes in Africa. [1] The video games sector has overtaken the South African market in movies and music in market value [2] and is still rapidly increasing. [3] [4] [5] In 2016 the South African games industry advocacy group, Interactive Entertainment ...

  3. Game studios come together to grow industry in Africa

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    The announcement was made today against the backdrop of the Africa Games Week 2022, which is taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. The PAGG said they aim to grow the industry by two times ...

  4. Free Lives - Wikipedia

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    Free Lives (Pty) Ltd is an independent South African video game developer based in Cape Town.Founded in April 2012 and led by creative director Evan Greenwood, Free Lives is best known for creating the video game Broforce and has also developed the comedy game Genital Jousting and the virtual reality game Gorn.

  5. Sony Ventures earmarks $10M to invest in African ... - TechCrunch

    techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/sony-ventures-earmarks...

    Similarly, video-on-demand subscriptions in Africa are projected to hit 13.7 million in 2027, up from 4.89 million at the end of 2021, with revenues tripling from $623 million in 2021 to $2 ...

  6. Celestial Games - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.celestial-games.com. Celestial Games is an independent video game development company based in Johannesburg, South Africa that started in 1994. They published two PC titles then closed their doors in 2001. In 2010, they reopened the company to work on a HD version of their most successful title, Toxic Bunny .

  7. African gaming startup Carry1st raises $27M from Bitkraft ...

    techcrunch.com/2023/01/17/african-gaming-startup...

    In other words, Carry1st will act as Riot’s payments partner in Africa. a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round. Robbin-Coker, on the call, said ...

  8. List of video game developers - Wikipedia

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    Founded by one of Looking Glass Studios founders. Subsidiary of Zynga; closed in 2011. Acquired by Embracer Group in 2020. [ 18] Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007 and closed in 2009. Acquired by Enad Global 7 in 2020. [ 3] Successor to Clover Studio, and founded by Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba, and Hideki Kamiya .

  9. Jerry Lawson, a self-taught engineer, gave us video game ...

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    Lawson, who passed away at 70 from diabetes complications in 2011, was the first major African-American figure in the game industry. And, just like the tech world today, it still isn't as diverse ...