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Rappelz Online : The birth of the Middle Eastern MMORPG sceneMay 01, 2009 08:00:00 PM News Item: 10242
Filed under: MMORPG industry, News items, Free-to-play  Much of our coverage of the MMORPG industry at is clearly spotlighted on North America and Europe, with the occasional article about what's happening in Asia, but we rarely have the opportunity to point out what's happening in MMORPGs in the Middle East. Truth be told, we weren't aware that MMORPGs are operating in this region of the world until an article we came across today.
Sanya Weathers in recent times got in touch with Fadi Mujahid, general manager of a Dubai-based company called Game Power 7 which has localized the free-to-play MMORPG Rappelz for the Middle East/North African (MENA) market. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, Game Power 7 is the first company to spotlight on the MMORPG industry in the Middle East and North Africa to date.
Mujahid explains to Weathers how Game Power 7 made these first inroads to the MENA market, from market research to localization efforts (adding 'Middle Eastern touches' to the characters and other changes to make the game less offensive to the market's cultures), to getting the word out about the Arabic version of Rappelz.Continue reading The birth of the Middle Eastern MMORPG scene  The birth of the Middle Eastern MMORPG scene Fri, 01 May 2009 20:00:00 EST.
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