After the sanctions were lifted, European countries have been freer to perform financial transactions with Iranian companies, and this opens up a lot of opportunities - two-fold. How important has the nuclear accord been between Iran and the international community?Īshtiani: Before, there were a lot of one-directional sanctions imposed on Iran, which was a very hard constraint for European countries to work directly with Iranian companies. Asmandez - Iran's first online game has been voted one of the top MMOs (massively multiplayer online games) Image: asmandez.ir ![]() Then there is Second Gear, which is a drag racing game, and Hey Taxi, which is a runner game. Another one is Fruit Craft, which is a card game. But among the top 10 highest grossing games of the market, four or five of them are Iranian games.Īshtiani: One is Rooster Wars, which is an action battle game. Iranian users tend to prefer strategy games, action games and RPG games.Īshtiani: Yes, that's imported games. ![]() They are really popular - they are among the highest grossing games on the mobile games market. What sort of games are developed in Iran and what do people like to play?Īshtiani: In terms of game genres, it's strategy games, such as Clash of Clans or Clash of Kings. Mehrdad Ashtiani: We hope things keep getting better now with the nuclear accord Image: DW/Z.Abbany Some games can get more than $200,000 (175,000 euros) daily. So how much money can game developers expect to make? The one thing is that because we don't have access to international credit cards, foreign companies have to set up a "payment integration" and sell within our local app stores. The first companies started publishing in Iran in about 2010. The games business in Iran is really new and unique, because it is just starting. The population is about 80 million so we have a huge youth generation. Sara Yektapour: The market is growing day by day. Almost 80 percent of the people play mobile games on their smartphones, just like everywhere else on the international market. Iran's market is an emerging market, and there are 32 million gamers in the country. Mehrdad Ashtiani: The industry has been blooming in the past few years. So this here is the story of a video game developer, Mehrdad Ashtiani, and a distributor, Sara Yektapour.ĭW: How healthy is the Iranian game industry? ![]() "Following the nuclear accord between Iran and the world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015, Iran's working status improved and the country hopes for the return of international investors and foreign business people," write its authors.Īnd the Iranian game industry wants to take full advantage of this improvement. And it's all there in a handbook called "Iran's Game Industry: Essential Facts & Key Players 2016-2017." The Iranian video games industry is young but "blooming" and may soon be booming. Why should gamers want anything different just because they live in Iran? My bad for laughing, hey? Oh, the irony of it! Walking past a screen at Gamescom 2016 I spot an ingame instruction, reading "Put a bomb on the truck." This at a stand for Iranian video games developers and distributors.
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