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RIYADH:Saudi Arabia's mega city NEOMand MBC Group,the biggest broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa, signed an agreement to establish the first AAA games development studio in the region.

AAA is a classification within the gaming industry that label games produced and distributed by midsized or big publishers that usually have higher budgets.

Thestudio will relocate to NEOMs Media Hub in 2023 and produce high-production-value games for local, regional and international gamers, NEOM said in a tweet.

The facility is expected to create significant job opportunities across many directly linked industries, The National reported citing a joint statement by both entities, on Thursday.

We are now developing promising opportunities locally, regionally and globally by nurturing the Saudi game-development market,Neoms chief executive Nadhmi Al-Nasr said.

The gaming market across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt will be worth $3.14 billion by 2025, according to California-based market research and consulting firm Niko Partners.

Gaming consumption in the Kingdom is projected to reach $6.8 billion by 2030 and is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 22 per cent through 2030 from $959 million in 2020, Boston Consulting Group reported.

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