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They are showcasing their talents at the 4th Jordan Gaming Summit in Amman, which is a chance for Arabic developers and programmers to...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eJordan game developers are flexing their virtual muscle in the regional and global gaming scene. \u003cbr/\u003eThey are showcasing their talents at the 4th Jordan Gaming Summit in Amman, which is a chance for Arabic developers and programmers to connect with key figures in the gaming industry - like Google and Sony PlayStation.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Jordanian gaming movement is powering ahead in the virtual - and Arab world. \u003cbr/\u003eHere at the fourth Jordan Gamin Summit programmers are getting the chance to showcase some of their latest projects.\u003cbr/\u003eThe summit is organised by Jordan Gaming Lab, an initiative by King Abdullah II and Jordan Gaming Task Force.\u003cbr/\u003eWith Jordanian companies developing 70 percent of the Arab world's online and mobile games, industry leaders recognise that promoting well-trained IT university graduates is crucial to further growth in the sector.\u003cbr/\u003eIndustry leaders are predicting a boom in the sector over the next two years and so are keen to promote young programmers like 15-year-old Salar Shawabkeh.\u003cbr/\u003eShe is showing off her game Jerasa, a ball rolling mobile app game.\u003cbr/\u003eShawabkeh says: \"We are here today in this summit to tell people more about our game, we would like them to support us in the future, and because we are still school students so we hope the government or people from Sony, Google who is here today to support us in our future.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOne day she hopes to achieve the recognition of developers like Hussam al-Natour.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is being honoured on stage for his development of PlayStation Vita games - this is Sony's mobile gaming platform.\u003cbr/\u003eAl-Natour has developed a clever way for two gamers to play on one single Vita device, with his maze ball game.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"We came here to promote our games and to show people that we can develop games, and to prove that Arabs can develop games, and we've won a Sony Award and we've received a patent, we developed a game, PlayStation VITA that allows two people to play on one device at the same time.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNour Khreis, chairman of Jordan's Gaming Task Force believes the gaming summit will help place Jordan on the international gaming map.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"We are preparing this meet up between international speakers and our local gaming scene, video gaming scene, so we have this exchange or transfer of knowledge between our international speakers and with their technology related to video gaming, and our upcoming video game developers who are creating games that can compete Worldwide, so this is an important community gathering that is putting Jordan on international map beside the presence of Jordan now in the local regional map, we lead the region today as game developers whether with our games our companies or even our initiatives like the Jordan Gaming Lab which opens doors to game developers so they can create their own games and have the updated latest tools to work on that they can create global game that they can show Worldwide.\" \u003cbr/\u003eKhreis says Jordan is one of the region's biggest producers of mobile and online games but still funding is a major hurdle today, especially for young start-up developers. \u003cbr/\u003eDevelopment funds will be crucial for the future of gaming in Jordan. Nour al-Hamoud, director of programmes and initiatives at King Abdullah Fund for Development, is addressing crowds on this subject.\u003cbr/\u003eShe explains: \"I think that the next few years are going to bring forward a lot of employment opportunities in the gaming industry because this something the culture is becoming very different people becoming very aware of it, even industries and government are highlighting it in their work, so in the future I think there going to be more jobs associated with gaming.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSpeakers from Sony, Epic Games, Penguin, Insomniac Games and Google are also involved with the event. \u003cbr/\u003eIn total more than 500 participants are at the summit; representing school and university students, private sector companies and also private individuals working in the Jordanian gaming industry.  \u003cbr/\u003eExperts believe the potential for local gaming companies to penetrate new markets in the region and abroad is huge, citing the large and growing demand for online and mobile games in Jordan and the rest of the Arab World, where the majority of the population is young.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAmman, Jordan - November 22, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid pan right from 'Let's Race' game to participant playing\u003cbr/\u003e2. Over the shoulder shot of participants looking at 'Let's Race' game\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of game play on screen\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of participants looking at game on laptop\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of game on laptop screen\u003cbr/\u003e6. Tilt up of participant playing space shooter game on tablet\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide pan right of participants at summit hall\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of screen displaying clash of clan game during Google's panel discussion\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Salar Shawabkeh, right, explain to participants about her game\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Salar Shawabkeh, game programmer, 'Jerasa'\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are here today in this summit to tell people more about our game, we would like them to support us in the future, and because we are still school students so we hope the government or people from Sony, Google who is here today to support us in our future.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of PlayStation VITA game being displayed on screen during summit\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of PlayStation VITA game being displayed on screen during summit\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of game developer Hussam al-Natour being awarded for his games\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of two gamers playing PlayStation VITA on one device\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hussam al-Natour, game developer\u003cbr/\u003e\"We came here to promote our games and to show people that we can develop games, and to prove that Arabs can develop games, and we've won a Sony Award and we've received a patent, we developed a game, PlayStation VITA that allows two people to play on one device at the same time.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide pan right of Gaming summit\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of Nour Khreis, Chairman of the Jordan Gaming Task Force addressing participants\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of participants listening\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nour Khreis, chairman of the Jordan Gaming Task Force:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are preparing this meet up between international speakers and our local gaming scene, video gaming scene, so we have this exchange or transfer of knowledge between our international speakers and with their technology related to video gaming, and our upcoming video game developers who are creating games that can compete worldwide, so this is an important community gathering that is putting Jordan on international map beside the presence of Jordan now in the local regional map, we lead the region today as game developers whether with our games our companies or even our initiatives like the Jordan Gaming Lab which opens doors to game developers so they can create their own games and have the updated latest tools to work on that they can create global games that they can show worldwide.\" \u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of Nour al-Hmoud, Director of programs and initiatives at King Abdullah Fund for Development addressing participants.\u003cbr/\u003e21. Mid of al-Hmoud addressing participants.\u003cbr/\u003e22.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Nour al-Hamoud, director of programmes and initiatives at King Abdullah Fund for Development:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that the next few years are going to bring forward a lot of employment opportunities in the gaming industry because this something the culture is becoming very different people becoming very aware of it, even industries and government are highlighting it in their work, so in the future I think there going to be more jobs associated with gaming.\" \u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of developers taking part in talk shop.\u003cbr/\u003e24. 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