The State of the Industry in Israel

Many people think that there is no development industry in Israel. Fortunately, this is a (common) mistake 😃

Let us explain how our industry works:

1. First of all, there is no such thing as  a “French / American / Israeli gaming industry“.
   The industry is global! For examaple, Minecraft, one of the most famous game in the world. Do you care that it’s “made in Sweden”? Probably not.
   The games in your computer – are not made in your country of residence.
2. Nowaday, remote work is very common, and more than half of the developers in the world work remotely. A big part of them, in other countries than their countries of residence. Among others, a hell lot of Israelis work in GameDev companies registered abroad.
   Israelis work in Bethesda, Activision, Blizzard, Epic Games and many more.
3. Taxation in Israel is not attractive for startup launching (including games), and the vast majority of Israelis launch their company/product abroad (legally, of course). A good example: Ori And The Blind Forest, a game which is not Israeli at all, except that of its team, more than half come from Israel.
   We explain launching and taxation in more details in our course.
4. GameReady – us. We too are a company not registered in Israel. Our team is mixed and international, our customers are also from different countries around the world (both students and companies to whom we provide development services).
5. As you read this text, we work on several development projects, in cooperation with Israeli companies, and much of the development is done by graduates and students of our training center, for money and remotely.
6. Among our development customers your will also see big names – Intel, Controp, Iscar, Epic Games, and the list goes on. Meaning, in Israel too, in the business channeel, there is a lost use of Unreal for research, AI, simulations, virtual production, soldier training, worker training, occupational therapy with VR etc. And no, we aren’t talking about mobile games. This is not our profile and our passion. We talk computer/consoles.

If you have other questions about the industry, we are here and will be happy to answer!

Another article which you may find interesting: Five Facts about the GameDev Industry