Knights of Glory: Arab-Centric MMO Makes Its Mobile Debut

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03/11/2025

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Many mobile games use Western or East Asian settings. Falafel Games now gives Arab players a game that mirrors their own past. The iPhone release of the MMORPG "Knights of Glory" lets users lead heroes who speak, dress and act like they do.

The team in Hangzhou, China, put the title on the web in late 2011. Word spread fast; 250,000 accounts were opened besides ArabMMO readers voted it the best Arabic browser game of 2012. The March iPhone launch keeps the pace - about 1,000 new copies are installed every day.

Two rule sets sit inside one client. In the strategy layer each player plants cities plus moves armies across a map that works like the board game Risk. In the RPG layer the same user forms a squad of heroes and fights other humans or AI troops. Co-founder Vince Ghossoub says the mix of PvP or PvE missions keeps the queue of tasks full at any hour.

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The download costs nothing - revenue arrives when users buy gold inside the app. A short experiment with an upfront price failed - the studio reverted to the freemium plan. Ghossoub adds that working in China grants proximity to seasoned artists but also engineers, a benefit he rates above lower wages.

Saudi Arabia supplies the biggest user block. Volunteer moderators police chat and run events. Falafel Games will ship an iPad build next - an Android port staying locked on the Arabic audience.

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