Red Dunes Games is an Abu Dhabi publisher running a Japan-facing marketing push, bringing streamers KENKI and MAO to its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth to play Zozo and the Lost Dreams and Port of Jumanah. It previously co-released Jumana Port for PC and PS5.
Red Dunes Games is an Abu Dhabi publisher. Its most recent activity is a Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth at Makuhari Messe, running September 17 to 21, where streamers KENKI and MAO will play Zozo and the Lost Dreams and Port of Jumanah. The play sessions will be carried on YouTube, X, and Twitch. The company describes the effort as the first step in a full-scale Japanese market expansion built on Japanese influencers.
That push follows the release of Jumana Port, a 2.5D roguelite action game Red Dunes Games and Agate released for PC and PS5 on September 8. The game is priced at 1,600 yen and carries Japanese language support. Director Shandhi Sayogo said the game draws on the Arabian tradition of pearl diving and on Cult of the Lamb.
Sayogo also said the team built a playable Tokyo Game Show 2025 demo in roughly three to four months. The two stories together describe a publisher moving through a Japan strategy in stages: demoing a small team's work at the 2025 show, releasing the full game, and then staffing the 2026 booth with Japanese streamers to put the titles in front of a domestic audience.
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- Announced
- exhibiting nine titles at TGS2026 (TGS2026) · 2026-10-17
- Announced
- will bring streamers KENKI and MAO to its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-11
- Noted
- stated goals at TGS2026: spreading its titles in Japan, expanding its network with Japanese IP companies, and raising its profile in a market it calls very large · 2026-10-17
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- is based in Abu Dhabi · 2026-10-17
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- co-founders Sultan Al Darmaki and Mohamed Al Jneibi say the Acquire partnership remains strong and ongoing · 2026-10-17
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- is keeping its Acquire work quiet rather than parading a logo at the show · 2026-10-17
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- is openly courting Japanese IP holders as a go-between for overseas release · 2026-10-17
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- calls the push the first step in a full-scale Japanese market expansion using Japanese influencers · 2026-09-11
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Oct 17
Abu Dhabi-based developer and publisher Red Dunes Games is exhibiting nine titles at TGS2026, with three stated goals: spreading its titles in Japan, expanding its network with Japanese IP companies, and raising its profile in a market it calls very large. Co-founders Sultan Al Darmaki and Mohamed Al Jneibi say the Acquire partnership remains strong and ongoing.
Oct 11
Red Dunes Games and Agate released the 2.5D roguelite action game Jumana Port for PC and PS5 on September 8, priced at 1,600 yen with Japanese language support. Director Shandhi Sayogo told Game Spark the game draws on the Arabian tradition of pearl diving and on Cult of the Lamb, and that the team built a playable Tokyo Game Show 2025 demo in roughly three to four months.
Sep 11
RED DUNES GAMES, an Abu Dhabi publisher, will bring streamers KENKI and MAO to its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 21. The two will play Zozo and the Lost Dreams and Port of Jumanah on YouTube, X, and Twitch. The company calls the push the first step in a full-scale Japanese market expansion using Japanese influencers.