Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 42/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015 & China Mobile Games Report
Events:
In this report we will combine the week 42/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015 & China Mobile Games Report
Events:
- 21st Oct. Mysteeripolku: Kuokkamummo
- 27th Oct. In Search of Team Member with Ultrahack / Helsinki
- October 26th- 28th Game Connection Europe / Paris
- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
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- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
- 14th of Nov. IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub is organizing “The Concept of Art in Games” Exhibition @ Jyväskylä City Library.
- 17th Nov. Uusi Auttaa Vanhaa – Peli- ja teknologiatapahtuma senioreille / Oulu
- 18th of Nov. XmasJKL 2016 Game Industry seminar at Jyväskylä, Finland – Early Birds are ON! Get your tickets FAST to great game dev seminar at Jyväskylä, Finland 18th of Nov 2016 with great line up of speakers and people from the Game Industry. Early Birds are ON!
- 23rd-26th Nov. ReCon Blockchain developers bootcamp in Helsinki
- November 28-29.2016 Nordic Brand Licensing Market Helsinki
- Oct 11, 2017. Finland 100Y goes Women in Tech 2017
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar/
Open jobs:
- Frozenbyten HR-tiimi etsii HR-harjoittelijaa apulaiseksi, ks. lisätiedot ja hakuohjeet:
http://www.frozenbyte.com/jobs#hr-harjoittelija + other open positions - Futureplay has several open positions for an experienced and kick-ass game programmer, game artist, game marketer, product manager or QA person
- 700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game development jobs available right now. Currently 440 job openings in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway – browse through them at http://gameform.eu/
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Releases:
- Make More! Developed by Bad Crane, published by Fingersoft is out now on iOS and Android (and Amazon)
- Seriously released Best Fiends Forever on both App Store and Google Play.
- Iceflake Studios Ice Lakes VR update is out now!
- Marimo Games released Happy Hopper on Android (soon iOS too)
Announcements;
- Neogames Finland is updating the Finnish Game company lists, inform us if you are not in the list http://www.neogames.fi/en/industry-info/operators/
- The Finnish Game Educators Network is looking for people, companies or other developments that have promoted positive gaming culture with their actions or by existing. Leave your suggestions for the Game Educator of the Year using this form.
- Kolibri Studios is developing Crooks Crush.
- Global Game Jam 2017 is looking for site organizers. As a regional organizer for Finland (Finnish Game Jam, aka#FGJ17 is our umbrella). AK can respond to your questions (aakoo@finnishgamejam.com).
- Astraterra on pöytäroolipeli kaikenikäisille ja pelin 2. laitoksen tuotantoon haetaan nyt joukkorahoituksen kautta ennakkomyyntiä. Ole hyvä ja tutustu Astraterraan tarkemmin Indiegogo-sivulla tai pelin kotisivulla
Other News;
- Panic Art Studios developing “Eastfound” on PS4
- Neogames JP Kaleva column in Gameindustry.Biz: “Pokémon Go is just the beginning of an absurd copyright struggle in AR”
- This is what Critical Force’s Critical Ops is all about
- How PlayRaven is embracing Finland’s sharing culture to reboot Spymaster
- Parikymppiset tamperelaissiskot loivat koukuttavan mobiilipelin — Kahdessa päivässä huima suosio
- Dreamloop Games Ville gave a sneak peek behind the scenes in Stardust Galaxy Warriors!
- Finland Conquers The Game World – What’s Next For Indie Studios?
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them on the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out previous week’s list!