Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine this week’s happenings from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015
Events:
In this report we will combine this week’s happenings from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015
Events:
- May 18th Nordic & China business breakfast. Nordic Game Conference-venue / Dining hall / 8.30am-11.00am. NOTE: Participation to the business breakfast requires Nordic Game conference pass but there is no extra fee.
- May 18th IGDA Finland Nordic Party
- May 18th Pocket Gamer Nordic Game Drink Up
- May 18-20 Nordic Game Conf at Malmö / Sweden
- 20.5.2016 Valtakunnallinen Pelitutkimuksen päivä Jyväskylän yliopistolla. Samassa yhteydessä Suomen pelitutkimuksen seuran perustamiskokous.
- GameFounders‘s Games on Tour: East-West meetup in Tallinn May 30 – June 2nd
- June 3 AEC Hackathon 3.2 Helsinki
- June 6th #International #Market #Entryseminar at NewCo Helsinki. https://www.facebook.com/events/196423270733044/
- June 8th Game Spring Oulu releases key speaker: Chris Avellone
- June 8th Game Music Awards 2016
- 17-19.6 Powerlan
- Aalto EE; Game Executive September 7-14
Releases:
- Finnish Game Jam 2016 game and award winner Gotta Have Pancake now on mobile!
- NotskiGames has released Atomic Puzzle.
Announcements:
- Bitbybyte Creations game got Greenlit on Steam
- Finnish Game Jam handed annual awards this year to 9 games, 3 individuals and 4 companies as excellent examples and role models of the Finnish game jamming scene.
- GameFounders application deadline (June 10) for Fall 2016 cohort
Open jobs:
- Appstar is hiring
- Seriously is looking for a Level Designer.
- Heavyweight Rex has an open position for Lead Game Developer
Other news:
- Bruce Cannon from the Flatfish need testers. Sign up at:http://brucecannongame.com/play-it/
- Survey related to Emmi Högman’s Master’s thesis at Aalto University School of Business on motivations and deterrents for participating in video games crowdfunding projects.
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!