THIS WEEK (28/2018) IN THE FINNISH GAME INDUSTRY

Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine  week 28/2018 from the Finnish Game Industry.
News are gathered from the Play Finland group posts during the week. That is why we recommend you to post by yourself (however not flood) your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group. It also guarantees that your news will be visible in the weekly newsletter /news compilation. Play Finland is at the moment one of the main channels for sharing information inside the industry.

 
Events:

• 12-13th July Illusion 2018 / Joensuu
• 5-8th July The Big Indie Fest at ReVersed 2018 / Vienna
• 2 August 2018, Shanghai: IMGA China Launch Seminar and Party in conjunction with China Joy. Business talks around the hottest topics.
• 2.-5. August Assembly Summer Messukeskus Helsinki 
  • Assembly ARTtech seminar
• 21st-25th August Games Com Cologne
• 8th September Intuitive Digital Workflow with Loish / Turku
• 11-12th September Pocket Gamer Connects
  • Exclusive 20% discount using code FINLAND20.
• October 19th Monetization in Games: Past, Present and Future – ft. John Romero / Helsinki
• 24th-26th October, Join Neogames and the Nordics at Game Connection Europe / Paris
• 19-23 November 2018, Nanjing: IMGA Judging Sessions, China Game Design Seminar and the Awards Ceremony & Parties
• 22-24th May Nordic Game Conference

See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:

• Olli Rundgren is looking for somebody to be inside for giant bacteria…
• 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;

• Part Time Monkey’s first Steam release, BALL GRABBERS, is out now! Grab a friend, grab a beer, and grab some balls!
• The Walking Dead: Our World from Next Games is out now! Check it out
• Iceflake Studios Oy‘s Race Arcade, a modern take on retro racing was released today on Playstation 4. The North American release will follow next Tuesday on July 17th.

Other News;

• Finnish senior team Grey Gunners did great at @Dreamhack playing CS:GO! Everyone in the team is over 70 years old
• Team Joylly Rogers’ Worbitalhas reached beta stage
• Kimble Games is going to release Wheelie Rider 3D 1.8.2018 on IOS & Android
• Robber Docks, an action adventure game under development

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.