Events:
- Quantum Game Jam in Heureka Science Center in Vantaa on 18.-20.9.
- Health Game Jam in Kuopio on 9.-11.10.
- LUA-conference 2015 in Stockholm on October 15-16
Releases:
- Rovio soft launched Nibblers for iOS in Finland, New Zealand, Canada and Australia
- Frogmind’s BADLAND was updated with a level editor for iOS
- Kraftix Games released Alien Robot Monsters on Steam (and it’s on sale)
- Quantum Shake soft launched inBits for Android
Announcements:
Open jobs:
- GameRefinery is hiring
- Stupid Stupid Games is hiring
- See more open jobs at Games Jobs Finland
Other news:
- Today is the last day to register for Game Executive programme
- Both Colossal Order Ltd and Housemarque are nominated for a Golden Joystick Awards this year! Congratulations to both, and make sure to go give them a vote!
- Some Finnish game studios are taking a stand against goverment’s new regulations for sick leave (in Finnish)
- Kajaani University of Applied Scinces talks about developing games as a Sony Playstation Academic Partner (in Finnish)
- Seepia’s Permia – Duels reached 900 000 downloads
- Finnish game industry grew into a two billion euro business
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them to the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. See the previous post here.