Weekly News 12

Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter

In this report we will combine week 12/2021 from the Finnish Game Industry and will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out the previous post here.

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.

Best Regards,
Neogames Finland

 Events:

• 10th March – and continue all the way to the end of May. Quantum Games 2021 goes Twitch – public lectures open for everyone! Register here
• 25th-26th March Be BIG, the first transnational game industry event organized by the Baltic Explorers
• 25th March XR Nation: AWE Nite Northern XR: Spotlight on Sweden
• 29th March Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Fostering Playful Experiences with Wearables” (online)
• 31st March AWE Nite Northern XR: Spotlight on Sweden
• March 2021(Date tbc) British Academy Games Awards
  • Tuesday 2 March 2021 – Nominations announced
  • March 2021 (Date tbc) – British Academy Games Awards
• 15th April WiG Panel: How to start and quit a business – and cope with hard times
• 19-20th April PGC Digital #6
• 21-22nd April Finland Games Job Fair
• 6-7th April Global Games Pitch ’21 – PC and Console
• 8th April Game Art Webinar – The Concept Art Behind The Last of Us 2
• 19th April Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Next Generation of Interactive Streaming” (online)
• 3rd May Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Art of Learning by Doing – The Great Game Jam Panel” (online)
• 26-28 May Nordic Game Conference
  • You’ll get a free ticket for a friend/colleague if you register before 31 March!
• 12-16 July PGC London 2021
• 19th-23rd of July GDC 2021
• 28th Sept – 1st Oct PGC Helsinki 2021
• 14-15th October W Love Games
  • SUBMIT A TALK there is still time to send your proposals for a talk / panel / workshop, as this year it will be two-days event with multiple tracks
  • SUBMIT A WORKSKOP
  • The recorded sessions from W Games 2020 are now available on website

See also The Game Industry Events calendar Game Conference Guide Calendar Flemish Game association calendar

 Announcements:

• Natasha Skult is appointed as Chair of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA®)
• Housemarque’s Returnal has gone GOLD and will be out on April 30, only on the PS5.

 Discussion

• Panu Mustonen asks What are the events for game industry that are hopefully to be alive this year in Nordic countries

💰 Funding

• If you have plans to apply for the Digidemo grant, please note that there is just one deadline this year, 30.3.2021. The Autumn round is canceled 😔 (Article in Finnish only)

 New releases 

• Rooster Booster is now available in Apple App Store also by Add Inspiration

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