Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine weeks 8-9/2024 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:
- 8th March Game Audio Awards gala 2024 / Oulu
- March 8, 2024 special International Women’s Day breakfast and panel discussion on at the Next Games offices / physical event is sold out but you can sign up for online event
- March 14th DGC Recruitment / Internship – Jamk Game Degree Edition at Digi & Game Center, Jyväskylä
- March 18-19 Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco / Discount code: PlayFinlandSF20 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/pocket-gamer-connects…
- 18-22 March Game Developers Conference / San Francisco
- Digital Dragons 19-21 May 2024. Indie Showcase applications are accepted until March 1, 2024. Another opportunity for studios to show their games in front of investors, publishers, and media is Digital Dragons Arena. Krakow, Poland
See also The Game Industry Events calendar 
Game Conference Guide Calendar Flemish Game association calendar & Game Industry Biz
Announcements:
- Neogames is listing commercial games released globally in 2023 by Finnish Game developers (or game developers that have business ID in Finland). Based on game list Finnish Game Awards
nominees are voted. Deadline for game list updates is 6th March. - Remedy acquires full rights to the Control franchise from 505 Games
- IGDA Finland Grant is coming! Full details will come out on www.igda.fi/grant in the beginning of March.
- Neogames Finland joins The Finnish Startup Community, the representative associations Technical Industries of Finland and Suomen Ekonomit (“Economists of Finland”) as well as the City of Helsinki to suggest measures for streamlining and improving the labour migration process. The publication is available in Finnish.
- Autogun Heroes, by Nitro Games has won the best mobile game tittle on the Game Development World Championship.
Open jobs & Recruitment:
- How do you build your career as a game music composer? Great article (in Finnish) about it, where Clash of Clans and Merge Mansion composer Salla Hakkola is being interviewed.
- In these uncertain times, many talented professionals are being affected by layoffs. If you find yourself in this situation, Games Factory Talents connecting Passion & Talent want to share with you a their session recording from the Autumn #gamesjobfair. Using LinkedIn to find your next career opportunity. The importance of having a strong profile that catches recruiters’ attention is essential.
Unfortunately, many candidates miss essential elements that can decrease their chances of being called for an interview.
Watch Oleg Paliy’s session recording to learn how to “pimp up” your profile and increase your chances of landing your next career opportunity. Let’s make the most of the tools available to us in these challenging times.
Join Games Factory Talents connecting Passion & Talent at the upcoming Spring #GamesJobFair this April - If you are a Facebook user and looking for jobs in gaming in Finland, make sure to follow Pelialan työpaikat Suomessa Facebook group hosted by Finnish employment agency Duunitori. Open positions tagged to game industry are shared in the group automatically. We are in no way affiliated with Duunitori, but wanted to point out this resource as another good way to check out open positions.
- If you are looking for talented games industry professionals for short- or long-term hire – please check out the anonymous GameDevTalents board with screened and pre-interviewed talents ranging from mid to senior levels of experience and open to career opportunities. Feel free to reach out for details! And if you are Talent working in games industry or willing to join the Finnish games industry, feel free to apply https://gamedevtalents.com. Additionally, here is an anonymous list of talents who joined our Games Job Fair event and are open to career opportunities. If you want to see someone’s full profile, please feel free to reach out with the Contact button, so that they reach out to the talent for their consent. In your email please specify the project and/or position you are hiring for. A job description would be ideal.
- Take a look at https://thehub.fi/jobs for the current list of all jobs available in the Finnish Game Industry!
- Uratarinoita, erilaisista ihmisistä / mostly in Finnish, but few different career stories in English too
💰 Funding:
- DigiDemo application time has started and ends on 5th April 2024 at 16:00. For more information on the concept support application process, please contact Media Art Commisioner Milla Moilanen during the call hours on 5 March and 12 March at 9:00–12:00.
- IGDA Finland Grant is coming! Full details will come out on www.igda.fi/grant in the beginning of March.
Other News
- Virtual Hunter has a major update
- Solip’s Comic episode of about of recruiters bringing talents to Finland – not just in games, but also in other sectors.
- Check out the Finnish Game Incubator (sponsored by Tampere Game Hub, AhlmanEdu, Business Tampere & Tampereen kaupunki) Demo Day 2024 here and meet this year’s six amazing teams and games! For my VC and publisher friends, they’re all looking for your input.
- Mikko Rytkönen from FRACTiLE Games shares his experiences of developing games almost 30 years (article in Finnish)
- Turbo Dismount is included in Rap Battle