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It’s been again an eventful week for the Finnish Game Industry. In Kajaani, the Northern Game Summit and the ‘Game Industry in Turmoil’ workshop where, lots of great thoughts and tricks were pinted and shared. Fingersoft brought exciting news by joining forces with Konami Digital Entertainment, bringing Super Bomberman R 2 into Hill Climb Racing 2. Supercell announced another major collaboration for Squad Busters with Hasbro’s Transformers. Good news is that at the game industry still seems to have money to be invested as Supercell has invested in Redly Games, an independent Helsinki-based studio.
💎Highlights
- Konami Digital Entertainment as Super Bomberman R 2 rolls into Hill Climb Racing 2.
- Supercell announces an official collaboration for their game Squad Busters as the partnership with Hasbro’s Transformers officially rolls out.
- The interactive Angry Birds game will be available at 1000+ Toptracer-enabled golf facilities worldwide
- Supercell invested in Redly Games, which is an independent gaming studio based in Helsinki, Finland, operating with a fully remote team.
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📣Neogames News
- Neogames Finland Chief Business Advisor Suvi Latva visited in Game Industry Turmoil Workshop and Northern Game Summit at this week in Kajaani
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Kavi asks opinion of the community about “The European Consumer Organisation and others submitted a complaint to the EU authorities on the unfair practices of leading video game companies such as Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Mojang Studios, Roblox Corporation, Supercell, and Ubisoft.” About the topic in Finnish here
- Finnish Film Affair (FFA) invites gaming industry professionals to join its 2024 event, featuring trends like AI, transmedia, and innovative financing models, fostering cross-industry collaborations. Explore the full program here: https://hiff.fi/en/finnishfilmaffair/programme/ and get your Gaming Pass here: https://hiff.fi/en/finnishfilmaffair/accreditation/
- If you are a game developer and eager to show you game there is an other great opportunity at Finnish Game Week; October 1st Show & Tell Game Mixer (by HypeHype & Phantom Game Labs & Google)
💰 Funding
- Bookmark: EGDF’s Summary of EU video games industry funding calls for 2024 is up to date
💡 Good to know
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
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👉 Upcoming Events
- 25th September webinar about Intellectual Property (IP) in the Gaming Industry, by EGDF and EUIPO
- 25-27th September Finnish Film Affair (FFA), which is part of the Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy. Gaming Pass here:
- 30th September; Meetup for Game Studio founders. The event is for game studios or soon-to-be game studios looking for more founders, or a game dev looking to be a part of team. Mobile and PC/Console devs are welcome to Hive Helsinki
- 30th September – 4th October: Finnish Games Week
- 30th September IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2024
- 1st-3rd October; Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2024
- discount code: PlayFinland20
- Be a speaker at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this October? Submit your talk here
- 3rd October W Love Games Conference 2024
- October 1st Show & Tell Game Mixer (by HypeHype & Phantom Game Labs & Google)
- Oct 1st – Nov 5; Advanced AI Training for Content Creators (event in Finnish) / Syventävä AI-valmennus sisällöntuottajille / Oulu
- 30th October Games First Helsinki Registration is open at https://supr.cl/gf-apply ! The event is free, but spaces are limited – apply for your ticket by August 30th.
- 15th November XmasJKL – First speaker reveased; Juha Vainio is the Head of the Control Franchise a Control 2 at Remedy Entertainment
See also following calendars:
- The Game Industry Events calendar (mostly relevant for Finnish Game industry)
- Game Conference Guide Calendar (more international (powered by EGDF and Slovakian games association)
- Flemish Game association calendar
- Game Industry Biz
This week’s roundup highlights news from the past week in the Finnish Game Industry. In the future, this bulletin is again posted every Friday afternoon. You can find past weekly roundups here.
News are gathered from various industry sources and the Play Finland group posts during the week. Post your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group to get a chance to be included in the weekly roundup!
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Neogames Finland