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This week, we have good news from The Finnish Game Industry; Finnish tax data from year 2023 was published and Neogames estimates that the game industry has generated approximately 3.5 billion euros in tax revenue for the state from 2013 to 2023, including corporate, income, and capital gains taxes, as well as taxes from mergers and acquisitions. We’ve also seen several great business deals: Angry Birds has teamed up with Talking Tom for a cross-platform crossover, Redhill Games has partnered with Liquid Swords, and Supercell has fully acquired Space Ape, establishing a new studio in London. An eventful few weeks are starting with Games Now Week, followed by the IP in Games event and the IGDA Finland gathering on Tuesday.
💎Highlights
- Angry Birds Teams Up with Talking Tom for a Cross-Platform Crossover
- Redhill Games partners with Liquid Swords
- Supercell establishes London studio with 100% acquisition of Space Ape
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📣Neogames News
- Next week (12th Nov.) will be Level up: IP Strategies in Games event organized by Neogames and PRH .
- Neogames Finland, as part of the Gamebadges project, is updating the Competence Map—a guide to game industry professions and skill levels by seniority—and needs input from both game industry professionals and game educators
- Neogames climate and sustainability specialist Elina Tyynelä is joining MatchXR on November 19th as a moderator Sustainable Gaming panel.
- Finnish tax data from year 2023 was published this week: Neogames estimates that the game industry has generated approximately 3.5 billion euros in tax revenue for the state from 2013 to 2023, including corporate, income, and capital gains taxes, as well as taxes from mergers and acquisitions.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studio
- Explore Remedy’s Game Developer Conference 2024 Talks on Creating Alan Wake 2
- In July 2024, famed destruction racer Flatout 2 received an update after eighteen years to reignite its online servers. Here is the review.
- Android testers wanted for Blue Berry, skill-based puzzle game that gives a casual first impression but comes with speedrunning potential.
💰 Funding
- Creative Europe’s funding call for video games is open – application deadline on Feb 12, 2025.
- Bookmark: EGDF’s Summary of EU video games industry funding calls for 2024 is up to date
😍 NEW Finnish games released:
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
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– Senior 2d artist / Art Director– 2d animatorFreelancers also considered!
- Level up your career at the Autumn Games Job Fair on Nov 7-8, 2024!
- Apply to Kajaani GameLAB is a free mentoring program by 10th November
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 7-8th November Games Job Fair
- Online event / LinkedIn Live: November 7
- Onsite / Kamppi Helsinki: November 8
- 11-17th Games Now Event week
- Erwin Kho’s concept art on COCOON will fill the walls of Kumma Gallery (open weekdays 14-17 from 12th Nov until 29th Nov and off-hours by appointment) .
- 12th November Level up: IP Strategies in Games
- 14th November EGDF & Discord Webinar for European Game Developers!
- 14-15th November XmasJKL
- 18th November Playing for the Planet Networking & Awards
- 20th November Core Talks: The Art and Science of Scaling
- 23-24th November Theme Park 2024 / Helsinki onsite
- 28-30th November 2024 the Unbreakable Connectivity Hackathon/ Espoo Nokia HQ. Apply here. The event has €10,000 prize pool and access to the Sirius Partner Program and there are also travel grants are available.
- 12-14th December; WEkEO Hackathon 2024: “Data-Driven Solutions for Climate Change”
- Kick-off Webinar on November 4, 2024
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!
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland