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The year 2025 is kicking off in practice! WonderHive has pivoted, secured an investment from SISU Ventures, and is now known as Playnest. Neogames has reviewed the year 2024 in The Finnish Game Industry, highlighting key achievements and Neogames’ own activities. The Think Ink competition, themed “Gaming in Media,” awarded €100,000 to Platonic Partnership’s Metapress gamification platform, inspiring fresh ideas for journalism. However, not all news is positive, as Huuuge’s Helsinki studio will be closed. Next week brings Pocket Gamer Connects London, followed by the Game Jam weekend starting on 24th February.
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⚡Biggest News
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The Think Ink competition, themed “Gaming in Media,” awarded €100,000 to Platonic Partnership’s Metapress gamification platform, inspiring fresh ideas for journalism. (article in Finnish)
- WonderHive has pivoted to Playnest and secured new investment from SISU Game Ventures
- Huuuge Helsinki studio will be closed and overall 29% of the global workforce will be laid off in Huuuge
📣Neogames News
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Metaplay: Game Industry growth expectations: 77% of respondents are optimistic about the growth of the game industry in 2025 and beyond.
- The gaming industry is growing in Finland – Business Tampere’s new expert provides support for internationalization
- If Your company is interested to have 5-6 month Game Degree interns check the event in Jyväskylä at 18th February
- Green Game Jam is here again – sign ups open until the end of January!
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
😍 NEW Finnish games released
- Splittown by Mats Kyyrö & Juha Keränen is released in Early access at STEAM
- Virtual Hunter is leaving early access on January 15th!
💰 Funding
- Business Finland announces R&D funding for boosting business in the creative industries.
- Creative Europe’s funding call for video games is open – application deadline on Feb 12, 2025.
🏫Education
- Next week starts the Introduction to Game Design course at Tampere Region Adult Education Centre (education is in Finnish)
- Application period for Master’s degree in Game Business Management at KAMK opens 8th Jan
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 17th January Expa – Unreal – Value Network Meetup at Digi & Game Center
- 20th-21st January Pocket Gamer Connects London
- 24-26th January 2025 Finnish Game Jam
- 29th January Business Finland announces R&D funding for the creative industries info session in Teams. Register by 27th Jan
- 12th February: Game Design Case: How Valheim gets you hooked (online event)
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6th October; IGDA Finland Leadership Day
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7-8th October; Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
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9-10th October; W Love Games Conference
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)
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