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This week, Finnish game industry news are; Fingersoft appointing Teemu Närhi as its new CEO and Kukouri Mobile Entertainment shutting down game operations while selling its IPs to Social First. Also, remember that there is only one week left to update the list of Finnish games released in 2024. Today is also the last day to apply Oulu Game Industry Pre-Incubator. Good news for jobseekers is that now you can sign up for Rovio’s job alerts.
Stay updated on what’s happening in the Finnish game industry by following the PlayFinland Facebook group, and help us stay informed by posting your Finnish game industry news there!
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⚡Biggest News
📣Neogames News
- Neogames is listing commercial games released globally in 2024 by Finnish Game Developers and asks help for the updates.
- Neogames’ Koopee Hiltunen talks in OP podcast what makes Finnish Game Industry special and one of the important area of export in Finland
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Natasha Skult is launching YouTube channel – Indie Games Glam With Nat
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IGDA Helsinki February Meetup on next week will be the annual Post Play Party together with Finnish Game Jam!
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
💰 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
- Oulu Game Industry Pre-Incubator starts soon. Apply before January 31st. The program starts at latest on February 18th
- Application period for Master’s degree in Game Business Management at KAMK opens 8th Jan
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Rovio offers now opportunities for job seekers to sign up for job alerts.
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 11th February IGDA Helsinki February Meetup
- 12th February: Game Design Case: How Valheim gets you hooked (online event)
- 6th May Over 7 Hills – an IT and games industries conference in Turku, Finland
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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!
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Neogames Finland