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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry we celebrate Ilkka Paananen receiving a BAFTA Fellowship for his 25-year career in mobile games, and congratulate CSE Simulation on a successful investment round and junior developer Dappal for winning the Bit1 Finale 2026 with My Tennis Apocalypse. Regarding game funding, we have good news to share: the DigiDemo concept support call is open until 12 May, while studios preparing to raise funding can also apply to the Games Capital Summit at Nordic Game by 24 April. Developers looking for more power for their productions can access the LUMI supercomputer through a free six-month trial. On the studio side, new games keep coming and existing ones expand to new content and platforms; Fakefish’s Frostrail opens its playtest on 16 April, and the already released Barotrauma’s Home and Harbor expansion has received a new trailer. Bonus Stage reports Sledders surpassing an impressive one million mod downloads via mod.io. Control Resonant is now available to wishlist on Steam, and Virtual Hunter by VRKiwi has passed 10,000 wishlists on PlayStation VR2 ahead of launch. Supercell is bringing Boom Beach to PC.
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Big News:
- Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen on a 25-year career in mobile gaming receives a BAFTA Fellowship
- CapMan Growth invests in active gaming company CSE Simulation
- Bit1 Finale 2026 winner is Dappal with their game My Tennis Apocalypse
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- The application period for DigiDemo concept support is open 8.4.–12.5.2026.
- LUMI supercomputer offers game developers access to high-performance computing for AI-driven development, with a free 6-month trial available through the LUMI AI Factory. Contact to discuss your needs further to Tiina Leiponen
- Game industry students at KAMK developed a leak simulation system for the Finnish Navy (article in Finnish).
- Game Research Days call for papers
- The Digital Creative Industries and Beyond project invites creative industry professionals, policymakers, and creators to the Future of the Creative Economy event on 16 April 2026 at Helsinki City Hall.
- Games Capital summit @ Nordic Game conference is a special opportunity if your studio/company is in the process of raising funds from game VCs and angels (or will be soon). The deadline to apply is April 24th.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Shiro Games presents a survival game set in a frozen zombie apocalypse with Frostrail by Finnish Developer Fakefish. Playtest begins on April 16, and you can sign up for it on Steam this very second.
- Fakefish and Undertow Games recently unveiled a brand new trailer for the Home and Harbor expansion of Barotrauma at the latest showcase event.
- Bonus Stage highlights the impact of mod.io integration, with Sledders surpassing one million mod downloads in just a few months and expanding modding to console players, while Gladio Mori has already reached 250,000 mod downloads even that it is still in Early Access, showing how UGC extends reach and lifecycle.
- Bonus Stage releases Arctic Drive, Co-op survival driving in a frozen open world on Steam.
- Bonus Stage invites developers to send their pitches to them.
- Virtual Hunter Surpasses 10,000 Wishlists on PlayStation VR2 Ahead of Launch
- Supercell is bringing Boom Beach to Windows PC
- Supercell has a proprietary game engine called Titan. It powers every game we make and serves 300 million players a month.
- Red Stage Entertainment released Raanaa – The Shaman Girl developed by Miksapix Interactive
- You can wishlist Control Resonant on Steam now
- Willow Guard DLC launch date is officially APRIL 23
💰 Funding
- The application period for DigiDemo concept support is open 8.4.–12.5.2026.
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki on April 23
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 14th April IGDA Helsinki April Meetup
- 16th April The Digital Creative Industries and Beyond project invites creative industry professionals, policymakers, and creators to the Future of the Creative Economy event at Helsinki City Hall.
- 21st April 2026 Game UX Helsinki meetup at XR Center in Metropolia in Arabia (Hämeentie 135A)
- 23 April Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki
- 5th May Over 7 Hills – an IT and games industries conference is organized in Turku
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
- 4th June Games First event –Ticket application is open until March 19th 23:59 CET.
- 5th June Way Forward Forum / Oulu
- 10th June Summer Days of Game Education
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 from Weekly roundup section.
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