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The week we had in the Finnish Game Industry – While Angry Birds celebrates its well-deserved induction into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, Sega is navigating a $31.6m net loss and a major strategic pivot away from its “Super Game” project. On the frontline of play, Housemarque’s Saros keeps getting praises, Virtual Hunter reaches the 20,000-wishlist mark, Catland reveals geopolitical satire CORDCUTTER, and an insightful retrospective on indie self-publishing from MiTale.
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📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- It is time for annual Aalto Games Alumni Day! If you consider yourself an Aalto University alumn, join us on 23rd June @Lonna. Tickets are already almost sold out after just one day, so jump in now if you want to be part of this no-streaming-just-being-there day.
- Expa is updating its Central Finland games industry database for a new regional report, inviting all local game developers, studios and contributors to get in touch and share data, views and visibility for the sector.
- Leadership Day by IGDA Finland is kicking off Finnish Games Week on October 19, 2026 and looking for speakers
- W Love Games 2026 call for speakers and workshop facilitators is open
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Angry Birds Joins the World Video Game Hall of Fame
- Sega reports $31.6m net loss during FY26, cancels ‘Super Game’ project amid strategic pivot. Impairment losses from Rovio and Stakelogic push company to reduce free-to-play priority and focus on full game development
- Sega Sammy reported its earnings for the fiscal year and fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31 today, and it revealed more about upcoming games
- Housemarque’s Saros Feels Like Popping Bubble Wrap
- Hunting Simulator Virtual Hunter Stalks 20,000 Wishlists Mark As It Inches Closer to Meta Quest and PSVR2 Release
- Catland has revealed its new game IP CORDCUTTER: Hybrid Warfare, a geopolitical satire action survivors-like set in the Baltic Sea, coming to PC on Steam later this year.
- MiTale’ retrospective of self-publishing an indie game IP over the past year
💰 Funding
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 21st May The Finnish game industry celebrates its best games. The awards ceremony will be streamed live on YouTube from 6:00 to 7:30 PM CET
- 22nd May to 24th Finnish Folk Game Jam
- The registration for Helsinki
- The registration for Vaasa
- The registration for Jakobstad / Pietarsaari
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
- 27th May TiLA! (Aalto University and the City of Espoo supporting creative professionals with affordable workspaces, community and services) House Party preview event in Otaniemi
- 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
- 23rd June annual Aalto Games Alumni Day
- 19th October IGDA Finland Leadership Day
- 22-24th October W Love Games 2026
- 3.–4.11.2026. Game Research Days 2026, organised by the Finnish Society for Game Research, takes place at the University of Jyväskylä on
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!
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Neogames Finland