Weekly News 37/26

This week news about the Finnish Game Industry is… led by Channel37’s The Last Caretaker heading towards 1.0 and Xbox with Game Pass Day One, while Housemarque’s SAROS is getting its Zenith update and Remedy’s CONTROL Resonant moves closer to launch. Skyward Entertainment’s Second Stone, Iceflake Studios’ LEGO Skylines and MiTale are also bringing fresh visibility and new business developments. On the wider industry side, Neogames keeps international talent high on the policy agenda, EGDF is challenging Apple’s latest EU business terms, and autumn brings the usual collection of funding deadlines, events and industry roundups — apparently the summer is over.

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📣 Neogames Dones & News

• Neogames continues to highlight key priorities from its 2027 parliamentary election programme, including attracting and retaining international game-industry talent in Finland. International specialists account for 35% of the workforce in The Finnish Game Industry. Read the full policy programme

📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions

• Games & Immersive: India Market Introduction takes place online on 11 September. The webinar covers the Indian market, collaboration opportunities and the upcoming India Game Developer Conference. Register for the webinar
• Visionist’s September “Good Game News from Finland” roundup highlights recent developments across The Finnish Game Industry. The monthly overview covers company news, releases, upcoming games and other developments from Finnish studios and developers. Read the September roundup
• Finland ranks among Europe’s leading game-industry countries relative to its size, according to the latest EGDF data. Finland ranks 8th in the EU by talent base, 7th by number of studios and 5th by combined industry turnover, with Helsinki ranking 9th among European game-industry talent hubs. Read the latest European industry data
• European game developer organisations are challenging Apple’s new EU business terms. EGDF and 17 other organisations argue that the revised terms still undermine effective competition under the Digital Markets Act. Read EGDF’s statement
• Applications are open for Finnish Game Incubator 2026 until 18 October. The free remote programme is for Finland-based teams already developing a game. Programme details and application
• Aalto University Executive Education’s Game Executive programme has an online info session on 7 October. The programme focuses on management and leadership in the game industry and starts in January 2027. Game Executive programme and info session

🎮 News from and about Finnish Game Companies

• Channel37’s The Last Caretaker will reach 1.0 and launch on Xbox in spring 2027, with Game Pass availability from day one. The Helsinki studio also reports more than 400,000 copies sold since Early Access launch. Read more
• Housemarque has announced the free Zenith update for SAROS. The update adds new replayable modes, progression options and accessibility features later this year. Read the State of Play announcement
• Remedy Entertainment has published the final PC requirements for CONTROL Resonant ahead of its 24 September launch. The specifications cover standard, ray-tracing and path-tracing configurations. Read more
• Skyward Entertainment’s Second Stone received a positive hands-on preview from Gamereactor following gamescom. The preview takes a closer look at the Helsinki studio’s upcoming action RPG. Read the preview
• Iceflake Studios has launched the first episode of its new “Under Construction” developer-video series for LEGO Skylines. The episode introduces the Tampere-based team and development of the upcoming city-builder. Watch Episode 1
• Finnish studio MiTale is expanding from independent game development into transmedia publishing. The move broadens the company’s activities beyond its own game development into cross-media publishing. Read more

😍Upcoming NEW Finnish game releases

• Gladio Mori leaves Early Access and launches in full on 16 September. The Oulu-developed fighting game is coming to PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Gladio Mori on Steam

💰 Funding

• AVEK’s DigiDemo application window closes on 21 September at 16:00. Companies may apply for €10,000 or €20,000 towards a demo or pilot. DigiDemo application guidelines

📝 Jobs & Recruitment

• Looking for work or talent in The Finnish Game Industry? See Finnish game-industry job resources

📝 Jobs & Recruitment

• Looking for work or talent in The Finnish Game Industry? See Finnish game-industry job resources

👉 Upcoming Events

• 16–18 September – Thriving in Games Group Summit, Helsinki.
• 23–25 September – Northern Game Summit, Kajaani.
• 12–18 October – Finnish Games Week Steam Event, online.
• 19 October – Leadership Day by IGDA Finland, Helsinki.
• 20–21 October – Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics, Helsinki.
• 22–23 October – W Love Games 2026, Helsinki and online. Registration and calls are open.
• 3–4 November – Game Research Days 2026, Jyväskylä.
• 5 November – Finnish Game Industry DEI Summit, Helsinki and online. Registration is open.