Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 36/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015
Events:
In this report we will combine the week 36/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015
Events:
- Aalto EE; Game Executive September 7-14
- September 14th Games for Health Finland 2016
- September 15th The eSports research project from Tampere University will be hosting a free seminar on eSports and internet game streaming.
- September 29-30th SLUSH Play / Reykjavik / Island
- Nordic Game Discovery Contest debuts on 5 October at the Day Zero pre-event of the Northern Game Summit (6-7 October) in Kajaani Finland
- 7-10 October Larp Event: Price of Inspiration, /Tammela
- October 26th- 28th Game Connection Europe / Paris
- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
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- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar/
Open jobs:
- Traplight Games is looking for two (2) new people (Management Assistant and QA Trainee) to join our awesome team!
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Releases:
- Kamina Dimension got Grab the Bottle in Steam Greenlit.
- Spareware has just been Greenlit
- #Badland2, the most addictive side-scrolling action adventure finally arrives to Android !
- Ice Lakes is now available for iOS devices!
- Mad Art Millionaire is globally available on iOS!
Announcements:
- EveryWear Games’ new game Field Day on Apple Keynote
- Pocket Gamer Big Indie Pitch Winners;
- Finnish eSports Gaming Firm Raises Impressive €4 Mln Seed Round
- Flaregames partners with MyGamez to bring Nonstop Knight to Android in China
Other News;
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- Case Study: Sumoing scale up ad spend and revenues
- 5 things we learned about Supercell from Ilkka Paananen’s BAFTA Games lecture
- (Only in Finnish) Kuolemanralli täytti 20 vuotta – tästä alkoi suomalaisen pelialan kova nousu
- Studio space to rent Anima Vitae have space to rent for people or work groups working in the fields of animation, games and film making. The studio is in Kalasatama and is definitely a landmark in the history of Finnish animation.We have extra space in our factory hall due to the process of reforming the company structure for the future. We are open to both temporary and ongoing contracts with the only restriction being that the tenant must be VAT eligible.If you are interested e-mail us to info@anima.fi and use word TILA in the subject of the mail.
- Crashing Season – A Story of Puppies, Sweat and Tears
- (Only in Finnish) Suomalaisen peliyhtiön johtaja kertoo menestystarinansa – pokeripöydästä Trump-pelin luojaksi
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them on the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out previous week’s list!