Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 19/2017 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
See also the latest (updated) report of the Finnish Game Industry.
Events:
- May 16th IPO:a harkitseva peliyhtiön Remedyn yhtiöesittelytilaisuus Helsingissä.
- May 17-19th Nordic Game Conference / Malmö.
- May 20th GameSound game music event in Jyväskylä
- June 13th Game Industry Breakfast by Aalto ENT / Helsinki
- July 12 Women in Games meetup at Pori
- July 13-14 Illusion 2017 plus VIP access to Ilosaarirock 2017 in the middle of Summer. Sign up now.
- August 3-6th Assembly summer / Helsinki
- August 3.-5. Assembly ARTtech / Helsinki
- Sept. 18-19th PG Connects Helsinki
- Oct 11, 2017. Finland 100Y goes Women in Tech 2017
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:
- Open positions at Dodreams:
1. Producer/Product Manager https://app.recrur.com/public/job-ad/0d6d4862-9
2. Marketing Growth Hacker https://app.recrur.com/public/job-ad/2b30ea19-3
3. Senior Developer (Online Multiplayer) https://app.recrur.com/public/job-ad/db5b5fcf-0
4. Senior Artist https://app.recrur.com/public/job-ad/5e144415-c
5. Office Manager https://app.recrur.com/public/job-ad/2d880929-5 - Rovio is looking for Technical Artist (3D game)
- 3D Graphics teacher for Metropolia next fall! 40 hours course. Industry experience required. Contact juha.huhtakallio@metropolia.fi. Still also searching for VR teacher!
- Sepeli Ry is hiring two people to advance game development and game industry in the Seinäjoki region. If you are between 16 and 25 years old and passionate about game development, consider applying or sharing our job ad. (Please note that the application and job are done in Finnish).
- 700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game development jobs available right now. Currently 440 job openings in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway – browse through them at http://gameform.eu/
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Releases:
- Sumu, a space themed reaction/puzzle game where you fly in the universe as a stardust reviving dead planets is released on Android
- Clay Hunt PRO released for iOS and Android.
- Flick released on the App Store and Google Play. See the trailer.
Announcements;
- Get the latest (updated) report of the Finnish Game Industry.
- Remedy First North -listautumisesta kiinnostuneet voivat lukea annin esitteen sivuilta
- See the list of Finnish Companies @ Nordic Game next week. Send email to suviATneogamesDOTfi if you are coming but your company is not on the list.
Other News;
- Are you interested about games market in China? Maybe considering to join to China Joy (http://2017-en.chinajoy.net/) at July? Meet the mighty Joey Gui from FinChi / Invest In Finland (http://www.finchi.cn/). She will be in Helsinki soon May 22nd-24th. Ping suviATneogamesDOTfi for further information if you are interested.
- the #JamBike17 team is on their way to the boat with their tandem bike and maintenance team right now! Follow the journey in the form of tweets, Facebook lives, pics and videos and on the other official channels of the #JamBike17
- (Only on Finnish) Remedyn markkina-arvo 64 miljoonaa euroa, instituutioanti kahden kauppa / Remedy’s market value is estimated on 64 milj. EUR.
- (Only in Finnish) Suomalainen pelijohtaja Matias Myllyrinne muutti Kyprokselle – Laittoi World of Tanks -yhtiön järjestykseen
- (Only in Finnish) Suomalainen Polka Dot tähtää muotipelien johtajaksi: “Naiset käyttävät enemmän aikaa ja rahaa peleihin”
- Tormentor X Punisher comes out June 2nd
- Pro gradu aiheesta “Suomalaisten indie-pelistudioiden kokemuksia sovelluskauppaoptimoinnista” on valmis ja julkaistu
- Saranen ja Google ovat yhdessä järjestämässä Games Growth Hacker -koulutusohjelman, jonka kautta mm. Rovio, Yousician, Fingersoft, Dazzle Rocks ja Dodreams hakevat uusia pelialan kasvuhakkereita. Hakuaika päättyy 28.5.
- Head’s up for the best reward for your game dev team. Amazing game conference; Illusion 2017 plus VIP access to Ilosaarirock 2017 in the middle of Summer. Sign up now.
- Shark Punch’s latest case study is Matchmade, check it out
- (only in Finnish) Juho Hamari kasvoi välinpitämättömästä nuoresta professoriksi – nyt hän kertoo, miten pelien avulla voi parantaa maailmaa
- Check out the Game Makers latest Episode 8: Samuli Syvähuoko and the real meaning of Sisu
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.