Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine weeks 41/2019 from the Finnish Game Industry.
News are gathered from the Play Finland group posts during the week. That is why we recommend you to post by yourself (however not flood) your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group. It also guarantees that your news will be visible in the weekly newsletter /news compilation. Play Finland is at the moment one of the main channels for sharing information inside the industry.
We (admins) occasionally publish industry related posts or links in Play Finland. But since there is so many things going on, we don´t even try to cover the whole field.
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland
Events:
- 11th October Nokia N-Gage mobiilipelijam @Tekniikan museo, Viikintie 1, Helsinki. Ilmoittaudu mukaan
- 12th October Pelataan: Pelejä Tampereelta
- 14th October Games UR/UX Finland Meet Up / Helsinki
- 15ht October Art and Culture Funds for Games / Helsinki
- 17th October Konsoll 2019 / Bergen Norway
- Oct 26th DevCon 2 Tampere
- 29th-31st October Game Connection Europe 2019 / Paris
- 14th – 17th of November, G-Star Global Gaming Exhibition in Busan / South Korea.
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Business Finland will participate in the event with a focus on talent attraction. To find candidates in the Gaming sector with innovative skills and professional background, BF invites Finnish interested in the gaming industry or in business opportunities to join the #FinlandWorks booth or by having Business Finland represent, the open positions at the booth and connect the candidates with the companies. For further information and job postings, please contact Regina Ainla, Talent Boost Coordinator: regina.ainla@businessfinland.fi +358 40 939154
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- 15th November W
Games Conference 2019
- Speakers;
- Sophie VO
- Gabriele Aimone
- Ekaterina Dolgova from Redhill Games
- Nikolina Zidar talking about her work in making most unique game studio in Finland!
- Anna Salomaa from Resistance Games
- Rebekka Muntola from PlayStack
- Anu from Housemarque
- Speakers;
- 16-17th November Aalto university agreed to hosts Theme Park. A digital art rally!
- 19th November; Press Start invites 1,000 game developers to the Cable Factory for a free kick-off to the Slush Week.
- No middleware, no service providers – just games. Attendance is free and by application only. Apply here slush.org/press-start
- Learn from industry veterans, connect with peers, get a glimpse into some up-and-coming games and meet a pool of investors. And let’s not forget the after-party.
- The first speakers and open applications to the event will be released in August.
- applications opened up for live demo showcase at Press Start. This time you can forget your presentations – it’s all about playing live!
- if you are coming to Press Start – Kickoff Event by Slush and want to share it, attend to the fb event on the link.
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Neogames is creating a tool for the city of Helsinki summarising all key games industry related events in Helsinki
Open jobs & Recruitment
- Koukoi Games has few open positions: Producer/Director, Game Designer and Back-end Developer.
- Redhill Games has new intern position open
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- Games Factory Talents have introduced a new platform to make your talent visible for the game studios. They are building a community of developers to showcase, making it easier for the game studios to find the talent they need.
- “Instead of building a platform only for job seeking game industry professionals, we wanted a platform where the game studios could come and meet the talent even before they start the long and expensive process of advertising an open job position. Our Talent Board features industry professionals from all levels of experience to most of the various positions studios might be looking to fill”, explains Kim Bäckroos, CEO of the newly formed Games Factory Talents.
- New talent is being added to the Talent Board constantly, and Games Factory Talents are inviting all industry professionals and game studios to take part. Head over Games Factory Talents to look at the talent and job positions available and make yourself visible for the hiring studios.Follow Games Factory Talents on social media for the latest news and information on any upcoming talent acquisition events.
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/gamesfactorytalents
- https://www.instagram.com/gamesfactorytalents
- Jobs in Games: Rovio’s Heini Kaihu on how to get a job as head of studio.
- if people are interested in taking part in ‘Jobs in Games’ series feel free to get in touch with Craig Chapple!
- Curious on how to enter the Games Industry? Take a look at http://www.devs.tv/jobs/ for the current list of all jobs available in the Finnish Game Industry!
Announcement;
- Utopos Games raises $1 million to make AI-based robot battle game Raivo.
- Wargaming Helsinki studio is going to be closed
Releases;
- Bouncer Story released today for iOS and Android. Get it on App Store &
Google Play. - Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is out now!
- MiTale in announcing new game and book!
Discussion
- Mikko Rautalahti rised discussion about use of Finnish & English language in Play Finland group
- Tuomas Roinine asks if Anyone know or have some contact to Samsung or Xbox people? “We are actively looking for Cooperation & Support Partners for Digi & Game Center in Jyväskylä, Central Finland”
Other News;
- Suomen pelimuseo järjestää lauantaina 12.10. Pelejä Tampereelta -tapahtuman. Tapahtumaan osallistuu edustava kattaus paikallisia pieniä ja suuria pelikehittäjiä. In English: Finnish Museum of Games hosts an event about local games Made In Tampere next Saturday.
- Johannes Koski and Karoliina Korppoo created a new Slack community called Games Finland for all the game professionals in Finland with a focus on mentoring and knowledge sharing.
- meet Thien, the Game Analyst at Redhill Games. He shares his internship story.
- There is From dice to bits -exhibition in Library of University of Helsinki. You can walk back history to recent decades in board games and computer games. Entry is free of charge.The address is Unioninkatu 36 and look for opening hours. Guided tour in Fin.
- The IGDA Finland Helsinki Hub is looking for a sponsor for our November gathering which will take place on Tuesday November 12th.
- Pelialan työtilana ja showroomina esiintynyt Games Factory on mennyt konkurssiin. Arcade5 jatkaa toimintaa – Games Factory Bancrupted but Arcade5 continue with Games support
- Apple just released an Oceanhorn 2 trailer
- Elite Game Developers Podcast:Operating a Mobile Games Company as a First-Time Founder with Simon Davis Co-Founder and CEO Mighty Bear Games
- Slow processing of foreign experts’ permits “a catastrophe”
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.