Weekly News 06/23
Rovio is officially in talks with Playtika – and others – about a sale + The search for the best Finnish theses on the topic of games and play is on again.
Rovio is officially in talks with Playtika – and others – about a sale + The search for the best Finnish theses on the topic of games and play is on again.
Neogames Finland is updating the lists of games released globally in 2022. Based on game list Finnish Game Awards nominees are voted. Deadline for game list updates is 15.2 So please check that your (Commercial digital) games are listed and details are right, and if not, please let reach out Neogames.
Everdale gets a 2nd chance as Metacore acquires it from Supercell
'Angry Birds' maker Rovio gets $738 mln offer from Playtika.
Fingersoft announces the newest addition to the Hill Climb Racing family, LEGO® Hill Climb Adventures! Finnish Game Jam 2023 (February 3-5, 2023) jammer registrations are open! Submit your game to the Game Audio Awards by January 31st
Tuomas Erikoinen and Miika Virtanen has formed a new game company called Wild Spark and already released their first game! The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies & Tampere University Game Research Lab has released new Finnish Player Barometer (in Finnish). Pelimetsä website will be updated on next year with a _simple_ CO2 footprint calculator, which can be used as a measure for voluntary donations.
This week news at the Finnish Games Industry are short.
Few more Industry events coming before the Christmas and Harha Games has reached one million players!
Noice is organising an exclusive demo and evening of fun - sign up soon.
Neogames Finland has put together a checklist for any game studio to use to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions.