This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry is big: Supercell reported strong results, with operating profit before depreciation and amortisation rising six per cent to €932 million last year and contributing €220 million to the Finnish economy. Remedy Entertainment’s revenues continue to grow in 2025, reaching €59.5m, and the company has appointed former EA executive Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO. Neogames is compiling the annual list of commercial games first released globally in 2025 by Finnish developers and invites the community to help complete or correct it. On the studio front, The Last Care Taker gets excellent feedback and releases a trailer for The Final Frontier Update 2, 10tons released new videos of its upcoming title Dysplaced, Cornfox Brothers brings Oceanhorn 3: Legend of the Shadow Sea to Apple Arcade on 5 March, and a new gameplay trailer for Control Resonant showcases what may be Remedy’s most ambitious project to date. The event calendar remains active as Expa organises Internships & Employment Day 2026, LEADERBOARD 2.0 by Tampere Game Hub follows soon after, and the Nordic Game Conference 2026 calls for game executives. Students are reminded to apply for the Bit1 competition before 22 February. And finally, Finnish game jammers created 259 games across the country during Global Game Jam 2026 in just about 48 hours.
This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry: The Finnish Game Museum celebrates its 9th anniversary on 7 February with a virtual event on Twitch. Neogames Finland’s Suvi Latva and KooPee Hiltunen offer a slightly more serious, but not purely depressive, look at the current state of the Finnish Game Industry at Pocket Gamer Biz. On the studio front, Nitro Games wraps up its project with Business Finland, receiving a final funding instalment of €340,000, while Bitmagic unveils an AI-created take on the classic Civilization formula and Cities: Skylines 2 sees its UI undergo an “extreme makeover” as Iceflake steps in as the new developer. Talking about making games; Finnish Game Jam, organised last weekend across Finland, once again showed the strength of the grassroots scene as jammers created 259 games during Global Game Jam 2026 in just about 48 hours. Looking forward; Road to Vostok enters Early Access on 7 April, and Ritual Party by Hologram Monster gets its Early Access release date for 17 February.
This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry highlights how strong investments in education and coaching continue to support new game companies across the country. GameCity Kajaani keeps expanding its open learning offering with a growing library of free lectures from game design to legal, while the second Game Track programme is about to kick off in Jyväskylä, fuelling the pipeline from skills to entrepreneurship. On the game development front, there is once again good news as The Last Caretaker is selling well, with gross revenue of $7.6m less than two months from launch, and Jussi Loukianen has founded a new Finnish publishing company, Coyote Time Publishing. Finns have also made their voices heard in the regulatory discussion around games, with 59 368 people signing the “Stop destroying videogames” initiative. To wrap up the week on a high note, game development in its purest form is celebrated as Finnish Game Jam weekend begins as part of Global Game Jam, with more than 20 jam sites across Finland, including the National Gallery.
This week brings plenty of good news from the Finnish Game Industry. Amistech Games’ My Winter Car continues its strong performance with around 377k copies sold and gross revenue of roughly $4.7m to date, while Hill Climb Racing has reached an impressive two billion downloads and is still climbing. Neogames’ Suvi Latva and Jari-Pekka Kaleva were waving the Finnish flag and taking the pulse of the industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London. Finnish game developers community strength and support is visible in action as Finnish studio BIT ODD donates professional drawing tablets to students, junior developers and rising artists and opportunities keep coming as Supercell opens applications for the Spring 2026 cohort of Supercell AI Lab. There is also a milestone worth celebrating as the Finnish games industry community group on Facebook, PlayFinland, turns 18 years old. And finally, a reminder for students: registration for the Bit1 student game competition is open until Sunday 22 February, with a few weeks still left to polish your game to mint condition.
This week news and headlines in the Finnish Game Industry Mika Tammenkoski, CEO of Metacore, reflects on the lessons of 2025 and looks toward 2026, suggesting that the recent turbulence in the mobile game industry may well represent a new long-term normal. Remedy Entertainment continues to challenge itself by pushing its creative and production boundaries with the upcoming CONTROL Resonant. As a practical reminder, the Epic MegaGrants application round is now open. Next week, many Finnish game developers head to Pocket Gamer Connects London, the first international industry checkpoint of the year.
This week’s news, we share highlights from the past few weeks across The Finnish Game Industry. Angry Birds Licensing is merging with SEGA’s global operations and introducing a new international agent network, and Nitro Games has secured a €1.6 million contract. Despite stormy weather and freezing winter conditions, Finnish game developers’ machines do not congeal: My Winter Car was released on Steam on 29 December, Potion8 revealed its debut title Goblin’s Die with an announcement trailer, Sledders received major updates, and Phantom Gamelabs shared insights on building co-op at the core. For students, the Bit1 student game competition returns this spring, with registration opening in January. When it comes to funding, two timely opportunities are opening next week: the Epic MegaGrants submission window on 12 January and Business Finland’s funding info session for R&D in the creative industries on 13 January.
This week news about the Finnish Game Industry Neogames Finland is proud to share that The Finnish Game Industry has completed a mapping of its greenhouse gas emissions, marking an important step toward better understanding the sector’s environmental impact and future actions. When it comes to compensation in other areas, Game Makers of Finland invites professionals to contribute to its annual Salary Survey. Peliosuuskunta Expa celebrates its 13th birthday and conveniently reminds everyone that the Epic MegaGrants submission window opens in January. On the studio side, Kimble Games reports over 100,000 preorders for Wheelie King 8 ahead of release. As the year comes to a close, we want to wish you happy holidays, encourage you to enjoy a well-earned break, and thank you for being part of this year with us.
This week news about the Finnish Game Industry brings several major updates. Housemarque revealed a new trailer for Saros, now available for pre-order, and Remedy Entertainment announced that Control Resonant is coming to PS5 in 2026. The backbone of the Finnish game industry is its developer community, and thanks to the long-term work of IGDA Finland, that foundation now reaches across the country, from Helsinki all the way to Lapland, through 18 IGDA Hubs. This week also marked the first Finnish Games Industry DEI Summit, hosted by Next Games together with Neogames and We In Games Finland. On the new game release front, Mopeful Games unveiled the trailer and Steam page for their upcoming WARDRUM, Boom Karts VR by Zaibatsu Interactive is out now on Quest with crossplay, and Phobos Down by FRACKTiLE Games has launched on Steam.
This week news about the Finnish Game Industry we want to remind you about the upcoming info session on funding by The Creative Europe Desk Finland. On the release side, the solid rocks keep rolling. Fingersoft launched Hill Climb Racing Lite on Poki.com, Studio Grail released Grave Regrets, and Amistech unveiled both a teaser and Steam page for My Winter Car. 10tons published a trailer for their upcoming title Dysplaced, and Plebeian Studio with Bonus Stage Publishing are set to release the full version of Gladio Morio in Q3 2026. On the people front, Metacore strengthens its tech team with Petri Hyökyranta and Daniel Lindkvist.
This week news about the Finnish Game Industry brings great updates from studios, shiny new launches, and some useful event perks. Pools arrives on PlayStation 5 and PSVR with a demo already out, and Harakka Studio releases a free Steam demo for Remnants of Yore. On the release side, Reentry – A Space Flight Simulator lands on Steam, Next Games / Netflix unveils Puzzled launching on 26 November, and Interstellar Espionage Inc. from Fancy Raven Games is now out. For those planning ahead, Pocket Gamer Connects London 2026 and the Nordic Game Conference offer solid discounts for our subscribers.