Weekly News 20/22
Housemarque won four awards at Nordic Game Awards, including Best Nordic Game! Normogames won the Bit 1 student game of 2022 with game The Riflemen.
Housemarque won four awards at Nordic Game Awards, including Best Nordic Game! Normogames won the Bit 1 student game of 2022 with game The Riflemen.
The winners of game studies thesis competition are announced. Samuel Poirier-Poulin from University of Tampere won the Masters category with the work; "The wounds that never healed: An analysis of videoludic trauma in Cry of Fear" and Leena Hirvonen from Karelia University of applied sciences with work; "Unity digitaalisen oppimateriaalin tuottamisen välineenä"
Nasdaq Helsinki has approved the listing application of Remedy Entertainment. + DigiDemo funding announced.
Several new Finnish Games released on this week
Dreamloop Games! has signed a high six-figure($USD) publishing deal to get out their first own-IP game.
Next Games & Netflix acquisition confirmed! +Play Ventures won Investor of the Year Award at the Mobile Games Award! +The revenue of Metacore is going UP + Hill Climb Racing 3 incoming as Fingersoft closes in on 2bn total installs
Housemarque's Returnal won multiple categories at BAFTA Game Awards 2022. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Fingersoft and Hill Climb Racing! Pelimetsä becomes part of GamesForest.club.
Many open positions at Finnish Game industry!
Somewhat quiet week at Finnish Game Industry. Check the awesome trailer of Turbo Sliders Unlimited.
Neogames and Suomen Pelinkehittäjät have built a model for Finnish game companies to estimate their carbon footprint.