Sony Buys Returnal Developer Housemarque! +Boom Corp. raises $1.8M to make social games + Jaakko Kylmäoja is the new permanent CEO of Fingersoft + Remedy signs an agreement with 505 Games to co-publish and develop a multiplayer spin-off game of Control +Rovio gains exclusive rights for Moomin mobile games + Next Games is launching the second round of "Game Developer Academy"
This week has been quiet. It is the last week before midsummer (Juhannus 🌼🌞🔥) and Finnish Game Developers are rushing ⏱ to get 🛠 world 🌍 ready before that.
Neogames has published brand new Finnish Game Industry report! The full report can be found at www.playfinland.fi
Quicksave Interactive has raised $1.3M for HTML5 social games!
Small Giant Games 2020 financials are out + Noice (by Jussi Laakkonen) raises $5M for ‘playful’ social platform for gamers.
Bunch of open positions at Finnish Game Industry.
Zynga pays Small Giant $240 million in second performance earn-out. Winners of Game Studies Thesis competition announced. Nighthouse Games released Sockventures.
Metacore has agreed a €150 million credit line with its main investor Supercell + Psyon Games, WHO and Finnish ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are asking you to join to fight against Covid 19.
Housemarque's Returnal is out TODAY! Yousician raised $28M to make music education more accessible. Angry Birds 2 breaks $600 million in lifetime revenue.
Noita is one of the finalists @24th Annual DICE Awards! Lightheart Entertainment closed a $6.8M (5.6M€) Series A Round + Bunch of new open positions on Finnish Game Industry.