This week big news is Metacore (formely Everywear Games) raising $17.6 million (+$11.8 million line of credit) 💰 from Supercell and launches Merge Mansion mobile game. Congratulations! 🥳 Playsome released (in Finland) their first title Friends & Dragons. Thank you 🙏 @PGConnects Helsinki <3
Autumn is starting busy with lots of event at Finnish Game Industry, although many of them are online events. Next week will be Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki!
This week news Finnish Game Incubator was released by Tampere Game Hub. Neogames reminds you to apply AVEK funding for you games.
This week we used to be at Köln because of Games com but now we can participate Devcom remotely. What comes to Finnish Game industry Game Music Collective released their a tribute to the Finnish gaming industry . Forbidden Studios released pretty impressive new trailer; Among the Trolls.
Week 34 news are HUGE and many: Remedy Entertainment won the Finnish game of the year with Control - Remedy. Sonja Ängeslevä awarded as the Power Player of the Year. Joonas Häll is IGDA volunteer of the year. Check all the winners and stream from our site! Amazing Pelimetsä project announced; Finnish Games industry has supported Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation with a record-breaking half-million Euros!!! 🌲❤️🌲❤️🌲❤️ Finnish Stock companies Rovio and Remedy announced good results.
Week 33 big news is not exactly about Finnish Game Industry. However very interesting to us too; Fortnite has been removed from both, Apple & Google appstores. At next week (August 18th) we are celebrating 25th years of the Finnish Game Industry; Finnish Game Awards Gala (online only) starting at 18.45. You can follow the Gala from Youtube. Another good news of the Finnish Game Industry are that IGDA Finland has been recognized as one of the IGDA chapters providing meaningful events at AGM awards ceremony. Several interesting job opportunities are also available and new games has been released.
Weeks 31&32 big news was Huuuge Games acquiring Double Star, Stella Wang listed to Top Female Founders and Finnish Amiga Game; Smarty And The Nasty Gluttons was released (already) after 28 years of development! Congratulations to all! 🥳 Lots of happening in China market too; 26,000 games from China Apple store due to regulations +28 overseas games received China ISBN 6th August.
Weeks 29&30 of the Finnish Game Industry good news packed to our site: Congratulations to Iceflake Studios Oy for the acquisition with Paradox Interactive and Traplight raising another investment ($9million!) round, few weeks ago 👏 Neogames Finland is kindly reminding people on duty about coming iOS 14 & IDFA changes and already existing ISBN approval requirement in iOS China.