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This summer’s recap from The Finnish Game Industry brought a colourful first look at what comes next, led by Trine 6: Together in Time in all its kaleidoscopic glory. The latest adventure from Frozenbyte will arrive on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC on 17 September. Rovio unveiled the first official trailer for The Angry Birds Movie 3, and CEO Alex Pelletier-Normand was appointed COO of SEGA Europe’s West Studios. The Finnish industry will soon head to gamescom in Cologne, where Neogames is once again organising the Nordic All Stars booth in the Business Area from 26 to 28 August.
On the operational side, Nitro Games signed a development services agreement worth approximately €2.1 million for an unannounced mobile shooter and transferred the development and publishing of Autogun Heroes to Hyperkani. FakeFish’s frosty survival co-op shooter Frostrail is heading into closed beta on 31 August, and The Last Caretaker received the substantial New Horizons update. The summer also delivered a varied group of new Finnish releases: Antenna Games’ Ogre Chambers 2222, Runoi Games’ debut title Fortune Fragments, Coyote Time Publishing’s cyberpunk body-horror FPS Voltage High Society 1.0, and the Steam Early Access launches of Disc Golf Masters and Bonobo Software’s Taival. However, the summer news was not entirely cheerful, as Tribo Games announced that it is closing after four years. Further ahead, Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics returns to Helsinki on 20–21 October, with Neogames newsletter subscribers receiving 14% off tickets using the code PlayFinland14.
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BIG NEWS!
- Trine 6: Together in Time, in all its kaleidoscopic glory, comes to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC on 17th September.
- The first official trailer for The Angry Birds Movie 3 Takes a Flight, alongside a fresh poster and first-look images
- Rovio CEO Alex Pelletier-Normand appointed COO of SEGA Europe’s West Studios
- Nitro Games has signed development services agreement with a European Game developer and publisher for an unannounced mobile shooter game. The value of this new agreement is approx. 2.1 million EUR.
📣 Neogames Dones & News
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics Returns to Helsinki with a Broader Regional Focus. Neogames newsletter subscribers can use the code PlayFinland14 for a 14% discount on tickets
- Yle examines the debate over public funding for The Finnish Game Industry (article in Finnish)
- In response on the US export controls on AI tools, EGDF calls on the EU to take action to defend European cultural and digital sovereignty
- EGDF welcomes the Commission’s invitation to engage with the European games industry
- IGDA Announces Three New Board Directors: Natasha Skult, Christopher Hamilton, and Mark Stanley.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- FakeFish’s Frostrail Heads Into Closed Beta on August 31
- Remedy’s Sergey Mohov says that the “creative individuals” behind Control Resonant always wanted the new action-RPG to be “made by us.”
- “This is just the start” – Housemarque responds to Saros’ slower sales versus Returnal’s, and compares itself to one of the most beloved studios around
- Metacore appoints Jose Saarniniemi (ex CEO of Small Giant Games) as general manager of Merge Mansion
- Supercell head of investments Jaakko Harlas departs
- “The goal isn’t to build something that burns brightly for a few years and disappears” – Cosmic Division CEO on launching a “responsibly ambitious” studio & “The times show that smaller is better when it comes to game studios”
- The Last Caretaker Expands with the Major New Horizons Update
- Nitro Games transfers a development and publishing of Autogun Heroes for Hyperkani
- Tribo Games is closing down after four years.
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- Antenna Games released Ogre Chambers 2222 on Steam
- Runoi Games released its debut title Fortune Fragments
- Coyote Time Publishing released Voltage High Society 1.0
- Disc Golf Masters launched in Steam Early Access By Bonus Stage Publishing
- Bonobo Software’s Taival Launches in Steam Early Access
💰 Funding
- Kansan Sivistysrahasto Hosts an Online Grant Information Session on 18 August. Registration closes on 16 August, and the session will be held in Finnish.
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 7 August – IGDA Lahti August BBQ
- 11 August – IGDA Helsinki August Party with Supercell
- 11 August – IGDA Turku August Meetup
- 23–25 August – gamescom dev
- 26–30 August – gamescom
- 8 September – IGDA Helsinki September Meetup
- 23–25 September – Northern Game Summit, Kajaani
- 19th October IGDA Finland Leadership Day
- 20–21 October – Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics 2026, Helsinki
- 22-24th October W Love Games 2026
- 3.–4.11.2026. Game Research Days 2026, organised by the Finnish Society for Game Research, takes place at the University of Jyväskylä on
See also following calendars:
The Game Industry Events calendar (mostly relevant for Finnish Game industry)
Game Conference Guide Calendar (more international (powered by EGDF and Slovakian games association)
Game Industry Biz
This week’s roundup highlights news from the past week in the Finnish Game Industry. In the future, this bulletin is again posted every Friday afternoon. You can find past weekly roundups from Weekly roundup section.
News are gathered from various industry sources and the Play Finland group posts during the week. Post your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group to get a chance to be included in the weekly roundup!
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Neogames Finland