Play Finland’s extended Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the summer 2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015
Events:
In this report we will combine the summer 2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015
Events:
- August 12 Oikea Terveyskeskus / The Real Health Center
- August 12-13th TUBE.CON For tickets: http://www.lippu.fi/
tickets.html?fun=erdetail&a ffiliate=bfi&doc=erdetaila &erid=1677136 - August 13-20th VR workshop for making movies / Helsinki
- August 17th-21st: Games Com / Cologne
- Nordic Party on Aug 17th
- Play Finland Booth: Hall 3.2 booth A-020
- September 5th-6th. Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
- Aalto EE; Game Executive September 7-14
- 7-10 October Larp Event: Price of Inspiration, /Tammela
- October 26th- 28th Game Connection Europe / Paris
- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
join-neogames-and-the-nordi cs-at-game-connection-euro pe-26-28-10-2016/
- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar/
Open jobs:
- Best Ever Senior Mobile Game Designer Wanted in Redlynx! See more
- Reforged Studios is hiring! Apply & share! 🙂 looking for a VFX Artist and for a 3D Artist
- Unity Games Programmer – The Stig wants You! Join the Top Gear games team here:
- Yousician – the world’s largest music educator has been growing pretty fast and we have a bunch of positions open right now – from Backend and Game developers to QA Specialist, see the full list on our careers page.
- RAY has several open positions
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Releases:
- PAKOCALYPSE is coming! Free update out on iOS and soon for Android
- Lucius Demake released in STEAM
- Flushy Fish is out for the Oculus Gear.
- Trippy Viking now Soft Launched in Finland, feel free to give it a shot! Appstore & Google Play
- (Only in Finnish) sensaatiomaisin suomalainen kaljoittelu-autokohelluspeli hakeutui Greenlighti
- Afterlife Entertainment releases Nanotris
- Grove Comp their first Steam release Deranged Rabbits.
- Traplight Games released BigBangRacig successfully globally
- Power Hover is this weeks ‘free app of the week’ on appStore!
- Con Amore on STEAM
- A short retro-inspired adventure game “GNRBLEX” has been published today and can be donloaded on itch.io.
- Moped Car for Apple TV is Out Now!
- Bubble Smash from FanartMedia
- Action Legion, a top down single-player war game inspired by Cannon Fodder, is now available on Steam for OSX and LINUX
- Cubendor is now available for Android
- Dreamloop Games will be releasing Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax as a FREE update on Steam! August 19th is the big date!
- Kiemura released online multiplayer browser game Piranh.io. Go take a plunge and eat you enemies!
- Super Simple Soccer released on iOS and Android
- Built for Speed released in Finland and New Zealand. Only out on Android for now.
- Corgi Pro Skater, is now in Soft Launch for iOS! and available in Android
- Galactic Echoes published in selected countries #Finland #Netherlands #SouthAfrica
Announcements:
- Tero Virtala starts as a new CEO of Remedy (only in Finnish)
- Remedy is taking Quantum Break to Steam and PC retail thanks to Nordic Games.
- Finnish Serious Games Industry Report 2016 (in english) Conducted by Serious Gaming Cluster Finland ry on Tekes’ assignment.
- German mobile gaming publisher flaregames said on Tuesday it has acquired Kopla Games.
- Remedy are teaming up with Smilegate on Crossfire 2, which will take over the world.
- Wub Wub Apollo is a Facebook page for our music driven platformer that team of talented students from Kajaani has been working on since January.
- Psyon Games has officially landed to America! Make Science Great Again!
- (Only in Finnish) Suomalainen pelistudio etsii idästä kasvua
- Koukoi Games partners with MyGamez to bring Crashing Season to China
- (Only in Finnish) Suomen pelialan alkuvuodet esitellään Yle Areenan komediasarjassa elokuussa
- TeacherGaming, the studio previously in charge of MinecraftEdu, is launching an online games marketplace!
- Sweet Dreams trailer
- Facture Fall in STEAM Greenlight
Other news:
- Pelitutkimuksen ja pelinkehityksen opetuspilotti käynnistyy
- Remedy sai uuden toimitusjohtajan: “Peliyhtiön on kehitettävä ainutlaatuisuuttaan” / Remedy names former RedLynx boss as its new CEO
- Shifting DAUs from low value China, how Seriously used influencers to raise US daily revenues 400%
- House of Cards Meets Civilization in Urban Empire Preview
- Shifting DAUs from low value China, how Seriously used influencers to raise US daily revenues 400% http://www.pocketgamer.biz/…/how-seriously-used-influencers/
- Blockbuster line-up announced for Indie Futures track at #PGCHelsinki including Secret Exit, PlayRaven & Rovio pg-connects-helsinki-2016-indie-futures-track-schedule-revealed/
- Juhani Karlsson 3D generalist and VFX artist with 10 years of exp looking for new challenges
- Koukoi Games to bring Crashing Season to Japan as part of Asia push!http://www.pocketgamer.biz/…/koukoi-to-bring-crashing-seas…/
- Big Bang Racing has hit one million downloads in its first week. Congrats to the team!
- (Only in Finnish) Joensuulaispeli rikkoi miljoonan latauksen rajan – keulinta pyörällä koukuttaa
- Finland among top European hotspots for games development
- (Only in Finnish) sensaatiomaisin suomalainen kaljoittelu-autokohelluspeli hakeutui Greenlightiin
- (Only in Finnish) Kiina lumoaa peliyrityksiä – kourallinen suomalaisiakin pyrkii vaikeille markkinoille
- Presentation on game addiction by Jaana Wessman at Ropecon (in Finnish).
- The Pokémon Effect — The numbers and effects behind the massively popular mobile game.
- The biggest mobile FPS tournament ever!
- Tunnel Ground enters into agreement with one of the leading publishers both in Latin America and Europe, Panini. Read the full news from our blog and visit Panini
- Ice Lakes will be presented in Finland House in Rio Olympics.
- Rick, Michonne, Glenn and a whole lot of other familiar faces now playable in The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land.
- Three games canned, daily reviews, little freedom: Why Gameloft Helsinki failed
- Stupid Stupid Games makes a name for itself
- Bitwisards – nuoret gurut kyberavaruudesta (traileri)
- Urban Empire Is A Fascinating Political Citybuilder
- Planet Shock is getting ready for release on Steam during this autumn, but before that we are preparing some major battles with number of Youtubers worldwide! You don’t want to miss those lets play videos, so stay tuned 😉 If you want to join the battles, let us know by filling up this form.
- How AMC And Next Games’s “The Walking Dead” Is Killing The Licensed Gaming Competition
- Rival Games CEO Jukka Laakso recalls the pitfalls and challenges encountered by the developer as it attempted to keep The Detail alive
- Finnish Game Developer Fragment Production Rebrands Itself and is Now Called Reborn
- (Only in Finnish) Important read for anyone (planning on) working with youtubers. Similar news this week across the pond too.
- Luke Crane discussing future of Kickstarter: Blockbusters, Board Games and Billion Dollar Industries
- Tuomas Erikoinen wrote a piece about the power of Unity’s Asset Store
- Animoca acquires Finnish dev TicBits & ASX game developer Animoca Brands acquires Finland’s TicBits for $5.4 million
- From classroom to boardroom: young game developers impress with Shadow Bug
- With Supercell, China’s Tencent will command 13% of $99 billion game business
- International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) partnered up with MyGamez and China Mobile Migu to launch IMGA China.
- Several Gamestudios in Startup100 list!
- (Only in Finnish) Uudet Pelitaito.fi-sivut on avattu. Sivuilta löytyy mm. tämä erinomainen pelikasvatuksen tietopankki.
- (Only in Finnish) ”Tieteellinen ymmärtämättömyys on suurin ongelma maailman tulevaisuuden kannalta” – siksi suomalaisfirma teki pelin Donald Trumpin puheista
Jari Bull Mentula stars in Namida Diamond Factory‘s latest game trailer of Battle Buzz. ‘ - Vulpine Games now has a dev blog for our mobile game Last Planets,
- Supercell’s value rockets to USD 10.2bn after Tencent’s acquisition
- Why the world’s “least powerful CEO (Supercell)” has never been more powerful
- Iceflake Studios goes fishing for global success
- Rovio’s Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka flies the nest to pursue startup
- (only in Finnish) Tencent ostaa Supercellin yli 7 miljardilla eurolla – Suomen yrityshistorian suurin myynti?
- Both Angry Birds and Best Fiends mentioned as references of licensing cases during the first hours of Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. Who says Finnish companies don’t know about branding!? Go Finland!
- The Fingersoft Beta Program is here! Apply and get a chance to beta test some of Fingersoft’s new games in the future.
- Learn more about how the team behind Urban Empire is crafting the game world. Mikko Tyni, Creative Consultant & Environment Concept Artist, writes about architectural influences and style
- Vapa Median podcastissa vieraana pelialan super-sensei Thomas Puha. Haastattelijana Vapa Median Erol Tekkanat. Aiheena videopelikulttuurin ja -markkinoinnin räjähdysmäinen kasvu uusissa kanavissa. Twitch, tubettajat, user acquisition, DJ Khaled, eSports, Thomaksen Destiny riippuvuus – kaikki mainittu. https://soundcloud.com/user-977849399/podcast-thomas-edit
- Hero Siege has over million copies sold on STEAM and 500 copies sold on Android just in 5 days, Hero Siege: Pocket Edition is now available on iOS @ AppStore:
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them on the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out previous week’s list!