Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 35/2016 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 week 35/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015
Events:
- September 3rd Peliperjantai – Tracon Tampere
- September 3rd Game Music Blowout 2016
- September 5th-6th. Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
- Steel Media / Pocket Gamer Connects is providing free travel from within Finland to the event! You can grab a bus from Jyväskylä, Kotka, Tampere & Turku which will take you straight to the venue. Sign up now.
- Combine conference trip and jamming at Pocket Jam!
- Free Unreal Engine workshop at PG connects on 5th from 10am to 13:20pm at Hall F2, Wanha Satama, Pikku Satamakatu 3-5, 00161 Helsinki, Finland.
- Aalto EE; Game Executive September 7-14
- September 14th Games for Health Finland 2016
- September 15th The eSports research project from Tampere University will be hosting a free seminar on eSports and internet game streaming.
- September 29-30th SLUSH Play / Reykjavik / Island
- 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/
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- 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:
- Hongkongin Yliopistolla on auki Professor of Practice paikka, liittyy tekeillä olevaan Game Development MFA -ohjelmaan. Ihanteellinen kokeneelle game industry henkilölle jota kiinnostaa vaihdos yliopiston puolelle.
- Umbra has open position in product support lead
- Ministry of Games is looking for 3d artist who is into stylized asset creation
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Releases:
- Dreamloop’s Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax Launches on September 9 for PS4 & Xbox One.
Mantisbite‘s Island Delta is finished! - Hot Doggety!, is available at Google Play
- Grab The Bottle is now on Steam Greenlight! follow the development on our channels:
https://www.facebook.com/KaminaDimension https://twitter.com/kaminadimension - Rusto’s Spareware in Greenlight & a major Xbox One update is on the way. Demo available at https://rustogames.itch.io/spareware
Announcements:
- Wired has selected Futureplay Umbra, Futurefly, Armada and Seriously in top European startup list in 2016!
- (Only In Finnish) Aviapolis Studios Media & Entertainment Hub -hanke on nyt saanut täyden rahoituksen!
- (Only In Finnish)Tampereen yliopiston pelitutkimusryhmä tutkii suomalaisten Pokémon GO -pelaajien pelikokemuksista. Vastaaminen kestää noin 15 minuuttia. Kyselylomake on optimoitu täytettäväksi tietokoneella.
- Nordic Game Discovery Contest kicking off in Kajaani in October – best region’s games receive admission at the Nordic finals in Malmo to battle with the best of Europe – good luck everyone!
- Neogames releases China Market study. Download the study here.
- NewCo Helsinki Accelerator launches a sponsored program to support entrepreneurship and to ensure, that the best early stage Helsinki based startups will receive an opportunity to join our Accelerator Program.
- Pako has reached 5 million downloads on Google Play.
- Futureplay Games raises $2.5 million for ‘view-to-play’ mobile entertainment
Other News;
- Quite a many game companies (Lightneer, Mubik Entertainment, Futureplay, Superplus Games, Rust0 Games, Shiver Games, Everywear Games, Reforged Studios, Kapu Toys, Traplight, Finnplay Technologies, Silvermile) made their way to The 100 hottest Start-up from Finland In September.
- Best Fiends marketing campaign video is out + biggest update ever! Get the update and win a free character by completing the treasure hunt. download.bestfiends.com
- The White Nights conference will provide a mini booth to each team for game presentation. Representatives of publishers, investors and platforms can appraise your game. For participating apply the form. For any questions contact us at wnconf@nevosoft.com
- Join Neogames Finland and the Nordics at Game Connection Europe 26-28.10.2016. DL. Sep. 5th
- (Only In Finnish) Miten toimia, jos lapsi on tehnyt mobiili- ja konsolipeleissä ei-toivottuja ostoksia?
- Corn Fox Bros’ Oceanhorn Is Getting A Sequel
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!