Events:
- #XmasJKL — The Finnish Game Industry Pre-Xmas Event organised by Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub, will be in Jyväskylä on Dec 4
- At the Games for Health Finland event, in Turku in Dec 10, you can learn about gamification technology, solutions, and opportunities in healthcare
- HELYES startup community is organaising a Xmas party @ O’Learys Bakers on Dec 16
Releases:
- Aleksi Rantonen, the creator of Clay Hunt has released a new touch control game: Core Archery, now available on App Store & Google Play
- Finger Eaterz by Wave 7 Games is now available on iOS
- Kolibri Studios presents a new tapping game called Gravity Super Bubble, available on the App Store
Announcements:
- Black Friday @ Playfield includes also Finnish games
- Afterlife Entertainment has almost finished Nanotris. Check it out @ Steam Greenlight
- Vote for the top-down cyberpunk shooter Neon Chrome on Steam Greenlight
- Epic Owl is happy to announce that Starside Arena is now out on Anrdoid too
Open jobs:
- Nopia Ltd is looking for a Game Programmer (Unity) to Pori
- Koukoi Games is looking for a Game Designer to the office in Oulu
- Game Forum maps the Nordic game industry and currently there are 362 open jobs in the Nordic Games Industry
- See more open jobs at Games Jobs Finland
Other news:
- GameFounders Asia is now accepting applications for the next cohort of game companies. Application deadline: Dec 20. Program timeline: March-May, 2016 in Kuala Lumpur
- Next Games’ top tips for making money from incentivised video ads @ Pocket Gamer
- Learn from the Finnovators – Supercell, Next Games, Rovio, Futureplay and Kukouri @ PGC in London in 2016
- Farm Away, the clicker-style release of Futureplay Games’ ad to play is analysed on Pocket Gamer
- Torulf Jernström from Tribeflame writes on Pocket Gamer that can premium mobile games make a comeback
- Erno Vanhala has finished his PhD on the role of business model in computer game development organizations at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (article in Finnish)
- Legendaarisen Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle –suomipeliklassikon tehnyt Pasi Hytönen loi myös julkaisemattoman Arthur-tasohyppelyn, joka on nyt pelastettu
- Torniossa koululaisia aktivoidaan liikkumaan kännykkäsovelluksena toimivan maanvalloituspelin Hoodownr avulla
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them to the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. Read the previous post.