Events:
- Game industry event in Istanbul on Feb 4-7. If you wish to apply for investor pitching, the deadline for submissions is Dec 18
- Join Team Finland at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona on Feb 22-25. As a member of a
Finpro coordinated Growth Program, your company is entitled to the discounted price
Releases:
- Rockodile released their first PC/Mac title Lowglow on Steam
- Oddrok’s Power Hover is now available at the App Store. Power Hover is also featured by Apple this week
- Namida Diamond Factory is announcing their first game: Battle Buzz on the App Store and Google Play
Announcements:
- Pikkukala in co-operation with Flexball will bring Saari to an episodic storybook game for iOS and Android
- You can help Iceflake Studios in creating a standalone version this FPS WWII modification, Finnwars on Indiegogo
- Check out SeethingSwarm’s Earth Taken 3 trailer
- You can help a student group, Grove Comp to open their world RPG project, Devastated, greenlit at Steam
Open jobs:
- Kukouri Mobile Entertainment is seeking for a Community Manager
- See more open jobs at Games Jobs Finland
Other news:
- Sami Liukka interviews Elias Viglione on his blog. Viglione is the man behind the indie hit Hero Siege
- Gamasutra has chosen the Top 10 Game Developers of 2015: congrats to Colossal Order!
- Rovio has a new CEO: Kati Levoranta, the current Chief Legal Officer
- Read on Pocket Gamer how Everywear generated 25% D-30 retention in its Apple Watch game Runeblade
- You can subscribe to Kiemura Plays on Youtube. They stream every Monday and Thursday at 6pm (GMT) and the topics include interesting new released iOS games
- PlayRaven was listed alongside Seriously, Rovio & Supercell in Facebook’s 2015 Games of the Year list
- Games Jobs Finland has 5 discount codes (50% off ticket prices) to Pocket Gamer on London Jan 18-19. Send an email to arja.martikainenATbarona.fi
- Basemark, a Finnish start-up is working with their own device and VR (in Finnish)
- You can help crowd fund a book on the legendary X-COM (in Finnish)
- Pelit magazine presents Theory Interactive’s game Reset (in Finnish)
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 last weeks post.