Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 11/2017 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Events:
- 22 March. Patent seminar on how to apply for a trademark, or a patent, for your game(s) in the USA? / Event in Helsinki. Read more http://bit.ly/2lZQAW0 and register by 20 March 2017. It’s free of charge.
- April 11th Game Industry Breakfast by Aalto ENT / Helsinki
- April 20th: RovioCon 2017! More info and registrations on: www.rovio.com/roviocon-2017
- May 4-5th Entertainment Business Arena / Helsinki
- May 9th Games First 2017 / Helsinki
- May 17-19th Nordic Game Conference / Malmö.
- June 13th Game Industry Breakfast by Aalto ENT / Helsinki
- Oct 11, 2017. Finland 100Y goes Women in Tech 2017
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:
- Stadin ammattiopistoon haetaan pelialan opettajia työavaimilla: 25-365-17 ja 25-364-17. Toinen on suunnattu ohjelmointiosaajalle (Unity 3D) toinen pelisuunnittelu/kehityspuolelle. Etsinnässä on yhteisyökykyisiä ja nuorista pitäviä opettajia! Huomioithan, että opettajat ovat vuosityöaikakokeilussa mukana.
- Small Giant Games is hiring for several potions
- Playmore Games is hiring for several positions
- 700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game development jobs available right now. Currently 440 job openings in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway – browse through them at http://gameform.eu/
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Releases:
- BitWeird released Atomic Super Lander on Android
- Visiogames released Royal Dash on iOS and Android
Announcements;
- Colossal Order‘s Cities: Skylines has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide!
- 10tons announces Time Recoil
- You can now pre-order Housemarque’s Nex Machina in PS Store
- PsyonGames Antidote on beta in Android
- Nonstop Chuck Norris – Announcement Trailer
Other News;
- Mitä kunta voisi tehdä tukeakseen pelialaansa? Neogames kokosi aiheesta tiiviin paketin. Kaikenlainen palaute dokumentin sisällön kehittämiseksi on luonnollisesti enemmän kuin tervetullutta alan toimijoilta.
- Join the beta testing of The Sidekicks game
- Kamina Dimension’s video on how game development can be during the long winter months. You can support them by getting Grab the Bottle
- “Moomin Under Sail” by Turku based gamedev company – Snowfall
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- Onnittelut Colossal Order Ltdille ja Cities: Skylines -pelin hyvälle jatkuvuudelle! 3,5 miljoonaa myytyä peliä! Cities Skylines osa 1 – tällainen on suomalainen SimCity
- (only in Finnish) Listautuvan Next Gamesin markkina-arvoksi 138-143 miljoonaa + video inteview
- (only in Finnish) tarinaa Psyon Gamesin taustalta
- Koukoi Games launches Arabic language version of Crashing Season with Jordanian dev Maysalward
- Griddle is in iOS early access
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