Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 14/2017 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
See also our monthly logbook to see what we are doing in Neogames.
Events:
- 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 Apply NOW
- 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:
- VR / AR / Console teacher(s) required! Metropolia will start their first dedicated VR /AR / Console course in January 2018. Around 40 hours of teaching. Please contact juha.huhtakallio@metropolia.fi
- Fingersoft is looking for an accountant.
- Seriously have an opening for a Game Programmer at Seriously for unannounced Best Fiends project.
- 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:
- Oddrok‘s new funny little tapper game DROP NOT! is live! Check out the trailer and try it out on iOS!
- Iceflake Studios Oy‘s Race Online is finally out on STEAM!
- Horror game “Candles of the Dead” is out for Android and iOS
Announcements;
- Pokemon GO and Clash Royale snag Best Mobile Game and Audience eSports Award at the 2017 BAFTAs
- 30 MEUR rahaa jaossa VR/AR-tuotekehitykseen ja hyödyntämiseen liiketoiminnassa. Hakemaan siis!
- EU:n Luova Eurooppa-ohjelma tukee useita koulutuskursseja, mm. tätä uutta VR CREATOR’S LABia, joka pidetään heinäkuussa Münchenissä. Varmasti mielenkiintoinen kurssi. Tutustu ja hae
- Void of Heroes 1st edition, Amanecer subterráneo, now available in Spain published by Panini Cómics España! Get your copy online
- Rieha Creative is celebrating 1million downloads of Smashing Robots
- Ville Valo ryhtyi 3rdEyeStudion avaruuspellin muusikoksi
Other News;
- Seepia Games has an opportunity to take some work for hire cases for our team. Our strengths lies on game mechanic design, versatile graphics and multiplayer game solutions. Don’t hesitate to contact me if we can help you in any way. (seepia@seepiagames.com). Few teasers/trailers of our projects during last 12 months.
- Drunk-Fu: Wasted Masters available on Steam’s Early Access for 4,99€.
- Estonia – Finland Game Seminar: Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration event at the Finnish Embassy in Tallinn
- RealityXpander started the launching of their global Moomin Move game in London!
- Time Recoil by 10tons is now on Steam Greenlight
- Only in Finnish: Peli-Suomen päivityksiä – Juuso Pekkinen
- Gravitoid first trailer is out. The game is currently in closed BETA on Android. If you are interested to give it a try.
- SINÄ NYKYINEN TAI ENTINEN PELINKEHITTÄJÄ! Kuulit aivan oikein: myös jo toimintansa lopettaneita devaajia ja/tai porukoita kaivataan. Harkitsethan kyselyyn osallistumista jossa tutkitaan millaisilla eväillä pelinkehittäjät lähtevät markkinoille mukaan ja miten se näkyy selviytymisessä ja menestyksessä. Kysely, ohjeet, yms.
- John Ozan Özgönül on kehittänyt strategisen, maailmanlopunjälkeisen survival pelin, jonka pre-alpha versio on nyt Steam Greenlightissa ja Indiegogossa. Palautetta pyydetään
- Only in Finnish: Menestyvän pelifirman (Colossal Order) johtaja (Mariina Hallikainen) kielsi pitkät työpäivät ja tekee itse töitä vain rahan takia – ”Jonkun pitää sanoa, että nyt riittää”
- Only in Finnish: Jyväskylä’s Game Industry is growing. Jussi Perttola from Zaibatsu Interactive and Tuomas Roininen from Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub were at Keskisuomalainen newspaper telling about the Game Industry at JKL
- Bruce Cannon is still on the works
- An update on all things Best Fiends from Petri Järvilehto
- Teemu Polvi is looking for Beta testers for Safari Kart. Its also part of masters thesis on game analytics (of this test). Signup for the Beta.
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