Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 22/2017 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
See also the latest (updated) report of the Finnish Game Industry.
Events:
- June 6th Wargaming Party 2017 / Parola
- June 10th ZombieWalk Helsinki 2017 + Zombie Disco at Gloria
- June 13th Game Industry Breakfast by Aalto ENT / Helsinki
- June 14-15th White Nights / St. Petersburg
- Finnish Game Day‘s event on June 13th
- Finland Unity User Group is visiting Umbra 3D on June 13th
- July 12 Women in Games meetup at Pori
- July 13-14 Illusion 2017 plus VIP access to Ilosaarirock 2017 in the middle of Summer. Sign up now.
- July 27th-30th China Joy / Shanghai
- August 3-6th Assembly summer / Helsinki
- August 3.-5. Assembly ARTtech / Helsinki
- Sept. 19-20th PG Connects Helsinki
- Sept. 20th Game Music Collective in Concert. Listen the sample
- Oct 11, 20917. Finland 100Y goes Women in Tech 2017
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:
- Shipyard Games is hiring game programmers
- Rovio is looking for 3D artist and a 3D tech artist
- Mikäli pelialan markkinointihommat kiinnostaa, tsekkaa lisätiedot kesäkuussa alkavasta rekrytoivasta koulutusohjelmasta. Hakuaika päättyy 4.6.2017.
- 700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game devf
- elopment 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
- Not yet really a job but; Want to become a Game Artist? Apply now and create games with our GameApplication students next fall
Releases:
- Tiny Troopers 2: Special Ops launched today in Steam!
- GameRefinery SaaS platform is now available globally.
Announcements;
- Tampereen, Turun ja Jyväskylän Yliopistoista yhdessä
Akatemian huippuyksikkö: Pelikulttuurien tutkimus / Universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä just got positive decision on their Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies
Other News;
- Kuin lasten mindfulnessia; Pikkuli
- Turku Game Hubissa pesii virtuaalitodellisuuden osaajia
- Why Supercell’s founder wants to be the world’s least powerful CEO
- Peliyhtiöt ryhtyvät kouluttamaan markkinointiosaajia, koska oikeanlaisia ei löydy Suomesta – ”Tekijä voi olla taustaltaan jopa finanssialalla työskennellyt analyytikko”
- JYDGE by 10tons – an amazing game about the future of law enforcement now on Greenlight:
- GameFounders is Calling all mobile game developers to fill in the survey to help to understand how F2P works for them and what are the main tricks and pains related to it.
- Annakaisa Kultima is asking how many of Finnish game developers have Sami background or heritage.
- bit different video for Pixel World’s official channel
- How I became a Game Developer. Becoming a welder.
- Remedy ampaisi heti jyrkkään kurssinousuun
- Ataverti continues the development of Lead It Rain:
- Suomalainen kalsarikännit-ilmiö innoittaa jo pelialaakin – nainen ja mies kamppailevat kaukosäätimestä
- The End of Our Times is releasing their first trailer. Read more
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.