Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 23/2017 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 10th ZombieWalk Helsinki 2017 + Zombie Disco at Gloria
- June 12th Helsinki Unreal Engine 4 Evening
- June 13th Game Industry Breakfast by Aalto ENT / Helsinki
- June 13th Webinaari: Kuinka tehdään oppimispeli?
- June 13th Finland Unity User Group is visiting Umbra 3D
- June 14-15th White Nights / St. Petersburg
- Finnish Game Day‘s event 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:
- Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu, Xamk hakee Peliohjelmoinnin lehtoria
- Redlynx / Ubisoft is looking for User Interface (UI) Artist
- Unity programmer needed
- 700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game devfelopment 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:
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Robber Docks released its flying game Sheepwith for iOS, Android, Win, OSX & Linux. See the trailer.
Other News;
- Why Data Analytics Is Like A Compass. New blog post by Koukoi Games.
- Ehkäisevä päihdetyö EHYT ry julkaisi www.franklygame.fi oppimispelin alkuvuodesta. Peli tehtiin yhteistyössä pelifirma Valaa‘n kanssa.
- Teaser of new game “Silly Walks” by Part Time Monkey.
- Big hand for you guys out there in Wargaming. net – whatta helluva parties organized on @ Parolan Panssarimuseo – The Armour Museum in Finland – Pansarmuseet! https://flic.kr/s/aHskWBHRU3
- Free for a Limited Time – Outland. Nex Machina now in Pre-Purchase!
- (Only in Finnish) Uusi huippuyksikkö tutkii, kuinka pelit muuttavat kulttuuria
- Kiemura is releasing new game series called Jippo. See the trailer!
- Games from Ostrobothnia in local newspaper. (Only in Finnish). Pohjalaiset sisuuntuivat ja luovat nyt pelejä maailmalle – Nappasimme kolme hittipeliehdokasta testiin
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.