THIS WEEK (38/2018) IN THE FINNISH GAME INDUSTRY

Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine week 38/2018 from the Finnish Game Industry.
News are gathered from the Play Finland group posts during the week. That is why we recommend you to post by yourself (however not flood) your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group. It also guarantees that your news will be visible in the weekly newsletter /news compilation. Play Finland is at the moment one of the main channels for sharing information inside the industry.

We (admins) occasionally publish industry related posts or links in Play Finland. But since there is so many things going on, we don´t even try to cover the whole field.
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland

Events:

September 27th The Finland Unity User Group is visiting Next Games
Oct 4-5th Northern Game Summit – NGS / Kajaani
- 10% discount code for all the nice people of Play Finland with code: NGS18PLAY
Oct 5ht Algoritmit ja digitaalinen sivistys EU:ssa: älä elä kuplassa! / Helsinki
Oct. 5th Tekoäly & Etiikka / Helsinki
12-14th Oct. Dash team is organising Europe´s biggest design hackathon in Helsinki Kattilahalli.
- Eight amazing design challenges to solve from our partners also including a Game Design challenge from EA games. APPLY NOW! (the application period closes on Sunday 16th of September) More info
18th Oct. Gaming and esports event, Grail Quest – Pelifestari 2018 / Turku
October 19th Monetization in Games: Past, Present and Future – ft. John Romero / Helsinki
24th-26th October, Join Neogames and the Nordics at Game Connection Europe / Paris
10-11th November. Theme Park. Digital art rally 2018 / Kouvola
14th Nov. Xmasjkl – The Finnish Game Industry Seminar / Jyväskylä
19-23 November 2018, Nanjing: IMGA Judging Sessions, China Game Design Seminar and the Awards Ceremony & Parties
22-24th May Nordic Game Conference

See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:

Releases;

Announcements;

Pelaajabarometri 2018 on julkaistu / The Finnish Player Barometer 2018 report is out
Finnish game development studio Rovio is bringing its flagship property, Angry Birds, to one of the most forward-looking devices on the market, the Magic Leap One.
FINAL CALL – Nordic Game Discovery Contest deadline is on Friday 21.9.!
Random Potion won the PC Indie Pitch at PocketGamer Connects Helsinki with Project Scoundrel!
Neogames is listing Finnish games released globally (and for first time) on 2018. Please help and make sure that yours are listed! and please let suviATneogamesDOTfi know if there are mistakes.

Other News;

With 295 applicants, Secret Exit’s Zen Bound 2 for the Nintendo Switch was selected as a top 8 finalist at Tokyo Game Show’s Sense of Wonder Night. Jani presented the game in front of the SOWN judges and the TGS audience.
Finnish Game Day ’18 – International Markets and Publishing
Gregory Pellechi latest episode of The Writing Game compares the rule “show, don’t tell” from writing with “play, don’t show” from video games to see how feasible they are and what can be learned about each. Youtube or on iTunes and Spotify
Moomin and Snowfall Ltd. amng other Finnish Game Devs at this week in Tokio Games Show
Kimble Games‘ Drag Bikes IOS-version is now ready to PRE-ORDER
Finland’s hottest games conference Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018 smashes records with over 1,300 delegates
Special setup in the Game Executive program linking strategy, entrepreneurship and leadership to Business Model Innovation, Monetization and User Acquisition in Games and topped with a pitching and networking workshop. You can check the Agenda below and you have time still to join us. Register by Sunday 23.09 . Agenda
Games Now! lectures are open for anyone: join at Aalto University campus or follow the lecture online! If you are in a game school, ask your teacher if you can get credits from the lecture series by participating to pre-assignments and a game jam at the end of the season. If you are working in a game studio, ask if you are able to leave work earlier to join the session (and also join jam in May 2019!) The lectures will run once in a month and the full program is updated here
Last week Loish in Turku

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.