This week in the Finnish game industry (week 2/15)

Events:

• Only few days left to sign up for the Nordic offer for Game Connection America (March 2-5 in San Francisco).

Releases:

• DoDreams released Battle Slimes on Google Play and App Store
• Rumilus released Finger Zapper for Windows Phone, Android and iOS
• Silent Squire Games’ Balloon Gentleman Windows desktop version now available for free

Announcements:

• Robote Games will released Wheel & Deal on Jan 22. See the trailer.

Open jobs:

• RedLynx is hiring
• See more open jobs at Games Jobs Finland

Other news:

•  SimCity BuildIt by EA studio tracktwenty shot straight to the top 10 of the top-grossing charts (in Finnish)
• Finnish investors prefer safe bets not innovation, says Rival Games’ CEO Jukka Laakso. Try Rival Games’ Game Investment simulator
• Bygbyte’s Battlestation: Humanity’s Last Hope was greenlit by Steam
• 25 000 children were treated for malaria in the Seriously’s Race against slime. Read more here.

This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish games industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them to the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. See the previous post here.