Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 39/2017 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:
- Oct. 3rd Regulatory Requirements in Chinese Games Market / Helsinki
- October 5th to the 26th Ordlek game jam at Arbis Helsinki and on Itch.io.
- Oct. 5-6th Northern Game Summit, Kajaani
- Oct. 10-11th, White Nights in Moscow.
- Finnish developer can get a booth for free at the exhibition and enjoy networking with world-leading companies.
- 15% discount for IGDA members
- Oct 11, 20917. Finland 100Y goes Women in Tech 2017
- Oct. 12 Elämä On Parasta Huumetta webinaari
- 19.-21.10. on areenatapahtuma Turussa. Mukana lanit, eSM-turnauksia, miniatyyriturnauksia, MTG:ia, expo-alue, tubettajia (esim. eeddspeaks ja Ink Owl) Tapahtuman liput ovat myynnissä nyt
- Nov. 1st Gamexperience – Parempia pelikokemuksia ja pelillistämistä / Helsinki
- Nov. 1st – 3rd Game Connection Europe => Join The Nordics DL: Sept. 18th
- 16-19th Nov. G-Star Korea
- 17-18th of Nov 2017 #XmasJKL is coming AGAING!
- 30Nov-1st Dec SLUSH HELSINKI
- January 22-23 2018 Pocket Gamer Connects London
- January 22-23 2018 Pocket Gamer Connects London
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:
- Nitro Games is looking for awesome artists (3D, VFX and Animation) to join our merry team in Kotka or in Helsinki
- Rovio is looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Pro to complete their amazing HR team of six.
- CSE Entertainment hakee Unity-koodaria vakituiseen työhön! ota yhteyttä Juha Kauppiseen juha@cse.fitness 044-3062413 tai Veli-Matti Nurkkalaan veli-matti@cse.fitness puh. 044-3830247.
- 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;
- Walking Vegetables released on STEAM
- Infra launches final episode on STEAM
- Finnish Dart Game released for iOS & Android.
Announcements:
- Rovio IPO was oversubscribed
- Dized app became the world’s most crowdfunded software for board games.
- Kajaani University starts to educate esports business professionals
- 75 million downloads for MotionVolt Games Ltd‘s FlipDive
- Colossal Orderin Karoliina Korppoo TED:issä. Link to the talk
Other News;
- Rovio on its $1 billion IPO and acquisition strategy
- Those who missed the Game Music Collective‘s concert at Finlandia Hall can listen the concert soon at Yle Areena
- Big Ear Games – Mobile Music Learning is looking for Work Space with two seats
- Suomen pelimuseo sai arkistoihinsa Recoil Gamesin Rochard-pelin ja sen soundtrackin nimmareilla
- Global Game Jam 2018 call for sites. If you have any questions contact me and if you would like to offer your support as a sponsor contact Tatu Laine or Christopher Hamilton. Let’s jam!
- (Only in Finnish) Radiosarja Taikapiiri; Pelisuunnittelija Mike Pohjola: Toimittajat tekevät peleistä lähes ainoastaan talousjuttuja ilman analyysiä ja kritiikkiä
- Pocket Gamer thanks for making Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki a massive success, it was the biggest Helsinki event ever!
- NextGames:in toimitusjohtaja Teemu Huuhtanen Inderes #ROAST haastattelussa
- Remedyn toimitusjohtaja Tero Virtala kävi Inderes Roastissa
- “Crowdfunding is the single hardest way to raise money”
- New Skylake video from Planetrism bristles with exotic animals on the ground, under the ground, in the water and in the air. And then there are those artificial intelligence entities. More information about the VR game on the web page
- PocketGamer.biz is counting down the top 50 Developer list for 2017. Several Finnish companies on that list 🙂
- Areena lautapelin joukkorahoitus käynnissä nyt Mesenaatissa
- THANK YOU to all the Finnish game developers that signed up for SpecialEffect‘s #OneSpecialDay on their 10th anniversary!
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.