Events:
- Going to Game Connection Paris? Meet awesome Nordic studios or drop by on our Happy Hour!
- Sign up for Pelitaito project’s end seminar Good Game (in Finnish)
- Get your early bird ticket to BeatCon Music and Game Festival (Jan 29-31)
Releases:
- Puzzle Bandits by Grey Area is one of the Best New Games in the US App Store!
- Monsu by Boomlagoon was released as Editor’s Choice in AppStore!
- Tiny Troopers: Alliance by Kukouri Entertainment is now available for iOS
- NordicEdu released Tiletail for Windows Phone
- Red Blight Studio released Pet Spin
- Balloon Gentlemen by Silent Squire Games is now available in Google Play
- Trickle by Talavi is now available in Google Play
Other news:
- Rovio announced that they are heading towards a simplified organization and might reduce their workforce by 130 people
- A flood of open recruitment announcements in Play Finland Facebook group from the Finnish game developer community
- Four Finnish girls won the Kodukup coding competition in Finland and will no compete against other European winners. Read more about Kodukup here.
- 5 more days to join Battlestation: Army of Light Thunderclap. You can even get your own officer in the game!
- Pint and publishing deal: Remedy and Flaregames sign Agents of Storm contract in London pub
- You can buy Goldfish in the sewer (a game by Add Inspiration) T-shirt, order before Oct 8!
- Do you need a tool to see where your time goes to – here’s one for free
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 last week’s post here.