Events:
- Check out all the Nordic studios attending Game Connection Europe 2015
- The first Mini Maker Faire in Finland is going to be held in Espoo, at Aalto University Design Factory, on 17th – 18th of Oct
- The Code Pub presents all female Halloween Hackathon on 30 Oct-1 Nov in Espoo
- AEC Hackathon will be held in Espoo on Nov 6-8
Releases:
- Next Games released The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land for iOS. Read more here!
- Immobile Games released Hopping Penguin for Android and iOS
- Zaibatsu Interactive released Elder Goo Möllit together with Yle for Android and iOS
- Tunnel Ground released Void of Heroes for iOS
Announcements:
- Aeonic Entertainment’s Action Legion is now on Steam Greenlight
- Check out Hyper Space Commander Trailer by Caffeine Overdose
- Mindfield Games’ P·O·L·L·E·N got Steam Greenlit in 36 hours
- PlayRaven is looking for betatesters for Robocide
Open jobs:
- 10tons is hiring
- RedLynx is hiring
- See more open jobs at Games Jobs Finland
Other news:
- Four members of parliament talk about gaming (in Finnish)
- DoDreams talks about working with Transfluent and Everyplay – and hitting the top charts with Drive Ahead! (in Finnish)
- Dodreams takes first spot on the October list for trending startups in Finland, according to Startup100
- “If a child eats, sleeps and is social, one does not need to worry about gaming time” (in Finnish)
- Support Pianorobot’s crowdfunding campaign
- Support Bugbyte’s Battlestation: Harbinger Extended Edition crowdfunding campaign
- Game industry kept IT-services growing in 2014 (in Finnish)
- DL for AVEK DigiDemo funding is Oct 31! (in Finnish)
- Aki Järvilehto from Everywear Games talks about the emerging trends of the game industry (in Finnish)
- With Helsinki attendance up 20%, Pocket Gamer Connects reaches over 3,200 attendees in 2015
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game 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.