Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 48/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015 & China Mobile Games Report
Events:
In this report we will combine the week 48/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015 & China Mobile Games Report
Events:
- The Unity Group December Meetup at Futurice at December 8th
- Pocket Gamer Connects London Jan 16th-17th
- Feb. 27th – Mar. 1st 2017 Game Connection America / San Francisco
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The opening of registration for Nordic Game 2017! The Christmas holidays are coming and in the spirit of giving, they’re offering 60% OFF on full conference passes purchased before 31 December
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And as a special “thank you” to the Play Finland group, the first ten passes bought using the bonus code below will receive a FREE Gala Dinner seat (normal price 500 SEK) on top of Christmas discount offer!
Here’s how to do it: A. Go to the Nordic Game 2017 registration page on conf.nordicgame.com B. Choose the “Christmas Special” pass C. Tick “I have a free Gala Dinner code” D. Find your Facebook group on the list, and insert “NG17PF7IS94NB3” as the code - Oct 11, 2017. Finland 100Y goes Women in Tech 2017
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar/
Open jobs:
- Panic Art studios is looking for a female Voice Actor to do the voices for this hero in Hero Siege. they are looking something similar to a heath ledger joker, but a female version. This is a paid gig and applies should be sent to panicartstudios@gmail.com. Give some test-lines, just come up with some absolutely crazy lines.
- Valaa is looking for an innovative and enthusiastic Game Engine Developer to join their team in Tampere!
- Pelialan opettaja Stadin ammattiopistossa
- 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:
- Lightneer has soft launched in Big Bang Legends in Finland! (available for iOS only)
- Epic Owl Ltd.‘s Spaceship Battles is finally out on iOS and Android!
- Cities: Skylines – Natural Disasters out now!
- Kamina Dimension Ltd announces, that Grab the Bottle will be available on Steam Early Access just before Christmas!
Announcements;
- Neogames Finland is updating the Finnish Game company lists, inform us if you are not in the list http://www.neogames.fi/en/industry-info/operators/
- Helsinki-based Boomlagoon has joined Wargaming to augment the company’s position in the mobile market.
- New mobile streaming Rovio spin-off Hatch aims to finally bring cloud gaming to the masses
- Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports
Other News;
- Kysely osana pelit ja pelillisyys -maisteriohjelman pro gradu -tutkielmaa otsikolla ”Suomalaisten indie-pelistudioiden kokemuksia sovelluskauppaoptimoinnista”.
- The Simsin tiluttelu, Angry Birdsin pulina – kuuntelet pelimusiikkia enemmän kuin aavistatkaan
- Turku Game Hub #thehive is getting ready for grand opening in mid January 2017, meanwhile here is a short article (in Finnsh) of what we are up to by local business paper
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