Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 49/2016 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 49/2016 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:
- Pocket Gamer Connects London Jan 16th-17th
- Feb. 27th – Mar. 1st 2017 Game Connection America / San Francisco
- 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
🙂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:
- Koukoi Games has something interesting coming and is looking for more great talent to join our team. This time we are looking for experienced, deeply motivated and passionate Game Designer to join our team.
- 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:
- Arrow Spam is now available for iPhone and iPad in AppStore! https://youtu.be/6gSHs3ONQY
- Kiemuras’ Hovercrash is out now on App Store! Fast anti-gravity vehicles, colourful visuals and pumping soundtrack included! Download now
- Pale Lands; zombie apocalypse started in Finland! Check it out! Finland App Store
- Lightneer softlaunched Big Bang Legends for iOS
- Part Time Monkey’s attempt to exploit parents whose kids cry for quality games, with the latest Kids Discover Dinosaurs! iOS & Android
- PsyonGames julkaisi pitkään kehitteillä olleen Antidoten beta versio ja haluaa palautetta teiltä. Testaamaan pääsee ilmoittamalla olli.rundgren@psyongames.com iOS/Android mailinsa, niin lähetämme testikutsun: Myös kampanjaa tukemalla tai Newsletterin tilaamalla saa testikutsun: www.bit.ly/AntidoteGO
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/
- Everywear’s Field Day was selected as Apple’s Game of the Year for Apple Watch. With two Apple’s Game of the Years and one Keynote it’s not bad for the company only 24 months old
- Cities: Skylines will continue to take over the world! Next up: China with TenCent
- Housemarque announced at Playstation Experience, we have a name for our Jarvis Project. Check out the trailer video.
- Suomen pelimuseo avautui perjantaina 2.12. joukkorahoittajille. Museolla järjestettiin iloinen kutsuvierastapahtuma nimenomaan joukkorahoituskampanjaan osallistuneille, jotka pääsivät maistelemaan museota early access -hengessä etukäteen. Suurelle yleisölle museo avautui 5.1.2017!
- “Don’t Download Best Fiends” is currently #2 in the YouTubeAd of the Year voting
Other News;
- Juho Kuorikosken seuraava kirja “Commodore 64 – Tasavallan tietokone” joukkorahoitettavana
- REBORN is be showing their game Urban Empire on TWITCH
- Playa – Game Industry Hub calls for Game Studios in Finland, attend PG Connects London with access to a special investor event, see attached offer!
- Ashtonia– a story-driven stealth game at Oulu Game LAB, and this is our first trailer! Feedback is always welcome (positive and constructive alike)!
- Check out Kolibri Studios first Crooks Crush gameplay teaser!
- Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick designed a character for The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land, revealed on the talk show last night for the millions of The Walking Dead fans watching the live show! We had a lot of fun with this special character, Rufus, inspired by Chris’ great-grandfather. He’s a very special, solitary man with a special personality and bottle-bomb weapon he uses to greet his walker visitors up in his mountain moonshine distillery. Check him out: getnomansland.com
- Play (RED). Give Life. Wonderful to have Best Fiends, Justin Bieber, Apple and (RED) working together. We can all make a difference. There’s a real shot creating an AIDS free generation by 2020. Please do read more here: https://red.org/our-impact/
- YLEn: Ideahaku: Miten tuoda tanssi mobiiliin? DL. 9.12
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