Events:
- Assembly Winter will be this weekend (Jan 30-Feb 1). Check out Yle’s eSport broadcasts!
- Winter Nights in St. Petersburg February 9-10. Check out the discount code.
- Finnish Game Awards 2015 will be on 21st of April and we are looking for sponsors! More information about registrations and the nominees will follow soon.
Releases:
- Seriously released Best Fiends on Amazon App Store and reached 1 million daily players!
- Sturdy Helmet Games released Coffee simulator on AppStore
Announcements:
Open jobs:
- PlayRaven is hiring. Check out their latest hires!
- See more open jobs at Games Jobs Finland
Other news:
- Global Game Jam was big in Finland with approx. 700 participants. Check out the website, pics and gameplay videos!
- Northland Square: What indies need to know about the EU VAT Regulation
- Join the eEemeli competition for the best eLearning ideas. Deadline for registrations is February 28th.
- PG Biz: Jami Laes leaves “magical place” Rovio for something “interesting”. Rovio chose David Byrne to follow Laes (in Finnish).
- Answer a survey about digital sport games for University of Jyväskylä (in Finnish)
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 last week’s post here.