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This week, the Finnish game industry—particularly Sam Lake and Remedy Entertainment—received another well-deserved recognition by being honored with the Andrew Yoon Legend Award. Pocket Gamer London attracted several Finnish game developers (among many other nationalities) to participate in the event this week. An important note: Neogames is compiling a list of Finnish games set to release in 2024 and urgently needs community support to ensure the list is complete and accurate. Please make sure your game is included. Junior developers are also in focus, with the bit1 competition now open and applications for the Oulu Game Industry Pre-Incubator underway. Last but not least, this weekend marks the Global + Finnish Game Jams.
Stay updated on what’s happening in the Finnish game industry by following the PlayFinland Facebook group, and help us stay informed by posting your Finnish game industry news there!
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⚡Biggest News
📣Neogames News
- Neogames is listing commercial games released globally in 2024 by Finnish Game Developers and asks help for the updates.
- Neogames’ Jari-Pekka Kaleva and many Finnish Game developers visited in Pocket Gamer Connects London.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Big Data and Creative Work Converge: Finnish Study Highlights the Evolving Role of Data Professionals in Game Studios. New article by Heikki Tyni, Olli Sotamaa and Taina Myöhänen
- bit1 competition 2025 is now open and will close on February 10, 2025, at 23:59
- IGDA Finland encourages developers to Submit Your Game for DevGAMM Gdansk 2025!
- Bonus Stage Publishing released a Somber Echoes by Norwegian studio Rock Pocket Games.
😍 NEW Finnish games released
💰 Funding
- Business Finland announces R&D funding for boosting business in the creative industries.
- Creative Europe’s funding call for video games is open – application deadline on Feb 12, 2025.
🏫Education
- Oulu Game Industry Pre-Incubator starts soon. Apply before January 31st. The program starts at latest on February 18th
- Application period for Master’s degree in Game Business Management at KAMK opens 8th Jan
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 24-26th January 2025 Finnish Game Jam
- 29th January Business Finland announces R&D funding for the creative industries info session in Teams. Register by 27th Jan
- 12th February: Game Design Case: How Valheim gets you hooked (online event)
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6th October; IGDA Finland Leadership Day
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7-8th October; Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
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9-10th October; W Love Games Conference
See also following calendars:
The Game Industry Events calendar (mostly relevant for Finnish Game industry)
Game Conference Guide Calendar (more international (powered by EGDF and Slovakian games association)
Game Industry Biz
This week’s roundup highlights news from the past week in the Finnish Game Industry. In the future, this bulletin is again posted every Friday afternoon. You can find past weekly roundups here.
News are gathered from various industry sources and the Play Finland group posts during the week. Post your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group to get a chance to be included in the weekly roundup!
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland