Weekly News 10

Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter

In this report we will combine week 10/2021 from the Finnish Game Industry and will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out the previous post here.

News are gathered from the Play Finland group posts during the week. That is why we recommend you to post by yourself (however not flood) your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group. It also guarantees that your news will be visible in the weekly newsletter /news compilation. Play Finland is at the moment one of the main channels for sharing information inside the industry.

Best Regards,
Neogames Finland

 Events:

• 10th March – and continue all the way to the end of May. Quantum Games 2021 goes Twitch – public lectures open for everyone! Register here
• 15-19th March GDC showcase is going all virtual this year.
• 25th March XR Nation: AWE Nite Northern XR: Spotlight on Sweden
• 29th March Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Fostering Playful Experiences with Wearables” (online)
• March 2021(Date tbc) British Academy Games Awards
  • Tuesday 2 March 2021 – Nominations announced
  • March 2021 (Date tbc) – British Academy Games Awards
• 19-20th April PGC Digital #6
• 21-22nd April Finland Games Job Fair
• 6-7th April Global Games Pitch ’21 – PC and Console
• 19th April Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Next Generation of Interactive Streaming” (online)
• 3rd May Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Art of Learning by Doing – The Great Game Jam Panel” (online)
• 26-28 May Nordic Game Conference
  • You’ll get a free ticket for a friend/colleague if you register before 31 March!
• 12-16 July PGC London 2021
• 19th-23rd of July GDC 2021
• 28th Sept – 1st Oct PGC Helsinki 2021
• 14-15th October W Love Games
  • SUBMIT A TALK there is still time to send your proposals for a talk / panel / workshop, as this year it will be two-days event with multiple tracks
  • SUBMIT A WORKSKOP
  • The recorded sessions from W Games 2020 are now available on website

See also The Game Industry Events calendar Game Conference Guide Calendar Flemish Game association calendar

 Announcements:

• Neogames released statement (in Finnish only) considering cut of Digidemo grant

 Discussion

• Jaakko Kemppainen is asking if Play Finland members have made a game that happens in space, utilizes space physics or other scientific aspects, or otherwise is connected to space?

💰 Funding

• If you have plans to apply for the Digidemo grant, please note that there is just one deadline this year, 30.3.2021. The Autumn round is canceled 😔 (Article in Finnish only)

 New releases 

• Virtual reality horror game Solicitude Wake-up is now approved and available on Oculus Quest store App lab
• Almost Finnish game, Utopos is released on Steam
• Heikki Saarelma released Brighton Monsters at Apple Appstore

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