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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry comes with a touch of politics. Neogames Finland ry has outlined key priorities for the Finnish game industry in the upcoming municipal elections, emphasizing the need for policies that support growth, talent attraction, and innovation. On the EU level, the European Game Developers Federation (EGDF) is calling for increased support for the Ukrainian game development community as the industry faces ongoing challenges. It’s also great to see Europeans joining forces to drive new innovation. Project Europe, a new investment and mentoring initiative backed by leading mobile game figures like Supercell’s Ilkka Paananen and Spyke Games’ Rina Onur Sirinoglu, is designed to support young European entrepreneurs across industries. Next week, a many game developers—including also Finnish one—are heading to San Francisco for GDC and PGC, the biggest industry events of the year.
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💡Big News
- Neogames Finland ry has summarized the key goals of the Finnish game industry for the upcoming municipal elections.
- Mobile game leaders back Project Europe investment group. The group includes Supercell boss Ilkka Paananen, Spyke Games’ Rina Onur Sirinoglu, Tripledot’s Akin Babayigit, Ex-King leaders Riccardo Zacconi, Sebastian Knutson and Stephane Kurgan, Unity’s David Helgason and more.
📣Neogames News
- Neogames Finland ry has summarized the key goals of the Finnish game industry for the upcoming municipal elections. The document can be downloaded as a PDF from here.
- Suvi Latva will represent Neogames Finland ry next week in Game Developers Conference & Pocket Gamer Connects at San Francisco and will be speaking in a roundtable discussion on “The Reality of Investment in 2025” at PGC and a panel discussion on “Thriving in a Stagnating Industry – Collaboration as the Key” at the Nordic Breakfast.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- 19th of March, 10 am CET – 11 am CET. Sustainable Games Alliance webinar: Streamlining Games Industry Reporting Roundtable. read further details and register here
- EGDF calls for the EU to increase its support for Ukrainian game dev community
- EGDF releases the state of the european games industry in 2025 report
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Fingersoft introduces the official web version of Hill Climb Racing, available exclusively on Poki
- New launch date for Willow Guard is April 10
- Housemarque is Finland’s oldest game studio (and turns 30 years at this year!), which remained independent for nearly three decades before selling itself to Sony at the perfect moment. (article in Finnish and for subscribers)
- Competition is tough at mobile games market. Rovio joint forces with Sega trusts the force of strong IPs like Sonic and Angry Birds. (article in Finnish)
- Vaki Games has announced a brand new single-player shooter for VR headsets. Called Quantum Threshold
- Cthulhu Keeper Revitalizes Classic PC Game Genres Through A Lovecraftian Lens; A public playtest for the game will begin on March 17
- Psyon Games launches digital initiative in bid to combat Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
😍 NEW Finnish games released
💰 Funding
- An open online info session on March 18, 2025, from 13:00 to 14:00 (EET) about Creative Europe MEDIA programme’s Skills and Talent Development call. DEADLINE for applications is 24.4.2025 at 17.00 Brussels time.
- The info session will be held in Finnish, but we are happy to advise potential applicants in English if needed.
- The session will not be recorded, but the presentation materials will be sent to all registered participants afterward.
- EIT Culture & Creativity is launching its three first calls of funding on 2025! If you’re working in games have a look.
- Business Finland: R&D funding for boosting business in the creative industries.
- Meta launches $50 million Creator Fund as it shifts focus to mobile content
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Play Ventures Job Board
- Rovio offers now opportunities for job seekers to sign up for job alerts.
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
🏫Education
- The Technical Artist Program at KAMK. You can study courses from 5 to 30 ects. No charge, as this is co-funded by the European Union, PELIKAN project
- Learn to use Unreal Engine in the courses offered by Digi & Game Center
- An online course on writing game stories will begin at the Tampere Regional Adult Education Centre starting on March 5. (Course is in Finnish)
👉 Upcoming Events
- March 18, 2025, from 13:00 to 14:00 (EET) An open online info session about Creative Europe MEDIA programme’s Skills and Talent Development call. DEADLINE for applications is 24.4.2025 at 17.00 Brussels time.
- The info session will be held in Finnish, but we are happy to advise potential applicants in English if needed.
- The session will not be recorded, but the presentation materials will be sent to all registered participants afterward.
- 17 – 18 March Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2025 – special discount code: PlayFinlandSF20
- 17-18 March The Game Developers Conference (GDC) – San Francisco
- 19th of March, 10 am CET – 11 am CET. Sustainable Games Alliance webinar: Streamlining Games Industry Reporting Roundtable. read further details and register here
- 6th May Over 7 Hills – an IT and games industries conference in Turku, Finland
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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