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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry starts with investment and strong industry milestones. Quicksave Interactive has secured new funding from HyperScope Ventures to develop Playables.ai, a platform enabling playable ads created through prompts. At the same time, Clash Royale celebrates its 10th anniversary and $4.9bn in player spending, with Supercell explaining the design changes behind the game’s recent resurgence. At GDC 2026, Remedy’s Control Resonant was showcased by Nvidia, demonstrating RTX features, DLSS 4.5 and path tracing technology. Browser gaming is also gaining momentum as Angry Birds Friends launches as a web browser title and Fingersoft discusses the technical choices behind the web version of Hill Climb Racing Lite. New Finnish releases continue as THYSIASTERY launches on Steam, Echoes of Myth arrives as a souls-inspired action roguelite by a Finnish solo developer, and Huippee Heroes releases its new mobile title Masterions on Google Play. On the event front, note that applications are open until 19 March for Supercell’s Games First event taking place on 4 June. What comes to the regulation; PEGI will expand its classification criteria from June 2026 to better address online interaction risks in games. Also for future developers: the 2026 joint application period to Finnish higher education runs until 24 March (15:00). See Neogames’ Game Education in Finland overview and the Suomi Game Hub guide.
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📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Ticket application for Games First event on June 4th is open until March 19th 23:59 CET.
- PEGI, the pan-European age classification system for video games, will expand its criteria from June 2026 to better address online interaction risks, adding classifications related to features such as in-game purchases, paid random items, communication tools and mechanics that encourage continued play.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Quicksave Interactive has secured a new investment from HyperScope Ventures to support the development of Playables.ai, a platform enabling the creation of playable ads using prompts.
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- Angry Birds Friends debuts as a web browser game | exclusive
- Angry Birds: “unfair advantage”, marketing strategies, and competing in the UA auction. PGBiz interview with Rovio’s VP of marketing Luis de la Camara
- Clash Royale celebrates 10 years and $4.9bn in player spending after resurgence
- Supercell explains some of the thinking behind the game’s recent updates and systems design that led to Clash Royale’s big comeback.
- Hay Day Match is a new Hay Day mobile spinoff soon to enter early access, leveraging Supercell’s long-running IP.
- Fingersoft discussed the technical choices behind the web version of Hill Climb Racing Lite in a developer interview published by the Defold engine team
- A new, impressive walkthrough video for Oceanhorn 3 reveals the opening moments of the adventure, as Hero and Nassan witness an island sinking into the Shadow Sea and uncover a hidden monastery.
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- THYSIASTERY is released on STEAM
- Echoes of Myth – Souls-Inspired Action Roguelite by Finnish Solo Developer Launches on Steam
- Huippee Heroes has released their new mobile title Masterions on Google Play Store
💰 Funding
- Business Finland’s Creative Immersive Experiences program and Neogames invite game industry companies and research organisations to participate in a funding clinic 25th of March.
- Epic MegaGrants submission window opens at January 12 (ends on March 20, 2026 (closes 11:59 PM ET))
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki on April 23
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
🏫 Education
- The 2026 joint application period to higher education has began and ends on 24 March at 3pm. Check Neogames site regarding Game Education in Finland and Suomi Game Hub application guide (in Finnish).
👉 Upcoming Events
- 14th March DevCon 6 Tampere 2026
- 17th March IGDA Helsinki March Meetup
- 24 March – 12 May Content Goes Global coaching series at Oulu
- 25th March Business Finland’s Creative Immersive Experiences program a funding clinic for game industry companies and research organisations
- 25th March Finnish Game Industry QA Meetup
- 2nd April the Bit1 finale at Helsinki XR Center
- 14th April IGDA Helsinki April Meetup
- 23 April Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki
- 5th May Over 7 Hills – an IT and games industries conference is organized in Turku
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
- 4th June Games First event –Ticket application is open until March 19th 23:59 CET.
- 5th June Way Forward Forum / Oulu
- 10th June Summer Days of Game Education
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 from Weekly roundup section.
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!
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Neogames Finland