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Fresh out of the GDC and PGC whirlwind in San Francisco, it’s clear that event season is speeding up. April and May are packed with opportunities to meet, mingle, connect, pitch and learn across to Finland and but also in Sweden, from Bit1 and several IGDA meetups across the country to Tampere Game Hub’s LEADERBOARD, Games Job Fair, and Over 7 Hills in Turku. May brings the Nordic Game Executive Summit and, of course, the full Nordic Game Conference with its expos, showcases, and awards. Also, a strong recommendation to watch the new YLE documentary series Raha-Suomi — episode 2 “Nörttien kosto” (Revenge of the Nerds) takes a look at The Finnish Game Industry.
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📣Neogames News
- Neogames co-organised the Game Makers Mixer in San Francisco last week together with Metaplay, Rovio Entertainment, Supercell and Appcharge. Suvi Latva represented Neogames at the Game Developers Conference and Pocket Gamer Connects by joining several side events, meetings and panels.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Game Studies Thesis Competition 2025 submission deadline is on 31.March. link to the application form
- Indie Games Glam With Nat; EP4 – How to Approach Sales as an Indie GameDev
- Tampere Game Hub in collaboration with Film Tampere presents a new event for local game development ecosystem: Leaderboard – Tackling Leadership in Finnish Game Development
- Apply for the Nordic Game Executive Summit! (Tuesday, May 20, in Malmö)
- The Bit1 Finale is already next week! April 4th
- Ruby Ursus wins the Semi-Finals at Prebit 2025 Game Pitch Competition with a game named; Sulo the Sidekick. You can view all the pitches here on Expa’s twitch channel
- The new YLE documentary series “Raha-Suomi” episode #2 “Nörttien kosto” (Revenge of the nerds) that focuses on the game industry is available in Yle Areena (Document is in Finnish, but Swedish subtitles possible)
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
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Supercell has also banned the use of its games in e-sports tournaments in Russia, reports the Russian news agency Tass. Regarding the article Supercell only stated that the game is blocked in Russia and no exceptions are made. (Article is in Finnish)
- IGN covering the “hottest” games coming in April and Willow Guard included
- Psyon Games health games summarized in 20 minutes! (Interview in Finnish)
😍 NEW Finnish games released
- Cruelty Squad, has released Psycho Patrol R and it is now available in Steam Early Access.
💰 Funding
- 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
- Rovio has an interesting opportunity for master’s degree students studying in a field related to machine learning and/or AI
- 24th April Games Job Fair Spring 2025: Bridging Talent and Opportunity in Finland’s Gaming Industry
- 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
- 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
- 1st April IGDA Tampere April Demo Evening
- 4th April The Bit1
- 7th April IGDA Kuopio Meetup – May 2025
- 8th April IGDA Helsinki April Meetup
- 10th April IGDA Kymenlaakso: Game Development Across Nations
- 11th April; Tampere Game Hub’s LEADERBOARD – Tackling Leadership in Finnish Game Development, in Tampere
- 14th April IGDA Turku April Meetup with Reaktor
- 24th April Games Job Fair Spring 2025: Bridging Talent and Opportunity in Finland’s Gaming Industry
- 6th May Over 7 Hills – an IT and games industries conference in Turku, Finland
- 20th May the Nordic Game Executive Summit
- 20th-23rd May Nordic Game 2025 Conference/ExpoSummits/Awards/Showcase
- 13-15th June Jam Jam 2025 / Sappee
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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