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This week, many Finnish game developers (among others) have been at the Reboot Develop conference. Psyon Games is raising awareness about ADHD through their games—while also gaining some nice publicity in Forbes. The sad news of the week is that Makea Games has permanently closed its doors.
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🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Supercell’s Squad Busters is heading to China
- How ADHD Games, Health Tools & AI Chatbots Are Transforming Global Health;. FULL ADHD is a purpose-driven awareness game developed by Psyon Games in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
- Nitro Games releases a public demo of Autogun Heroes: Supercharged
- Makea Games shuts down
😍 NEW Finnish games released
💰 Funding
- Applications are now open for the Games Capital Summit at NG25 Spring – The deadline to submit is April 25th). This is a chance for venture-ready studios to pitch directly to active games sector investors
- Business Helsinki is organising a breakfast event on April 24th, focusing on RDI funding and IPR rights in the creative industries. (event is in Finnish)
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
- 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
- Metacore starts trainee program, Press Play again. The application period is open from April 7 to April 27.
- 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
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Application time for “Kesäpeliopintoihin” and !Pelibisnesopintoihin” (both in Finnish) is open.
- 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
- 24th April Business Helsinki is organising a breakfast event focusing on RDI funding and IPR rights in the creative industries. (event is in Finnish)
- 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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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