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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry are about hands-on game development and business; Neogames hosted a workshop with industry professionals on how to tackle growth challenges in Finnish game companies as part of its AEL Foundation-funded project. Important reminder for Finnish PC developers: submissions are now open for the Finnish Games Week Steam Event 2026. Speaking of publishing, Coyote Time Publishing has expanded its portfolio to five games with new signings Warena and EMUUROM. On the studio side, good news includes Rovio Entertainment’s Angry Birds receiving the “International Classic IP Honor” at the 2026 Weibo Gala, while Gladio Mori has surpassed 100,000 units sold on Steam Early Access. Finnish game developers also keep delivering new releases and updates, with Snow War launched in Early Access and Channel37 delivering surprise Update 3.5: Shadow Drop for The Last Caretaker. Looking ahead to the coming weeks, the Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki on 23 April, Silver Legend hosts its Skill Check event on 24 April, and later Way Forward Forum returns to Oulu on 5 June
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📣Neogames Dones & News
- Neogames hosted workshop how to tackle growth challenges in Finnish Game Companies with Finnish Game Industry professionals as a part of their project funded by AEL-foundation
- As Neogames is part of the Gamebadges project, last week Elina Tyynelä joined the project meeting in Prague to discuss together with project partners about the project current status and goals.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Open lecture “From Sci-Fi to Reality: A Historical View of Converging Technologies” at Helsinki XR Center on April 22, 2026!
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Silver Legend is hosting a Skill Check event on April 24th. Join for free
- TiLA!, a new collaboration between Aalto University and the City of Espoo supporting creative professionals with affordable workspaces, community and services, invites guests to its House Party preview event in Otaniemi on 27 May ahead of its full launch in September 2026.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
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PC devs – Finnish Games Week Steam Event 2026 submissions are open. Games are reviewed by Steam as well for eligibility and it can take time, so the sooner you submit, the sooner we get it approved
- Gladio Mori surpassed 100.000 units sold on Steam Early Access.
- A hero’s welcome – Angry Birds recognized with “International Classic IP Honor” at 2026 Weibo Gala
- Finnish snowball combat game Snow War has launched in Early Access after originally beginning life as a Half-Life mod (article in Finnish).
- Channel37 announces Update 3.5: Shadow Drop, a surprise Early Access update for The Last Caretaker, available now on Steam and the Epic Games Store.
- Finnish publisher Coyote Time Publishing has expanded its portfolio to five games, adding Warena by Part Time Monkey Oy and EMUUROM by borbware, while its debut title Orbital Overdrive received its first free DLC. If you make games and are thinking about a publisher, reach out. Developer-friendly terms.
- Road to Vostok’s dev plans to recharge a bit before tackling fixes and larger updates
- Pocket Gamer Biz interview with Sara Bach about Supercell’s new and live game challenges, lessons from China and how it’s restructuring to adapt to the modern mobile market
- Supercell’s Titan engine: Spanning flagships to “the cheapest, oldest Android handset” in the world
- Finnish fishing game Lost Lures, Finnish wilderness, Made by Finns (Hatfuls Creative) , published by Finns (Bonus Stage Publishing) just opened Steam page along with public playtest
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- Dual Bitz released Theralite – our Turn based Sci-fi Roguelike on Steam
- Gnomecraft released Snow War on Steam Early Access on April 3rd
💰 Funding
- The application period for DigiDemo concept support is open 8.4.–12.5.2026.
- 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
👉 Upcoming Events
- 21st April 2026 Game UX Helsinki meetup at XR Center in Metropolia in Arabia (Hämeentie 135A)
- 23 April Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki
- 24th April Silver Legend is hosting a Skill Check event. Join for free
- 5th May Over 7 Hills – an IT and games industries conference is organized in Turku
- 22nd April Open lecture “From Sci-Fi to Reality: A Historical View of Converging Technologies” at Helsinki XR Center
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
- 27th May TiLA! (Aalto University and the City of Espoo supporting creative professionals with affordable workspaces, community and services) House Party preview event in Otaniemi
- 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