Due to work tsunamis, his week’s roundup highlights news from the past few week in the Finnish Game Industry. In the future, this bulletin is again posted every Friday afternoon. You can find past weekly roundup 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
💎 Highlights:
- Supercells is releasing a new game Squad Busters globally on May 29th
- Alan Wake 2 scoops up prizes at Bafta Games Awards
- Finnish Game Awards is organized on May 16th
- Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/the-finnish-game-awards-2024-tickets-884026074787
- The nominees for Finnish Game of the Year 2023 are:
- 1939 Games: KARDS
- Colossal Order: Cities: Skylines II
- Dreamloop Games: Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue
- Frozenbyte: Trine 5: Clockwork Conspiracy
- Kyy Games: Knights of Pen and Paper 3
- Nitro Games: Autogun Heroes
- One Trick Entertainment: Lempo
- Please Be Patient: Finnish Army Simulator
- Remedy Entertainment: Alan Wake 2
- Resistance Games: Great Houses of Calderia
Neogames News
- Neogames’ Suvi Latva discussed how juniors can find an entry to their first position in the game industry on Klaus Kääriäinen‘s Jestercraft podcast
- Finland – and the Finnish game industry – desperately needs more international talent. We believe the current game industry talent pool in Finland needs to be doubled, in order for us to continue its successful growth. Metacore’s COO Anna Kaskeala-Moore and Neogames’ director KooPee Hiltunen discussed together with the decision-makers how to support immigration of international talent and the integration of their families. Watch the clip (in Finnish) on the MTV news
- Neogames’ event about game studio funding #GetFunded24 was a success, check the stream on YouTube
Finnish Game Industry News
- IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2024 call for speakers is open! Save the date September 30th, this will be our 6th Leadership Day with a day filled with inspiring talks! Signup to become a speaker, the deadline is until June 7
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Metacore hires King exec as Merge Mansion closes in on €400m
- Several Finnish Games in soft launch, to mention few:
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Supercell: Squad Busters
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Lightneer: Rumble Arena
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Phantom Gamelabs: Riftbusters
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Towerpop: Omega Royale
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Fingersoft: LEGO Hill Climb Adventures
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Ubisoft / Redlynx: Gwen’s Getaway
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HypeHype: HypeHype
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- Sustainability & Earth Day
😍 NEW Finnish games released:
- Supercells Squad Busters going global on May 29th
- Shipyard Games has released Wizards & Kingdoms GO is now available for both Android and iOS!
- The newest game from Fingersoft, LEGO Hill Climb Adventures, is going to be released on May 30th
- Act Normal Games has released “Rauniot”
- Bosmic Forge has release Ants Took My Eyeball in Steam
- Pako 3 is now also on Steam
🇫🇮 Articles in Finnish
- Neogames’ KooPee Hiltunen comments Remedy’s Bafta nominations on YLE. + Alan Wake 2 scoops up prizes at Bafta Games Awards
- Game Jams at libraries in Kajaani inspires people to participate game development
- An article about the event in March. Expectatations of US investors and partners regarding game developers. Article about great event; The Finnish Games Industry Showcase organized in Finnish Consulate at LA. Over 20 Finnish studios showcased their games and products to American industry peers and investors at the residence of the Consul General of Finland in LA Okko-Pekka Salmimies. The audience was also honored by the presence of Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio. The event was the second gaming-themed showcase organized by the Consulate General of Finland and Senior Trade Commissioner Zsuzsa James. Showcasing companies were: Fingersoft, Rovio, Geeklab, Quicksave, Kuuasema, Social First, UNEVN, Ray Browser, Zaibatsu Interactive, Return Entertainment, Remedy, Metacore, Frozenbyte, Nitro Games, Dodreams, MyGamez, BitMagic, Spectarium Games, Sommoro Games, VUO AI, Next Games, PIKL worldwide, Dazzle Rocks, Flatfish.
- Act Normal Games has released “Rauniot”, an article about it in Finnish
- Bosmic Forge has release Ants Took My Eyeball in Steam, an article about it in Finnish
- Supercells Squad Busters going global on May 29th, read the article from HS
💰 Funding
- IGDA Finland Grant accepts applications, submit yours by May 31st.
- Bookmark: EGDF’s Summary of EU video games industry funding calls for 2024 is up to date
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Games and Apps UA Talent application time starts on 6th May
- Hanki Games is looking for a full-time developer for the Sledders snowmobile simulator
- Turku UAS is looking for a developer with expertise in Unity, who also possesses Finnish language proficiency
Upcoming Events
- 21-24th May Nordic Game Conference @ Malmö, Sweden
- 30th May – 2nd June; CROSSING LATITUDES 2024 /Brazil – Finland Game Jam. W Love Games and Finnish Game Jam associations in collaboration with Embassy of Brazil in Helsinki are organizing
- 30th September IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2024
See also The Game Industry Events calendar 
Game Conference Guide Calendar Flemish Game association calendar & Game Industry Biz