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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry starts with Finland’s new Country Brand Strategy, which now includes a dedicated narrative for the industry developed by Neogames together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Finnish Game Awards is approaching on May 21, bringing the industry together onsite and via livestream, with ticket sales opening next week. For developers planning their next steps abroad, IGDA Finland is accepting submissions for gamescom 2026 until April 30.
On the studio side, Remedy has released Control Ultimate Edition for iPhone, and Alan Wake 2 is set to appear in Phasmophobia. Sega and Rovio continue to expand Angry Birds licensing through a new partnership with WildBrain, and indie developer Kimmo Lahtinen is preparing to launch Sektori on Switch 2 on May 14. Business updates also continue, as Nitro Games has published its annual report for 2025.
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📣Neogames Dones & News
- Finland’s new Country Brand Strategy has launched, including a Finnish Game Industry narrative developed by Neogames with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
- Neogames asks on Linkedin poll which events Finnish game devs plan to attend as exhibitor or trade delegation on 2026 (China Joy / PGC Shanghai, gamescom Europe, India GDC, Tokyo Game Show)
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- The The Finnish Game Awards is just around the corner, with the industry coming together on May 21. You can join the celebrations onsite or follow the gala via livestream. Ticket sales open next week, with the stream link to be shared soon.
- We In Games Finland has released Office Accessibility Guidelines
- IGDA Finland: Show Your Game at gamescom dev 2026 Submission deadline: April 30, 2026
- Antti Ilvessuo is a veteran of the game industry, best known for developing the Trials motocross games, and now shares his perspective on what success is built on Yle article in Finnish
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Remedy just dropped Control Ultimate Edition for iPhone
- How have things been going at Rovio since it was bought by Sega?
- Nitro Games Oyj has published its annual report for 2025
- Indie developer Kimmo Lahtinen is bringing Sektori to Switch 2 on May 14th.
- Ilkka Paananen’s BAFTA Fellowship is ‘for the entire mobile games industry’
- Alan Wake 2 is coming to Phasmophobia next month in the game’s first-ever crossover
💰 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
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 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!
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland