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 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:
- Finland’s Return Entertainment and global electronics company Samsung elevate smart TV gaming with “Rivals Arena” partnership
- Tencent raises its stake in Remedy to 14%. The increase comes three years after the firm first acquired 3.8% of the studio back in 2021
- The LEGO Group welcomes Ilkka Paananen (CEO and co-founder of Supercell) and Ebi Atawodi (Director of Product, YouTube Studio, Google) new members to its Board of Directors
- 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
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To highlight and celebrate incredible indie games that are made in Finland each year, W Love Games has joined forces with Neogames and Suomen Pelinkehittäjät in establishing WLG Excellence Award
To learn more about WLG Excellence Award and Indie Game Alliance, please visit here
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
- Got an unreleased indie title cooking? Is your team based in Europe? You can join to Indie Cup Europe’24 this summer! To submit your application, head to the website. The deadline is May 19.
Apart from a chance to win an award in one of seven categories, you’ll get other perks:
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Participation in our online showcase
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A chance to introduce your game to scouts, press and streamers
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Written jury feedback if your game becomes a nominee
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An invitation to our Steam events like Indie Cup Celebration
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🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Football superstar Erling Haaland is set to become a video game character as part of a new partnership with mobile game Clash of Clans
- Supercell-backed HypeHype to give creators 100% of revenue from user-generated content. During the early access period, creators making games on HypeHype will earn all the net revenue from their creations
- Fingersoft’s welcoming culture draws international talent. The company currently has 118 employees, of which 20% are international staff
- Mopeful Games’ Fashion Police Squad can be found in this month’s Humble Choice!
🇫🇮 Articles in Finnish
💰 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
- Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio is looking for a Production Director.
- Redhill shares their top 10 tips to improve your CV
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
Upcoming Events
- 8th May Building Games for External IPs
- 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
- 4th June; Game Studies day / Turku
- 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