Weekly News 22/24

This week, latest news from Finnish Game Industry features a new release from Supercell and interesting partnership from Fingersoft!

💎Highlights

• Supercell’s launched new game in five years.  Squad Busters the No. 1 most downloaded App Store app in 122 countries on launch day
• Fingersoft has partnered with The Lego Group to release Lego Hill Climb Adventures this week.

📰 Finnish Game Industry News

• Pocket Gamer Connect is calling all indies! See the indies-only special offers at Pocket Gamer Connects in Finland this October 1st and 2nd.
• Games Now! Exhibition Week started on Tuesday and will last on next week Thursday 6th June. Please join and play the six games selected out of 65 games this year at Kumma Gallery, Kankurinkatu 5, Helsinki. The exhibition is open daily Mon-Suyn 15-20. 

🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios

• Articles about Supercell new game Squad Buster in Finnish; YLE + HS
  • Will Squad Busters make Billions? (article in Finnish and for HS subscribers)
• Fingersoft partnered with Lego and released Lego Hill Climb Adventures

💰 Funding

• IGDA Finland Grant accepts applications, submit yours by TODAY (May 31st).
• DigiDemo new application time opens at 20th May.
• Bookmark: EGDF’s Summary of EU video games industry funding calls for 2024 is up to date

📝 Jobs & Recruitment

• Application period for Talent Gate Games & Apps UA program end on 3rd June

👉 Upcoming Events

• 30th May-4th July; Monetization Workshop series from Multiscription
  • May 30, Thursday @ 15:00-16:00 CET – Crafting Your Business Strategy (Panel)
    Moderator: Teis Anker Mikkelsen
    Panelists: Sune Thorsen, Bhavin Sagar, Aysu Yildiz
  • June 6, Thursday @ 15:00-16:00 CET – Monetization Mastery
    Teis Anker Mikkelsen
  • June 13, Thursday @ 15:00-16:00 CET – Analytics for Indie Success
    Katla Hrund Björnsdóttir
  • June 20, Thursday @ 15:00-16:00 CET – Marketing & Network Effect (Panel)
    Moderator: Teis Anker Mikkelsen
    Panelists: Sissel Morell Dargis & Ömer Yakabagi
  • June 27, Thursday @ 15:00-16:00 CET – Publisher Partnerships 101
    Søren Lass & Markus Windelen
  • July 4, Thursday @ 15:00-16:00 CET – Interactive Round Table
    Teis Anker Mikkelsen & TBD
• 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
• 3rd June Playing for the Planet member meet and greet 6pm (Finnish summer time). To get invite with call link, contact Elina (elina (at) neogames.fi) or the Alliance (info (at) playing4theplanet.org).
• 4th June; Game Studies day / Turku
• 25-27th June Metaversenergy Hackathon / Pori. Register before 12th June
• 18-20th September Northern Game Summit / Kajaani
• 30th September – 4th October: Finnish Games Week
  • 30th September IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2024
    • Call for Speakers! ☀️
  • 1st-3rd October; Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2024
    • discount code: PlayFinland20
    • Be a speaker at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this October? Submit your talk here
  • 3rd October W Love Games Conference 2024

See also The Game Industry Events calendar 📅 Game Conference Guide Calendar 📅Flemish Game association calendar & 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 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