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This week in The Finnish Game Industry: Social First secures $4.2M in seed funding to revolutionize social gaming, offering a fresh perspective on how we connect through play. Meanwhile, Shipyard Games announces its closure. However, other great news is that Bugbear Entertainment launches Wreckfest 2, bringing even more chaotic demolition action to the forefront, Makea Games releases ultimate Parkour Party Game; Supermoves on 28th August, and Secret Exit introduces the latest sequel in the legendary Turbo Dismount series, Turbo Dismount 2.
💎Highlights
- Social First raises $4.2M seed funding to redefine social gaming
- Wreckfest is getting a sequel, with Wreckfest 2
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📰 Game Industry News
- Game City Kajaani is heading to Gamescom this year, along with two incubator & accelerator teams and their AWESOME games!
- The application period for Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KAMK) Master’s degree in Game Business Management, (which is designed for industry professionals who’re looking for more advanced education) ends on 9.8.2024
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Shipyard Games shuts down. CEO and co-founder cited lack of investment as the main reason for studio’s closure
- Ice Cube by WRAPICE, is going on an important mission to Save the Arctic. Vicious Kelvin, the King of Flames and his companions are trying to melt the entire Arctic. Ice Cube needs to collect 52 magic puzzle pieces to use her power against Kelvin. Ice Cube will face many unexpected dangers and hot spots where she could melt and evaporate.
- 🎬 ICE CUBE will be back video
- 🎬 HOW the SUPERHERO ICE CUBE Was Born
- 🎬 You can find ICE CUBE Trailer also on YouTube
😍 NEW Finnish games released:
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Makea Games releases Supermoves (with 10 languages, including Japanese) at Steam on 28th August
- Secret Exit announces Turbo Dismount 2. “A true revolution of the social interactive experience, and one might even call this one of the most significant video game releases in history”. Next stop will be in Steam Early Access
🇫🇮 Articles in Finnish
💰 Funding
- DigiDemo application period for demo grants is open until 6 September
- Bookmark: EGDF’s Summary of EU video games industry funding calls for 2024 is up to date
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
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💡 Good to know
- DMA explained: Mobile Gaming After the Digital Markets Act
- If you’re working on an Unreal Engine game, you should read the UE EULA as that’s the legal contract you’ve signed with Epic Games. Ari Þór Arnbjörnsson, Unreal Engine Evangelist at Epic GamesUnreal Engine has summarized much of it in this presentation! But still read the EULA too.
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- 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 roundups 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!
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