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As seen at Pocket Gamer Connects last week, the Finnish Game Industry proves its resilience and strength. Glitch Hammer won the top prize at PGC Helsinki’s Very Big Indie Pitch with Get Colossal! Tribo Games has shared a sneak peek of their upcoming Rumble Arcade, and Potion Tycoon from Snowhound Games launched on major PC platforms this week.
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📣Neogames News
- This week Neogames Finland’s ry KooPee Hiltunen hosted Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Council from Korea and shared insights into the success of the Finnish Game Industry with the
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- PG Connects Helsinki 2024 was a great success and showcases Finnish Game industry global impact and resilience
- Rovio Tech Manager Ann-Sofie Hansson shares her experience as a woman in tech and her passion for advocating for diversity in the industry.
- Peliosuuskunta Expa, Digi & Game Center and Tuomas Roininen took apart of the Unreal Fest Seattle 2024. They are building Finland’s first and Worlds most Northern Authorized Unreal Training Center with Fireframe Studios and Epic Games.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
🏫Education
- Enrollment for Arcada University’s fully online Game Design and Production course is open until October 15th
- GamePro program is offering companies top candidates ready to excel in roles like Game Programmer, 2D/3D Artist, Game Designer, and more through the Games & Software F.E.C. Recruiting training program starting in November-December. As a candidate apply here and fill your profile
💰 Funding
- Bookmark: EGDF’s Summary of EU video games industry funding calls for 2024 is up to date
😍 NEW Finnish games released:
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Potion Tycoon developed by Snowhound Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment is released on all major PC storefronts at a -40% introductory discount. Steam & GOG & Epic Games Store
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 30th October Games First Helsinki Registration is closed
- November 7-8th Games Job Fair
- Online event / LinkedIn Live: November 7
- Onsite / Kamppi Helsinki: November 8
- 12th November Level up: IP Strategies in Games
- 15th November XmasJKL
- 28-30 November 2024 the Unbreakable Connectivity Hackathon/ Espoo Nokia HQ. Apply here. The event has €10,000 prize pool and access to the Sirius Partner Program and there are also travel grants are available.
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)
- 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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Neogames Finland