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FakeFish’s Barotrauma got a new update, Remedy’s Alan Wake 2 got Ps5 Pro quality and performance upgrades, Plebeian Studio’s Gladio Mori was the 4th most played demo in the world during the Steam Next Fest. Also Creative Europe opened the funding call for the video games.
💎Highlights
- Gladio Mori by Plebeian Studio was the 4th most played demo in the world during the Steam Next Fest.
- Creative Europe’s funding call for video games is open, info sessions coming up
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📣Neogames News
- Neogames Finland at GameOn and Game Industry Conference.
- Neogames Finland is also part of Gamebadges project. Right now the project is looking for game industry professionals and game educators to interview about game industry competences.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- On Play Finland group in Facebook there is a discussion about employment in the game industry, and how does the economy, technology, and other topics affect that.
- VentureBeat published last quarter’s figures in game industry deals.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studio
- FakeFish released a new update called “Unto the Breach” for Barotrauma
- Remedy has upgraded Alan Wake 2’s quality and performance modes on the PS5 Pro.
- Plebeian Studio’s Gladio Mori was the 4th most played demo in the world during the Steam Next Fest.
💰 Funding
- Creative Europe’s funding call for video games is open – application deadline on Feb 12, 2025.
- EACEA organizes info session about Creative Europe’s funding for games on Nov 6, at 11-12.30 EET.
- EGDF organizes EU Funding webinar on Nov 6, 14.00 EET. Registration required to get the webinar link.
- Bookmark: EGDF’s Summary of EU video games industry funding calls for 2024 is up to date
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Level up your career at the Autumn Games Job Fair on Nov 7-8, 2024!
- 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
- 30th October Shine! Registration ends Oct 25th
- 6th November EACEA info session of Creative Europe’s funding for video games
- 6th November EGDF EU Funding webinar
- 7-8th November 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
- 20th November Core Talks: The Art and Science of Scaling
- 28-30th 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