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This week news about the Finnish Game Industry brings great updates from studios, shiny new launches, and some useful event perks. Pools arrives on PlayStation 5 and PSVR with a demo already out, and Harakka Studio releases a free Steam demo for Remnants of Yore. On the release side, Reentry – A Space Flight Simulator lands on Steam, Next Games / Netflix unveils Puzzled launching on 26 November, and Interstellar Espionage Inc. from Fancy Raven Games is now out. For those planning ahead, Pocket Gamer Connects London 2026 and the Nordic Game Conference offer solid discounts for our subscribers.
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📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Pocket Gamer Connects London 2026 (19-20 January ) offers again 20% discount for our subscribers with code GAMEDEVFI20
- Nordic Game Conference (26-29 May) calls for Indies ie. 50% discount on the Demo Station Package
- IGDA Transmedia Game Jam accelerator programme is looking for developers
- Xmasjkl – The Finnish Game Industry Seminar, Day Zero and VIP Dinner pictures from Central Finland, Jyväskylän kaupunki – City of Jyväskylä game industry scene event by Joonas Nieminen joonasnieminen.fi
- 4 takeaways by Pocket Gamer Biz from RovioCon and Slush 2025: AI reimagining game dev, China’s growth threatens Western studios, and EU regulation concerns
- shares his analyse and discuss the use of Gen-AI in game development especially considering visual asset creation based from what he has seen, done and heard in the recent months.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Read how Rovio championed LGBTQIA+ representation across their Angry Birds games and social media, from creating drag-inspired in-game events to introducing non-binary characters in new games.
- Harakka Studio, has put out their free demo on Steam for their IP Remnants of Yore + companion app for Android providing a little extra lore–“Mugi Mail” + Discord server for the game for folks to stay updated
- CozyNest has released Steam page for Welehola
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- Reentry – A Space Flight Simulator released on Steam by Lyra Creative (+ article about it in Finnish here)
- Next Games / Netflix unveils “Puzzled” — a daily puzzle hub launching Nov 26, featuring 8 logic- & word games plus rotating themes from hits like Stranger Things and Squid Game.
- Interstellar Espionage Inc. by Fancy Raven Games is released on Steam!
- Indie Sleeper Hit Pools (by Tensori) Comes To PlayStation 5 and PSVR This Week, Demo Out Now
💰 Funding
- New funding call from Creative Europe Programme: Video games and immersive content development. Deadline for submission: 11 February 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time.
- Check out the info sessions:
- Creative Europe Desk Finland Info Session, tailored to support Finnish applicants, on Dec 9th, 13-14.30 Finnish time. Register to join.
- Check out the info sessions:
- Lifeline Ventures unveils €400M Fund VI to support Europe’s next generation of startups
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
- Business Finland: R&D funding for boosting business in the creative industries.
🏫 Education
- Kajaani University of Applied Science’s Game Development Education Expands and Becomes More International
- Spend your spring learning 3D Game Graphics, creating a game and building your portfolio. (Teaching in Finnish)
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Play Ventures Job Board
- Very good and detailed advices to make job application, by Jarkko Laine
- Check more tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- Nov 29 at 10am to Nov 30 at 5pm Theme Park 2025
- 9th December Finnish Game Industry DEI summit / Helsinki / Hybrid
- 9th December Creative Europe Desk Finland Info Session for Creative Europe Programme’s Video games and immersive content development. Session is tailored for Finnish applicants. Register here.
- 9th December New Earning Logics for Creative Industries” breakfast event (in Finnish)
- 10th december Game Designers of Finland meetup: Exploring Light and Darkness (ft. glögi)
- 19-20 January Pocket Gamer Connects London 2026
- Get the 20% discount with code GAMEDEVFI20
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
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)
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 from Weekly roundup section.
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