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This week news about the Finnish Game Industry we want to remind you about the upcoming info session on funding by The Creative Europe Desk Finland. On the release side, the solid rocks keep rolling. Fingersoft launched Hill Climb Racing Lite on Poki.com, Studio Grail released Grave Regrets, and Amistech unveiled both a teaser and Steam page for My Winter Car. 10tons published a trailer for their upcoming title Dysplaced, and Plebeian Studio with Bonus Stage Publishing are set to release the full version of Gladio Morio in Q3 2026. On the people front, Metacore strengthens its tech team with Petri Hyökyranta and Daniel Lindkvist.
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📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Reminding: Creative Europe Desk Finland Info Session, tailored to support Finnish applicants, on Dec 9th, 13-14.30 Finnish time. The actual application deadline is 11 February 2026.
- Finnish Game Jam 2026 is looking for sponsors & partners. The Finnish edition of the Global Game Jam®, taking place 30 January – 1 February 2026. Send a message to sponsorships@finnishgamejam.com
- Trip Hawkins and the ‘DChoc mafia’ shaping today’s mobile game business
- The December 2025 edition of the Good Game News from Finland newsletter released
- Crowdsorsa mobile game wins Finnish Biodiversity Award
- Insights from Finland-based game companies are being collected to improve KAMK’s game development curriculum and better prepare graduates for junior roles in The Finnish Game Industry; questionnaire open until 19 December.
- Marja Konttinen is collecting examples of Finnish culture in games — if your title includes any form of “Finnishness”, from folklore to subcultures, please share.
- Playing for the Planet organises Green Game Jam once again! Deadline for 2026 edition sign-ups is Dec 19th.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- 10tons ‘s Dysplaced enters Steam Early Access on March 5th. Check the trailer now
- My Summer Car developer Amistech Games has released a teaser video and a Steam page for its upcoming game “My Winter Car” (Article in Finnish)
- Fast Spring / Growth Stage episode: How to Scale Playable/Interactive Ad Strategies with Elina Arponen the CEO of Quicksave
- Spectarium’s loot-heavy action RPG Myths is heading to Mythical Market
- Climb Cast: Building Hill Climb Racing 3 is a new podcast series about how Hill Climb Racing 3 is being brought to life.
- Metacore taps ex-Rovio CTO Petri Hyökyranta and King’s Daniel Lindkvist to lead tech efforts
- Plebeian Studio & Bonus Stage Publishing have announced the full release version of Gladio Morio to be set for release window Q3 2026.
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- Studio Grail released Grave Regrets, psychological horror and mystery visual novel that blends slow-burn suspense with deeply personal narrative choices, on Steam
- Hill Climb Racing Lite is now live on Poki.com
💰 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.. Info Session, tailored to support Finnish applicants, on Dec 9th, 13-14.30 Finnish time. Register to join.
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
🏫 Education
- Gamebadges: Free online course is about VFX & Simulation for Technical Artists starting on January 12th, 2026. Application deadline is 7th of December.
- 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
- 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!
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Neogames Finland