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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry highlights how strong investments in education and coaching continue to support new game companies across the country. GameCity Kajaani keeps expanding its open learning offering with a growing library of free lectures from game design to legal, while the second Game Track programme is about to kick off in Jyväskylä, fuelling the pipeline from skills to entrepreneurship. On the game development front, there is once again good news as The Last Caretaker is selling well, with gross revenue of $7.6m less than two months from launch, and Jussi Loukianen has founded a new Finnish publishing company, Coyote Time Publishing. Finns have also made their voices heard in the regulatory discussion around games, with 59 368 people signing the “Stop destroying videogames” initiative. A high note to the end: game development and creativity in its purest form is celebrated as Finnish Game Jam weekend begins as part of Global Game Jam, with more than 20 jam sites across Finland, including the National Gallery.
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📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- Finnish Game Jam expands to over 20 venues including the National Gallery, FGJ26 kicks off next Friday 30th of January.
- GameCity Kajaani has now 28 free lectures on youtube from game design to legal. New lectures coming weekly and if you want to participate live the lectures are happening mostly Wednesdays on GCK discord
- The second Game Track programme will kick off soon. Application period: 2 Feb – 28 Feb 2026. Live sessions related to the programme will take place in Jyväskylä at the Digi & Game Center
- 59 368 Finns has signed “Stop destroying videogames” initiative. (Article in Finnish)
- IGDA Foundation is for the second year organizing “Download for Charity” (DLC) event on Steam, and it’s designed as a win-win for game studios and developers! (article about last year)
- Sustainable Games Alliance has published an Energy Efficiency Case Studies Collection, and is soon (10th of February at 12-13 o’clock (Finnish time)) hosting online session on zoom: AI & Games: Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities – with the Manchester Metropolitan University
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Jussi Loukianen has started a new publishing company in Finland called Coyote Time Publishing!
- Finnish developer Empires Not Vampires has launched its Paradise Chain, a custom L1 blockchain based on Avalanche.
- Oulu based Bonus Stage is going to publish a Fishing game developed by Oulu based Hatfuls Creative. Follow on Patreon
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The Last Caretaker is selling well according to Gamalytic, copies are sold: 249.2k (163.6k – 334.8k) & Gross revenue: $7.6m ($5m – $10.3m)
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- Icy North Games released Past Fate on Steam
- Snow War is heading towards it’s Early Access! To take an even earlier look join their Discord and take part in Closed Beta which should start next week!
💰 Funding
- Epic MegaGrants submission window opens at January 12 (ends on March 20, 2026 (closes 11:59 PM ET))
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-DEVVGIM — Video games and immersive content development
- Deadline for submission: 11 February 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time
- Book a review for your Creative Europe Video Game grant application!
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio is looking for an ambitious and experienced Game Director
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
🏫 Education
👉 Upcoming Events
- 30.1.2026 to 1.2.2026 Finnish Game Jam 2026
- 14th March DevCon 6 Tampere 2026
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
- 5th June Way Forward Forum / Oulu
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