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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry highlights both results and resilience. Neogames Finland has published the annual list of commercial games first released globally in 2025 by Finnish developers, while Director KooPee Hiltunen noted on LinkedIn that the industry’s more than €3.5 billion in tax revenue is already significant for a small country and could grow further with the right investments. At the European level, EGDF gathered its members to assess the state of the industry in 2026, with President Hendrik Lesser concluding that “we must fight forward – we are not survivors, we are fighters.” Back home, creativity was on full display as 259 new games were created across Finland during Finnish Game Jam 2026, all now publicly playable via the Global Game Jam platform. On the studio front, Hologram Monster has released Ritual Party into Steam Early Access.
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📣Neogames Dones & News
- Neogames Finland has collected the annual list of commercial games first released globally in 2025 by Finnish game developers
- Neogames Finland Director KooPee Hiltunen commented on LinkedIn that the game industry’s more than €3.5 billion in tax revenue is significant for a small country and could be further increased with the right investments.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- EGDF organised a call with its members to map the state of the European games industry in 2026, culminating in President Hendrik Lesser’s conclusion: We must fight forward – we are not survivors, we are fighters.
- In Finland, a total of 259 new games were developed during Finnish Game Jam 2026 in 48 hours. All 259 games are publicly playable on the Global Game Jam website.
- Apply for the Bit1 student game competition! Application deadline: Sunday, 22.2. at 23:59.
- IGDA Finland Member Conference Discounts: GDC & Nordic Game
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Remedy interim CEO Markus Mäki has confirmed Control Resonant does not leverage generative AI, but said there is “varied interest” in the divisive technology within the company.
- I’m on Observation Duty 8 Keeps Its Focus on Unnerving Anomalies
- Sega records $200m impairment write-down for Rovio during Q3
- Cities Skylines 2’s new developer is already cooking up big changes, but you’ll be able to choose which ones you want
- Deep dive into the systems of SAROS with the latest gameplay overview, with the Creative Director, Gregory Louden
- Supercell’s Big 2026 Plans for Their AI Innovation Lab | 18/02/26
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
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Hologram Monster has released Ritual Party on Seam Early Access!
🏫 Education
💰 Funding
- Business Finland Creative Industries R&D Funding – Information Session and Application Clinic 23.2.2026
- Epic MegaGrants submission window opens at January 12 (ends on March 20, 2026 (closes 11:59 PM ET))
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 23th February Business Finland Creative Industries R&D Funding – Information Session and Application Clinic
- 26th February Creative Crossroads – Artistic thinking and game development as a form of artistic practice / Pori
- 26 February-1.March;Instanssi an annual festival of digital creativity in Jyväskylä
- 27.2.2026 LEADERBOARD 2.0 event by Tampere Game Hub
- 6th March We In Games organizes CV & portfolio event, sponsored by Next Games, A Netflix Game Studio!
- 1oth March IGDA Helsinki March Meetup
- 14th March DevCon 6 Tampere 2026
- 14th April IGDA Helsinki April Meetup
- 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