Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 39/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015 & China Mobile Games Report
Events:
In this report we will combine the week 39/2016 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
Neogames’ latest report on the Finnish game industry 2015 & China Mobile Games Report
Events:
- Oct. 3rd IGDA Finland Satakunta Hub Gathering with Lightneer
- Nordic Game Discovery Contest debuts on 5 October at the Day Zero pre-event of the Northern Game Summit (6-7 October) in Kajaani Finland
- Oct. 6-7. Northern Game Summit
- 7-10 October Larp Event: Price of Inspiration, /Tammela
- Oct. 14.-16 Games for Health Finland / Health Game Jam
- October 26th- 28th Game Connection Europe / Paris
- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
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- Neogames has negotiated a very reasonably priced offer (DL: SEP.5th) to its members for Game Connection Europe in Paris. In the spirit of the Nordic co-operation Neogames shares this offer with other Nordic clusters, NGI and their members. More info:http://www.neogames.fi/
- 18th of Nov. XmasJKL 2016 Game Industry seminar at Jyväskylä, Finland – Early Birds are ON! Get your tickets FAST to great game dev seminar at Jyväskylä, Finland 18th of Nov 2016 with great line up of speakers and people from the Game Industry. Early Birds are ON!
- November 28-29.2016 Nordic Brand Licensing Market Helsinki
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar/
Open jobs:
- Kajaanin Ammattikorkeakoulu hakee peligrafiikan lehtoria.
- Frozenbyte is looking for talented programmers to join us in our quest of re-defining high-end gaming experiences. Send your CV to space@frozenbyte.com for an invitation or to apply for a position.
- Seriously is looking for programmers, artists and more
- 700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game development jobs available right now. Currently 440 job openings in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway – browse through them at http://gameform.eu/
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Releases:
- Quantum Break from us at Remedy is out today on Steam and also PC Retail via an nice Timeless Collectors Edition. Go double dip!
- Immobile Games opens alpha for SkidStorm
- Lume Games releases Everherd download from Appstore
- Second episode of puzzleventure game INFRA is out in STEAM
- Windy is available in Appstore & GooglePlay
Other News;
- The new dates for the Game Executive has been decided on April 5-12, 2017. We have an early bird fee so please make sure to take advantage of that! For startups, we are talking to NewCo Helsinki to help with grants.
- Two days left before the XmasJKL 2016 Early Bird sale closes! Last chance to get your EB tickets: www.xmasjkl.com/tickets Check the preliminary schedule for XmasJKL 2016 on 18th of November:www.xmasjkl.com/schedule
- (only in Finnish) Halu pelata yhdistää
- How do branding and game companies meet in the real-world? We are conducting a survey for game companies in order to develop brand related coaching material for game startups. The survey is carried out by Vaasa University of Applied Sciences as a part of Reply+ development project.
- Lightneer: Sitä oppii kun se on hauskaa
- Jyväskylän yliopistossa selvitetään ihmisten merkittäviä kokemuksia Pokémon GO peliin liittyen. Kysely on tarkoitettu kaikille, jotka pelaavat tai ovat joskus pelanneet Pokémon GO peliä.
- Kyselyyn vastaaminen vie aikaa noin 10 minuuttia
- Supercell made up 80% of all Finnish game revenues in 2015, report claims
- Kiina lumoaa peliyrityksiä – vaikea, mutta tärkeä markkina
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them on the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out previous week’s list!