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"This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry is packed with various topics and an exceptional wave of studio activity. The Story of Hill Climb Racing – 13 Years of Neckflips had its premiere screening in Oulu last Friday, where Neogames’ Elina Tyynelä was present in the front row. The documentary is now available to watch on YouTube. Business Finland’s Creative Immersive Experiences programme is organising a Funding Clinic in March. Game education remains active with the Summer Days of Game Educators in June and new teams joining Game Catalyst. On the studio front, major updates arrive first as Cities: Skylines 2 and Gladio Mori roll out significant patches. New trailers follow for titles such as Frostrail, Second Stone: The Legend of the Hidden World, Drivers of the Apocalypse and Last Drop, alongside continued international recognition for Sektori. Looking ahead, more games are approaching release: THYSIASTERY by Dirga Games launches on Steam on 9 March 2026, and Part Time Monkey introduces its latest creation WARENA, coming to Steam. Steam Next Fest showcases a strong selection of Finnish demos, underlining the breadth of current development from tactical shooters to mythology-inspired adventures. New Finnish game releases continue as Nightsoil launches on Steam.

Lastly, an important note for job seekers: the Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki on 23 April."

Full article: https://neogames.fi/weekly-news-9-26/

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Checkout weekly Finnish Game Industry news by Neo Games!

"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."

Full article: https://neogames.fi/weekly-news-8-26/

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Neogames is once again collecting the list of commercial games released first time globally in 2025 by Finnish Game Developers.

Deadline for game list updates is 16th of February.
This list will also serve as the basis for Pelinkehittäjät ry voting on some of the nominees for the Finnish Game Awards and Nordic Game Awards.

Please note that in mobile, only games with global release for the first time should be included, but in PC / Steam early access games are also accepted. However, if Steam early access game is in the list this year, its not any more eligible for future voting after final launch.

Link to list and guide for submitting games is here: https://neogames.fi/neogames-is-collecting-the-annual-list-of-commercial-games-first-released-globally-in-2025-by-finnish-game-developers/

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"This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry is big: Supercell reported strong results, with operating profit before depreciation and amortisation rising six per cent to €932 million last year and contributing €220 million to the Finnish economy. Remedy Entertainment’s revenues continue to grow in 2025, reaching €59.5m, and the company has appointed former EA executive Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO. Neogames is compiling the annual list of commercial games first released globally in 2025 by Finnish developers and invites the community to help complete or correct it. On the studio front, The Last Care Taker gets excellent feedback and releases a trailer for The Final Frontier Update 2, 10tons released new videos of its upcoming title Dysplaced, Cornfox Brothers brings Oceanhorn 3: Legend of the Shadow Sea to Apple Arcade on 5 March, and a new gameplay trailer for Control Resonant showcases what may be Remedy’s most ambitious project to date. The event calendar remains active as Expa organises Internships & Employment Day 2026, LEADERBOARD 2.0 by Tampere Game Hub follows soon after, and the Nordic Game Conference 2026 calls for game executives. Students are reminded to apply for the Bit1 competition before 22 February. And finally, Finnish game jammers created 259 games across the country during Global Game Jam 2026 in just about 48 hours."

Full article: https://neogames.fi/weekly-news-7-26/

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"The Finnish Game Museum celebrates its 9th anniversary on 7 February with a virtual event on Twitch. Neogames Finland’s Suvi Latva and KooPee Hiltunen offer a slightly more serious, but not purely depressive, look at the current state of the Finnish Game Industry at Pocket Gamer Biz. On the studio front, Nitro Games wraps up its project with Business Finland, receiving a final funding instalment of €340,000, while Bitmagic unveils an AI-created take on the classic Civilization formula and Cities: Skylines 2 sees its UI undergo an “extreme makeover” as Iceflake steps in as the new developer. Talking about making games; Finnish Game Jam, organised last weekend across Finland, once again showed the strength of the grassroots scene as jammers created 259 games during Global Game Jam 2026 in just about 48 hours. Looking forward; Road to Vostok enters Early Access on 7 April, and Ritual Party by Hologram Monster gets its Early Access release date for 17 February."

Full article: https://neogames.fi/weekly-news-6-26/

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Checkout weekly Finnish Game Industry news by Neo Games!

"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."

https://neogames.fi/weekly-news-5-26/

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"This week brings plenty of good news from the Finnish Game Industry. Amistech Games’ My Winter Car continues its strong performance with around 377k copies sold and gross revenue of roughly $4.7m to date, while Hill Climb Racing has reached an impressive two billion downloads and is still climbing. Neogames’ Suvi Latva and Jari-Pekka Kaleva were waving the Finnish flag and taking the pulse of the industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London. Finnish game developers community strength and support is visible in action as Finnish studio BIT ODD donates professional drawing tablets to students, junior developers and rising artists and opportunities keep coming as Supercell opens applications for the Spring 2026 cohort of Supercell AI Lab. There is also a milestone worth celebrating as the Finnish games industry community group on Facebook, PlayFinland, turns 18 years old. And finally, a reminder for students: registration for the Bit1 student game competition is open until Sunday 22 February, with a few weeks still left to polish your game to mint condition."

https://neogames.fi/weekly-news-4-26/

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Checkout weekly Finnish Game Industry news by Neo Games!

"This week news and headlines in the Finnish Game Industry Mika Tammenkoski, CEO of Metacore, reflects on the lessons of 2025 and looks toward 2026, suggesting that the recent turbulence in the mobile game industry may well represent a new long-term normal. Remedy Entertainment continues to challenge itself by pushing its creative and production boundaries with the upcoming CONTROL Resonant. As a practical reminder, the Epic MegaGrants application round is now open. Next week, many Finnish game developers head to Pocket Gamer Connects London, the first international industry checkpoint of the year."

https://neogames.fi/weekly-news-3-26/

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Pelialan akateemista osaamista juhlistetaan jälleen, kun Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura ry. ja Neogames käynnistävät 11. kerran opinnäytetyökilpailun, joka kokoaa yhteen pelialaan liittyvät korkeakoulututkinnot. Tämä ainutlaatuinen kilpailu tarjoaa näyttämön pelien, leikin ja pelillisten ilmiöiden parissa tehdylle tutkimukselle ja opinnäytetöille, jotka ovat valmistuneet vuoden 2023 aikana.

Kilpailu on avoin kaikille suomalaisissa yliopistoissa ja ammattikorkeakouluissa valmistuneille opinnäytetöille, jotka käsittelevät digitaalisia tai ei-digitaalisia pelejä sekä pelillistä kulttuuria laajemmin. Olipa kyseessä sitten pelisuunnittelun metodit, pelaamisen kulttuuriset aspektit tai pelien teoreettinen analyysi, kilpailu kannustaa tutkimaan pelimaailmaa monipuolisesti.

Kilpailun palkinnot jaetaan kahdessa sarjassa: yliopistotaso (pro gradut ja diplomityöt) sekä ammattikorkeakouluaste (lopputyöt), joissa molemmissa korostetaan alan tutkimuksen merkitystä ja innovatiivisuutta. Voittajia odottaa rahapalkinto sekä kutsu esittelemään tutkimustaan Pelitutkimuksen päivässä vuonna 2024, mikä tarjoaa loistavan mahdollisuuden verkostoitua ja jakaa ideoita pelitutkimuksen kentällä.

Kiinnostuneiden on toimitettava ilmoittautumisensa viimeistään 15. maaliskuuta 2024 täyttämällä virallinen ilmoittautumiskaavake. Opinnäytetyön tekijöitä rohkaistaan itse asettamaan työnsä ehdolle, mutta myös ohjaajat voivat ehdottaa merkittäviä töitä, huomioiden, että ehdotuksia suositaan yksi per oppiaine tai koulutusohjelma.

Tämän vuoden kilpailu tarjoaa jälleen kerran ainutlaatuisen tilaisuuden tuoda esiin ja palkita pelialan tutkimuksen ja koulutuksen parhaimmistoa, edistäen samalla pelikulttuurin ymmärrystä ja kehitystä Suomessa.

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Lue lisää ja ilmoittaudu:
https://www.pelitutkimus.fi/tiedotteet/pelialan-opinnaytetyokilpailu-2024

https://suomigamehub.com/uutiset/pelialan-opinnaytetyokilpailu-kutsuu-esittamaan-vuoden-2023-parhaat-tutkimukset/

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