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Region Specific: Finland – overview

When writer William Goldman pronounced that nobody knows anything, he was talking about the movie industry, but it feels increasingly applicable to the world of videogames. When Apple launched its App Store, for example, no one projected that the company would pay revenues of $10 billion to developers of iOS software in 2014. Before Palmer Luckey emerged...

Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:20
Region Specific: Finland – roundtable

As the ships ease slowly in and out of the harbour outside, discussion within Neogames’ HQ is focused on a more energetically spirited industry, and not only Finland’s place within it but how it is driving it forward. Joining us today are PlayRaven CEO Lasse Seppänen, director of Neogames Finland KooPee Hiltunen, Shark Punch COO Harri Manninen, Fingersoft...

Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:20
Region Specific: Finland – Mindfield profile

Founded 2013 Employees 9 URL www.mindfieldgames.com Current project Pollen Unlike most Finnish game startups, Mindfield isn’t focused on free-to-play entertainment. Instead, it’s pinning its future on virtual reality games, leading with the intriguing Pollen, which is billed as a firstperson exploration game and features tremendously atmospheric environments....

Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:20
Region Specific: Finland – Fingersoft profile

Founded 2012 Employees 14 URL www.fingersoft.net (publishing enquiries: publishing@fingersoft.net) Selected softography Hill Climb Racing, I Hate Fish Current projects Planet Racer (working title), Free Racing (working title), plus TBA Starting out with novelty camera apps, Fingersoft enjoyed steady success until the release of Hill Climb Racing, at...

Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:20
Region Specific: Finland – Small Giant Games profile

Founded 2013 Employees 10 URL www.smallgiantgames.com Current project Oddwings Escape Having worked at Habbo Hotel during its boom years, Timo Soininen knows his way around a successful brand. Today, he’s heading up a new studio looking to build hits of its own, starting with Oddwings Escape. How did Small Giant get started? The company was founded...

Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:20
Region Specific: Finland – PlayRaven profile

Founded 2013 Employees 16 URL www.playraven.com Selected softography Spymaster Current projects Convoy Commander, Nano Once the head of the Alan Wake team at Remedy, and with experience dating back to 1998, Lasse Seppänen is a relatively old hand on the Finnish development scene, with countless projects under his belt. Having shipped Spymaster in 2013,...

Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:20

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