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Company Profile
Next Games
Website
www.nextgames.com/
About
Studio set up by Rovio's vice president of mergers and acquisitions Teemu Huuhtanen
Related People
Saara Bergstrom
Chief Marketing Officer
Anna Feodorow
HR Manager
Sulka Haro
Executive Producer
Matias Ärje
Director of Technology
Joonas Viitala
COO
Joonas Laakso
Chief People and Culture Officer
Teemu Huuhtanen
CEO
Mitchell Smallman
Jay Ranki
CCO
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Play With Pride
38% of Finnish gaming professionals identify as LGBTQIA+
The country had a higher proportion of LGBTQIA+ workers in the game industry than the worldwide average
Next News
Next Games, A Netflix Game Studio announces changes in leadership team
Saara Bergström will assume the role of studio lead, while Teemu Huuhtanen will be leaving the company
Netflix Games
Netflix Games is offering salaries of up to $1 million in California
The company is hoping to attract experienced candidates as it continues its push into gaming
New Position
Reko Ukko joining Next Games as Chief Creative Officer
This is Next Games' first leadership team announcement since its acquisition by Netflix Games
Taken By The Demogorgon
Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales removed from app stores
Titles to be revamped for exclusive Netflix Games release
Stranger Things To Come
Netflix to acquire Finnish mobile studio Next Games
Acquisition valued around €65 million.
What's Next?
Next Games signs $16.5 million co-development agreement for new mobile game
To be paid over the next five years
News
Next Games and Netflix launch Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales
The game features exclusive content based on the Stranger Things series
Not Dead Yet
6 years on The Walking Dead: No Man's Land does 23 million downloads, $151 million revenue
Will host in-game anniversary events
Nextgen
Next Games' second Game Developer Academy kicks off 4 October
Learning with hands-on experience
Mobile Madness
Mobile was the top-earning games platform in 2020
The games industry is expected to have revenues of $189.3 billion this year
The Palace Awaits
Update: Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales delayed until 2021
Originally slated for 2020 full-release, no mention of a location-based element
Share This
Next Games looking to raise $8.85 million by offering shares in the studio
“The third and final phase of the turnaround project is to secure additional funding”
Live And Kicking
One year on: Next Games on the evolution of location-based title The Walking Dead: Our World
We catch up with executive producer Joonas Viitala to discuss the game's performance to date
Demogorgon Attack
Next Games partners with Netflix to launch Stranger Things mobile title in 2020
"Our core focus will be to deliver on Stranger Things’ rich and intense themes like friendship and supernatural adventure"
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Next Games’ Matias Ärje on how to get a job as director of technology
"Purpose comes from getting the results of your work into the hands of millions of people"
What's Next?
The Walking Dead: Our World dev Next Games lays off 26 staff as losses mount
Operating losses for 2018 increases to $19 million
Financials
Tough quarter for Next Games as losses hit $12m and Our World is beset by "technical challenges"
Walking Dead titles said to be profitable, but lack of cash could hold back future development
Dead On
The Walking Dead: Our World will feature time-limited in-game events during season nine of the AMC series
New challenges will drop every Monday with each new episode
Infectious
The Walking Dead: Our World consumes $8 million in revenue over 55 days
Augmented reality survival shooter has been installed almost 1.7 million times
Slow And Steady
Next Games revenue nearly halves in H1 2018 as The Walking Dead: Our World dev buckles down on game launches
Development costs and fall in DAUS hurts sales
Like Tears In The Rain
Next Games’ mobile RPG Blade Runner 2049 hits open beta
Partnership with Alcon Entertainment was revealed in June of last year
Not Bad
The Walking Dead: Our World hits top 10 download charts in 40 countries
The location-based augmented reality game launched July 12th
Dead Ringer
AR tie-in The Walking Dead: Our World launches worldwide today
But will the adaptation be enough to mend Next Games’ revenue woes?
Ouch
Next Games revenue down 56% in Q1 2018 as Walking Dead: No Man’s Land loses players
Finnish developer cites change in daily active and monthly active users as the primary reason for drop in revenues
Finnternal Promotions
Next Games promotes from within for management team
Finnish games developer also promotes former Head of Games Sami Nurmio to Head of New Projects
Mixed Picture
2018 so far for mobile game company stock
Winners and the losers
Zombieland
Google Maps to power upcoming location-based augmented reality game The Walking Dead: Our World
Partnership will bring famous landmarks such the Statue of Liberty and the London Eye to the game
Top Of The Leader Board
Next Games ranks as the best games studio to work at in Finland
Next Games comes out well in Great place to Work's annual survey in Finland
No Payne No Gain
Next Games and AMC turn to Jesus to teach gamers about The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land
Actors Tom Payne and Alanna Masterson promote mobile title with series of videos
Walking Dead Our World
Next Games soft-launches location-based AR game The Walking Dead: Our World
Now available on Android in the Philippines
Next Games Financials Fy17
Next Games' The Walking Dead: No Man's Land suffers as developer moves on to other projects
Revenues grow slightly, but the loss grows too
Next Games Financials Q3 Fy17
Next Games plans further expansion with new office in Los Angeles and bigger HQ in Helsinki
Shooting for 200 staff in 2018
Finland Ipo
Ups and downs: How Finland's biggest IPOs of 2017 are performing
How are this year's IPOs performing today
Stranger Things Have Happened
Second screen: How successful are free-to-play mobile game TV tie-ins?
How are Star Trek, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones grossing on mobile?
Best Of 2017
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017
The movers, shakers and moneymakers
Ar Rises
Augmenting the undead: Next Games, mobile AR and The Walking Dead: Our World
Next Games CMO Saara Bergström on the studio's latest title to utilise The Walking Dead IP
The Dead Walk
The Walking Dead shuffle into real life with new location-based AR mobile title from Next Games
Launch date to be announced later this year
Ar Next
Next Games pushes into AR and location-based games with Lume Games acquisition
Also sees revenues up 52% to $22.6 million
On The Tubes
Next Games kicks off huge influencer campaign to promote new The Walking Dead: No Man's Land update
Tens of millions of YouTube viewers seeing sponsored Walking Dead content
Blade Runner 2049
Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game
Ryan Gosling's outline might make an appearance
All About The Money
Naive, greedy or both: Why can’t games companies IPO properly?
The uncertain pricing of uncertainty
Finland's First
Next Games on its successful IPO and being Finland's first publicly-traded game developer
CEO Teemu Huuhtanen gives IPO advice
What's Next?
Next Games doubles revenue in Q1 2017 after successful IPO
Helsinki firm grows to 77 employees
Undead And Kicking
One and a half years on: Next Games on the evolution of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
CMO Saara Bergström on the game's life so far
Next Games Goes Public
Next Games becomes first Finnish games studio to go public on NASDAQ First North
Studio enjoys strong debut
Next To Ipo
Next Games looking to $30 million IPO to boost development and global competitiveness
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land also hits 16 million downloads
All About The Games
Finding success in mobile games the second and third time around
Oscar Clark asks some industry experts how they do it
All Hands On Deck
Why Next Games gets everyone including the CEO involved with Customer Support
CMO Saara Bergström explains the firm's novel approach