Profile
Veli-Pekka Piirainen
Founder / Chairman of the board, Critical Force Entertainment
About
About
Veli-Pekka is CEO and founder of Critical Force Entertainment Ltd, a Finnish startup game studio established in 2012. He is a former studio manager of Supercell North, as well as a lecturer and head of Kajak Game Development Lab.
Veli-Pekka is also co-founder of NMP Games Ltd.
Articles featuring Veli-Pekka Piirainen
Articles featuring Veli-Pekka Piirainen

Learn how we can build a better games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

PGC Helsinki Digital: The current state and the future of mobile esports

Critical Force partners with Gizer for its Critical Ops community tournament program

Finnish studio Critical Force names ex-CFO Sami Tolonen as its new CEO
Former CEO and company founder Veli-Pekka Piirainen to focus on role as chairman of the board

Critical Force partners up with ElisaViihde and OnePlus for Critical Ops esports push
The OnePlus Masters tour will be held in eight different locations throughout Finland

Critical Force snags $6.3 million in funding to scale esports operations for Critical Ops
The FPS has also been downloaded over 40 million times since launching in 2015
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CRITICAL FORCE SEOUL
Jun 28th, 2017

Critical Ops developer opens South Korean office and targets Asia after hitting 22 million downloads

Mobile eSports shooter Critical Ops clears 20 million downloads with no paid UA

Finland's games industry growth is slowing - but a new generation of students could help boost it once again
Developers offer their thoughts on how to fix the country's internal recruitment woes

Critical Force wants to fix Finland's game dev shortage with new academy
20 students at Kajaani University will get specialist coaching and feedback

Mobile games industry experts tell us their New Year's resolutions for 2017
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Events
Web3 Live London 2023 | Europe | Jun 1st |
Pixel Heaven Festival 2023 | Europe | Jun 1st |
Toronto Games Week | North America | Jun 1st |
Game Access Conference 2023 | Europe | Jun 2nd |
GDCy FEST 2023 | Jun 2nd | |
Indie Game Fest live 2023 | Europe | Jun 2nd |
PitchYaGame 2023 | Jun 2nd | |
German Dev Days 2023 | Europe | Jun 6th |