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Veli-Pekka Piirainen
Founder / Chairman of the board, Critical Force Entertainment
Last Updated:
Mar 4th, 2019
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
CRITICAL MOVES
Mar 4th, 2019
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
ON TOUR
Sep 4th, 2018
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
Jun 19th, 2018
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 FORCE SEOUL
Jun 28th, 2017
Critical Ops developer opens South Korean office and targets Asia after hitting 22 million downloads
CRITICAL MASS
Jun 14th, 2017
Mobile eSports shooter Critical Ops clears 20 million downloads with no paid UA
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FINNISH GAMES JOBS
May 23rd, 2017
FINNISH GAMES JOBS
May 23rd, 2017
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
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CRITICAL TRAINING
Apr 27th, 2017
CRITICAL TRAINING
Apr 27th, 2017
Critical Force wants to fix Finland's game dev shortage with new academy
20 students at Kajaani University will get specialist coaching and feedback
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
Jan 2nd, 2017
Mobile games industry experts tell us their New Year's resolutions for 2017
CRITICAL REFORGE
Nov 29th, 2016
Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports
BLOWING UP
Nov 16th, 2016
Mobile shooter Critical Ops hits 10 million downloads before leaving soft launch
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Events
| Gamescom 2019 | Europe | Aug 20th |
| Come and meet China's top publishing companies, in association with Mintegral [FREE MINI SUMMIT] | Europe | Aug 20th |
| The Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2019 | Europe | Aug 21st |
| The PC Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2019 | Europe | Aug 21st |
| G-STAR Games Mixer presented by Pocket Gamer | Europe | Aug 21st |
| Casual Connect USA 2019 | North America | Aug 27th |
| PAX Australia | Australasia | Aug 31st |
| External Development Summit 2019 (XDS) | North America | Sep 4th |
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