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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
PGC HELSINKI DIGITAL
Sep 18th, 2020
PGC Helsinki Digital: The current state and the future of mobile esports
TEAM UP
May 15th, 2020
Critical Force partners with Gizer for its Critical Ops community tournament program
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
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Feature
Oct 19th, 2020
Feature
Oct 19th, 2020
48 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer
Events
| Indie Cade Festival 2020 (Online) | Oct 16th | |
| Busan Indie Connect Festival 2020 (Online) | Oct 19th | |
| Sweden Game Conference (Online) | Oct 21st | |
| GDBAY.Network Grand Opening (Online) | Oct 21st | |
| White Nights Fall 2020 (Online) | Oct 25th | |
| Game Carnival (Online) | Oct 25th | |
| Gamesweekberlin PRO X (QUO VADIS & Womenize!) (Online) | Oct 27th | |
| Develop:Brighton Digital (Online) | Nov 1st |
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