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Last Updated: Mar 19th, 2014

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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

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

CRITICAL FORCE SEOUL Jun 28th, 2017

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

The mobile FPS lines up a new target

CRITICAL MASS Jun 14th, 2017

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

Still considered a soft launch title

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

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

Ambitious plans for the year

INDUSTRY TRENDS Dec 29th, 2016

What will be the big mobile games industry trends in 2017?

The experts give their crystal ball predictions

MOBILE TRENDS Dec 28th, 2016

What were the biggest mobile games industry trends in 2016?

We ask a slew of industry experts

CRITICAL REFORGE Nov 29th, 2016

Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports

Sharing resources, knowledge, workload, and so on

BLOWING UP Nov 16th, 2016

Mobile shooter Critical Ops hits 10 million downloads before leaving soft launch

Running tournaments in North America and Europe

FUN IN FINLAND Oct 14th, 2016

4 things we learned about Finland, Asia and war games at the Northern Game Summit

Fresh from Kajaani: top tips for making serious gaming experiences and succeeding in South East Asia

CRITICAL FUNDING Sep 5th, 2016

Critical Force raises $4.5 million to push FPS eSports title Critical Ops out to Asia market

Partnering with NHN Entertainment to do so

PGC HELSINKI SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Aug 29th, 2016

Taking baby steps: Critical Force on the current climate of mobile eSports

CEO Veli-Pekka Piirainen tells us what's what

Dec 19th, 2013

PG Connects speaker spotlight: Veli-Pekka Piirainen, Critical Force

I'm looking to China in 2014

G-STAR 2018	Asia	Nov 15th
The PG Party @ G-STAR 2018 in association with Jagex Partners & Persona.ly	Asia	Nov 16th
The PC Indie Pitch at G-STAR 2018 (영어 및 한국어)	Asia	Nov 17th
The Big Indie Pitch at G-STAR 2018 (영어 및 한국어)	Asia	Nov 17th
Indiajoy 2018	Asia	Dec 1st
The India Game Developer Conference 2018	Asia	Dec 4th
Unite India 2018	Asia	Dec 5th
The Game Awards	North America	Dec 6th