April 30, 2024 Platform Power Supercell-backed HypeHype to give creators 100% of revenue from user-generated content During the early access period, creators making games on HypeHype will earn all the net revenue from their creations
October 25, 2023 Intriguing Invitation Supercell launches eagerly awaited new game mo.co in the US The Finnish studio has rolled out invites to US gamers to try out its latest game
October 11, 2023 Welcome To Mo.co Supercell has announced its latest game. Take "a leap into the unknown" in mo.co The new monster-hunting game will enter beta testing in the USA in late October
September 15, 2023 Finnish Fomo Over 1,200 games professionals gather in Helsinki for the 40th Pocket Gamer Connects conference Publishers, developers, indies and investors gathered to network, recruit and do business at the heart of the mobile games industry
September 11, 2023 Igda Leadership Day IGDA’s Christopher Hamilton: "The community here is just very special and truly amazing" At IGDA’s Leadership Day Finland’s finest come together to discuss leadership in games
September 8, 2023 Pgc Helsinki Check out the Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Career Zone! This dedicated recruitment space presented alongside Game Factory Talents could help YOU get your dream job in games
September 8, 2023 Pgc Helsinki Razer’s Michael Mucci on alternative payments and Pocket Gamer Connects: “With Supercell, we are just getting started” The head of account management at Razer tells us what’s going on with Gold and more
September 5, 2023 Roundup The Finnish Mobile Market Roundup: PGC Helsinki 2023 Edition Before next week's show, get up to speed with the latest news from Finland’s famous mobile game development scene
September 5, 2023 Pitch Like A Pro How to win at Pocket Gamer Connects' Big Indie Pitch With PGC Helsinki coming next week we asked previous Big Indie Pitch winner Noah Rosenfield to give aspiring developers a few tips
September 5, 2023 Competitive Gaming Finnish developer Future Run aims to “redefine competitive gaming” The Finnish developer has the backing of Supercell, one of the biggest names in mobile gaming
August 25, 2023 Helsinki Gaming Finnish Focus: Supercell's pursuit of perfection With Floodrush getting the chop after less than three months of release, we take a look at the company that's never afraid to fail
August 10, 2023 Birds Of A Feather Sega to finalise Rovio acquisition next week Sonic and Angry Birds to be one big family as Sega takes 96.3% of shares
July 29, 2023 Mentorship Interview A culture of collaboration: an interview with Finland's LGIN mentoring network "It doesn't feel like we are competing with each other. We are competing against the world,” says Suvi Kiviniemi of the Living Game Intelligence Network
June 22, 2023 Legslation Finland’s Neogames industry body weighs in on controversial new immigration law The latest proposed reforms continue to draw strong criticism from companies who rely on foreign talent
June 21, 2023 Legislation Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen and other game execs decry Finland's "catastrophic" new three-month immigration law Finnish Game leaders call out new rules that would require unemployed skilled workers to leave the country
June 19, 2023 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
June 5, 2023 Job News Fingersoft appoints new CFO Suni is an experienced CFO, but a newcomer to the games industry
May 17, 2023 Q&a Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing Fingersoft focuses on staff well being as they gear up for future releases
May 17, 2023 Finnish Games Report Mobile is still Finland’s most popular platform, but PC is catching up 2021 and 2022 proved to be banner year’s for Finland’s gaming industry
May 9, 2023 Soft-launch Bad Piggies 2 comes to selected countries in iOS-exclusive soft launch Android release to come later
May 8, 2023 Finnish Game Awards Finnish giant Metacore's CEO and co-founder Mika Tammenkoski reflects on a difficult year for the industry However, Tammenkoski remained bullish about the industry’s potential
May 5, 2023 Investment Phantom Gamelabs joins Supercell’s family of investees The studio has received an undisclosed amount from the Finnish gaming giant
May 4, 2023 Finnish Game Awards How did mobile do at the Finnish Game Awards? Mobile saw big success at the Finnish game industry’s biggest night with Pako Highway scooping game of the year
April 7, 2023 Rovio Analytics Rovio gives insight into its game analytics approach The company’s director of analytics discussed the topic in a new blog post
April 6, 2023 Mena Investment After securing Scopely for $4.9 billion, what could Saudi games giant Savvy splash its cash on next? They may have made a sizeable acquisition this week but Savvy Games Group still has money to burn!
January 20, 2023 Mergers & Acquisitions Playtika offers $737.5m to acquire Angry Birds developer Rovio Israeli-based Playtika have sweetened their offer to acquire Rovio, as the latter remains reliant on their flagship franchise
December 16, 2022 Regulation What does Finland’s lootbox law actually do? Loot Boxes may fallen out of vogue as a target of gamer and regulator ire, but their control and restriction is still being debated by regulators
November 18, 2022 Awards ADHD awareness game “Full ADHD” wins Reuters Pharma Award The game, chronicling the life of a character with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, has received multiple awards and benefited from its mobile form
November 11, 2022 Success In Gaming Finland’s highest earners are in the gaming industry, with Supercell founder Ilkka Paananen leading the charge The country is a hub of the global mobile gaming industry
November 8, 2022 Trade Finnish/Saudi-Arabian trade deal could kickstart further economic collaboration to come Although the recently announced Finland and Saudi-Arabia trade deal mainly covers more fundamental aspects such as travel and freight, it marks closer relations that could increase other economic interaction
October 31, 2022 Developer Insight Dodreams CEO: “In-play ads offer long-term stability and creative opportunity” Dodreams CEO Erik Pöntiskoski tells us how his gaming studio has embraced in-play ad formats, and why mobile games are the perfect place for advertisers to connect with their audience
October 26, 2022 New Studio Wildlife Studios open new Helsinki studio Stellar Core Games with veterans from Supercell and Rovio The studio will be led by Touko Tahkokallio and Serdar Soganci
September 19, 2022 Finland’s Finest Get the latest facts and figures from Finland and beyond at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Europe’s biggest B2B games industry conference is your guide to the latest industry trends
May 26, 2022 Awards And Achievements Mobile wins big at the Finnish Game Awards 2021 Pako 3, Kitka Games, and HypeHype celebrated for Small Screen Game of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Creative Achievement, respectively
April 19, 2022 Flight To Five Billion Rovio surpasses five billion lifetime mobile game downloads Angry Birds creator continues to soar
March 18, 2022 Experienced Hires Social First makes three key hires for dev ops, design, and new technology including blockchain Marco Sandrini, Aki Raula, and Jari Ravantti join the team
February 15, 2022 Making Of Supercell talks breaking the mould of puzzle games with Clash Quest Supercell's Touko Tahkokallio talks us through the journey of Clash Quest, from prototype to its current stage
February 14, 2022 Finnish Funding Return Entertainment raises €5.3 million in funding to create cloud-native games Funding led by Bitkraft Ventures
February 11, 2022 Birds Boost Rovio 2021 revenues increase 5.1% to $326.6 million, boosted by Angry Birds titles Record high fourth quarter results
January 27, 2022 Take A Crack CrazyLabs and Carry1st partner for hypercasual game jam Open to developers and novices in South Africa and Finland
January 26, 2022 Racing Rivalry Supremacy Games to bring real car NFTs to upcoming P2E mobile racing game Number of car NFTs will equal real world production figure
January 26, 2022 Social Distance Kim Soares on the launch of Finnish social gaming studio Social First PocketGamer.biz speaks with Kim Soares on forming a new social games studio, disruptive trends, and the return to live events
January 26, 2022 Out Of Hiding Social First launches with $2.5 million backing to create cross-platform, social games Founded by industry veterans Kim Soares and Mikko Kähärä
January 13, 2022 Metaverse Making Together Yahaha Studios secures $50 million to build "no-code" UGC metaverse Aimed at users with all levels of skill to create games
January 11, 2022 Merging Media Dodreams invests $1.4 million to merge games with online videos Aiming to create grassroots marketers from its playerbase
January 10, 2022 Gamer's Guerdon StageZero raises $1.8 million to reward mobile gamers for training AI Will include labelling tasks which can help train virtual assistants
December 16, 2021 What's Next? Next Games signs $16.5 million co-development agreement for new mobile game To be paid over the next five years