Slush Hires
Slush appoints former COO and head of program as new CEO and president
Miika Huttunen and Oona Poropudas take the top spots
Gold Pass Success
Clash of Clans achieves first year-over-year revenue increase since 2015
27 per cent increase over 2018
Oh My Stars
Supercell's Brawl Stars generates $422 million from first year
South Korean players make up $93 million of the overall total
Happy Bird-day
Angry Birds celebrates 10 years with PUBG crossover and K-Swiss footwear
Now a phenomenon
Crunch Time
Kukouri CEO Kim Soares on how mobile is getting harder for everyone
UA costs continue to bite
Live And Kicking
Angry Birds’ unexpected decade-long success
From iOS to celebrity status to film:
Cultural Match
Hill Climb Racing developer Fingersoft appoints Celine Pasula as CEO
Ex-Grand Cru co-founder steps up
I Robot
Rovio to utilise machine learning to create individualised games by 2022
Extending current use for live ops
Well Earned
Supercell co-founders top Finland’s highest-earners list
Ilkka Paananen and Mikko Kodisoja top
Still Flapping
Rovio's Q3 2019 sales up 5% thanks to Angry Birds Dream Blast
Angry Birds 2 had a soft summer
What’s Your Market?
Why mobile games need a new taxonomy
GameRefinery’s flexible solution
Ip Rethink
Rovio restructures its branding division, potentially losing 20 staff
Focusing on key partnerships in a competitive world
Crossing The Border
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen slams increasing delays for Finnish work permits
"This is a catastrophe that is seen every day at Supercell"
Know Your User
How to keep players in your game via app reviews
Appfollow's Anatoly Sharifulin explains
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Timo Ylikangas will be on a panel discussing the benefits of using existing IP vs creating your own
"It was and still is a forerunner industry"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Anette Staloy will be presenting a joint session of postmortems, as well as talking on a panel about making teams work
"We need a variety of skill sets and backgrounds"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Cuneyt Unar will be hosting a session about using blockchain technology in mobile gaming
"This is an ever-evolving and growing industry"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Zsuzsa James will be on a panel discussing funding strategies at the show
"We are truly spoiled for choice these days"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Rosemary Lokhorst will be presenting a session called Leveling up to remission - A clinical study of playing toward your strength
"I hope that there will be more focus on serious games and alternative uses for gaming"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Alexey Sazonov from Panzerdog will be part of a panel discussing mergers and acquisitions
"The time to enter can't get any better"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Thomas Kriebernegg will be leading a session about using Apple search ads to increase paid and organic installs
"Gaming is going to integrate itself into the least expected corners"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Luai Mahjneh will be discussing the problems that game companies face, and how to overcome them
"We are inspired by our mission: to make the best real money games in the world!"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Alina Gribanova will be on a panel discussing trends in global publishing and business
"It remains my favourite industry in the world"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Emilia Machuca will be part of a panel discussing being a foreign employee in a new country
"We need to improve diversity and inclusiveness within the games industry"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Sami Liukka will be part of a speed panel discussing the potential pitfalls game studios face
"Be ready to learn a tremendous amount of new information"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Marek-Martin Matyska will be talking about game design for competitive gaming and more
"Smaller indie studio are actively thinking about how to make the game better post-launch by utilising analytics"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Gustavo Viegas talking about Strategies for Dealing With an Ever More Expensive UA Funnel at the show
"Time flies when you're having, and making, fun"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Joel Julkunen from GameRefinery will be leading a session about getting the most out of third party IP
"Be brave, open minded and do everything you can to get connected"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Nam Dinh Nguyen will be talking about being a foreign employee in a new country
"Catch up with new tech and tools to see how game development processes can benefit from them"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Dean Day will be presenting a session that asks the question To Switch or Not to Switch
"Games have become bigger but buggier"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Dr. Mari-Sanna Paukkeri will lead a session about using AI to keep the gaming community safe
"Increase engagement and safeguard your community through the power of AI"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Jelle de Jong from Game Transactionz will be talking about monetisation through competitive play
"It's a unique way for studios to create an additional revenue stream while offering a new player experience"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Aurelien Merville will be part of a panel discussing mergers and acquisitions at the show
"Persevere and try to identify what you are good at"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Alexander Krug from Softgames will be part of a panel talking about instant gaming
"Our vision is to enable everybody to instantly play great casual games"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Falko Boecker, Senior Publishing Manager at JoyPac will be part of a panel discussing Asian markets
"There really is a place for any kind of skill set"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Andy Wood will be leading a session about creating virtual digital humans for games and other media
"It's grown from a cult to bigger than Hollywood"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Gauthier Zuppinger will be hosting a session about analysing and understanding the behaviour of cryptogamers
"This industry is one of the most exciting I know, mixing fun and huge business potential"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Kay Gruenwoldt will be leading a session about changing business models in the games industry
"At the core of Paladin is the belief that our people are our strongest and most important asset"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Redhill's Miloš Jeřábek will be discussing people management and making teams work
"This is the biggest beauty of our industry: it never stops evolving"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Matti Palosuo will be part of a panel discussing how to keep games alive
"Getting started with game development is not that hard, but you cannot really just study it"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Pollen VC CEO Martin Macmillan talks on scaling UA
"We provide lines of credit to game developers to help them scale their business"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Chris Hong from Ubisoft Red Lynx will discuss the challenges of real-time multiplayer games for mobile
"I'm glad to be at any area or level of the event if I can share and learn"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Pascal Luban will be part of a panel discussing game dev life lessons
"This choice gave me the opportunity to work on nearly all platforms and genres"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Jussi Autio from Resistance Games will discuss whether the fashion for indie publishing has ended
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Justyna Gil will be talking about ASO: compelling visual store assets
"Learning from others' experiences is the best way to broaden your mindset"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Max Sjöblom from Kast will be talking about future trends in videogame streaming
"Games are an intriguing mode of media to convey a wide range of very intense experiences and emotions"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Sulake's Simo Piispanen will be part of a panel discussing hybrid monetisation
"I found my professional calling in game balancing and economy creation"
Jam Tomorrow
Rovio to increase UA spending in H2 2019 to maximise 'window of opportunity'
2019 sales and profit will be lowered than predicted
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Sonja Angesleva will be talking about how Zynga handles product management
"Product planning, player validation, and analytics"
Executive Orders
Interview: How the Game Executive Bootcamp at Finland's AaltoEE will help you grow your business
Andreea Cozma tells us about Supercell, Visual Novel Entertainment, EA and Fingersoft sharing their secrets this autumn