Time’s Up
Quantum Siege dev Armada Interactive files for bankruptcy
Finish startup closes its doors
Metawear
Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games
Also launches Merge Mansion with impressive day-30 retention
Pgc Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: How the Finnish games industry has grown over 25 years
"We are not in our teens anymore; we are a mature industry"
Clever Data
GameRefinery reveals a new way to optimise UA without tracking users
Data Enrichment categorises games and matches with potential fans
Chari-tree
Games industry supports Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation with a record-breaking half-million Euros
A group of Finnish games companies have assembled the largest single donation in the history of the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation
Fantastic Finland
Rewatch the 25th Finnish Game Awards here PLUS PGC HELSINKI OFFER
The fantastic Finnish games industry revealed its 2020 winners in a socially distanced celebration
The Iap Inspector
How does Battle Legion monetise?
Does Traplight's new strategy title fight fair or are its tactics medieval?
New Acquisition
Huuuge Games acquires Finnish games studio Double Star
"This acquisition marks another step forward in our Build-and-Buy strategy"
Kodisoja Leaves
Supercell co-founder Mikko Kodisoja leaves the company
Pursuing other ways of telling stories outside of games
The Why
Analysis: Player motivations in Roblox, Fortnite and Candy Crush Saga
GameRefinery runs the numbers
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Supercell's Hay Day Pop designer Ayushman Datta Gupta on developing games from home
"Personally, I can't wait to go back to working in the office"
Ice Ice Baby
Making Of: How Frogmind's Rumble Hockey was turned around in 9 months
"Approximately 50,000 new players per day since its launch"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Critical Ops fires to 80 million installs worldwide
Five million monthly active users
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Rovio's Alexei Ryan outlines industry shortcuts on hiring and why recruiters should improve
A third of hires take place internally globally today
Digging Deeper
GameRefinery adds Player Motivations and Archetypes insights
Adding more understanding of gamers' behaviours
Rumble In The Jungle
Frogmind launches real-time multiplayer Rumble Hockey after short soft-launch
Anthropomorphic animal sports title is available on iOS and Android
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: How Rovio's design director Timothy Coolidge is operating from his 10-year-old son's bedroom
"In the space of a few weeks, I sold everything and took the leap to join the games industry"
Android Only
Educational game streaming service Hatch Kids launches in UK and Ireland
Also available in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway
Investment
Finnish studio Reworks raises $4.3 million led by EQT Ventures
Launches home design game Redecor
Brawling Abroad
Supercell's Brawl Stars arrives in China this June
Multiplayer mobile shooter was approved in March by Chinese game regulator
Let's Get Ready To
Supercell-owned Frogmind soft-launches animal sports game Rumble Hockey
Available across both iOS and Android in Finland, Canada, Australia, and more.
Testing Ip Impact
Rovio soft-launches turn-based RPG Angry Birds Legends
Available on Android in the UK, Sweden and Finland
Mmo In The Works
Finnish studio Mainframe Industries raises $8.1 million for cloud gaming
"We are starting from the ground up"
Slingshots Return
Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Casual in the US for "early market testing"
Finland, Poland and Sweden too
Company Culture
Diverse and independent teams are the key to connecting with global audiences
Rovio's head of HR Heini Kaihu on the benefits of a diverse workforce
Smarter Sales
Unity tweaks its accounting methods prior to rumoured IPO
Reallocating sales from Finland to US
Hatch-ing A Plan
Rovio refocusing mobile streaming service Hatch to save $6.5 million in 2020
Hatch cost the firm $11.8 million in 2019
Had Its Hay Day?
Supercell revenues fall for third consecutive year to $1.56 billion in 2019
Profits fell to $577 million too
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!"