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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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PGC Helsinki: Jussi Autio from Resistance Games will discuss whether the fashion for indie publishing has ended
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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"
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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"
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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
Faster, Faster
Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel
Next-gen mobile game development in 4 months
Share This
Next Games looking to raise $8.85 million by offering shares in the studio
“The third and final phase of the turnaround project is to secure additional funding”
Small Giants
How Small Giant Games made it big
We speak to studio co-founder and CEO Timo Soininen about the developer's incredible journey
M&a
Playtika acquires Best Fiends developer Seriously
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
What A Rush
Supercell’s new mobile strategy game Rush Wars soft-launches in Canada, New Zealand and Australia
Gameplay revolves around defeating enemy bases
Rush Wars Reveal
Watch Supercell’s Rush Wars reveal right here
YouTube unveiling set for 9am UK time (BST)
Rush Wars
Supercell teases new mobile game Rush Wars
Rush Wars will soft launch on both iOS and Android, may release on Monday, August 26th
Finland Report
Finland's transformation from games start-up capital to mobile heavyweight
Ahead of Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on October 1st and 2nd 2019, we take a look at the current state of the Finnish games industry and how it's changed
Live And Kicking
One year on: Next Games on the evolution of location-based title The Walking Dead: Our World
We catch up with executive producer Joonas Viitala to discuss the game's performance to date
Education Training And Success
IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki follows from October 1st to October 2nd, 2019
Event
Experts from Rovio, Supercell, Housemarque and more to speak at Helsinki’s Game Executive bootcamp in October
Discount available for attendees of PGConnects
Best Canaries
Seriously partners with Norwich City football club for Best Fiends sleeve sponsorship
“The first character ever to feature permanently on a Premier League shirt”
Reality And Streaming
Finnish start-up Surrogate.tv raises $2 million
“We want to rethink this process by bringing in unique benefits that the real world has to offer”
Free Event
“Nobody should live in a bubble”: Why you should attend Helsinki’s free Leadership Day
IGDA’s Teemu Haila explains the vision for September’s games industry summit
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Small Giant Games on the evolution of Finland's latest great export Empires & Puzzles
CEO Timo Soininen and developer Sofia Vanhanen. discuss growing the highly successful title
Finland X Sweden
Nitro Games partners with Avalanche Studios to utilise IP on new mobile title
New game expected to launch in 2020 on iOS and Android
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Next Games’ Matias Ärje on how to get a job as director of technology
"Purpose comes from getting the results of your work into the hands of millions of people"
Nordic Investment
Brawl Stars dev Supercell invests $3.8m in Malmo start-up Luau Games
Finnish developer adds to its investment portfolio once again with a studio founded by former King developers
It’s A Bugs Life
Seriously soft-launches Best Fiends Stars on iOS and Android
Game is available to download in Finland and Poland
Awards
Brawl Stars is the big winner of this year’s Finnish Game Awards
Supercell's latest takes home two accolades at this week's ceremony in Helsinki
Dream Start
Angry Birds 2 and Dream Blast drive up Rovio games revenue to $74m in Q1
Angry Birds Dream Blast is already the games division's second-biggest revenue driver
Indie Spotlight
Frogmind on going from a team of two working on premium games to the new F2P Rumble Stars
"There have always been thousands of games competing for attention but it has increasingly become harder as every day there are more"