Doors Open
Habbo Hotel developer opens new MMORPG Hotel Hideaway on iOS and Android
Studio to bring AR functionality using Apple’s ARKit in spring
Giant Investment
Finnish developer Small Giant Games raises $41 million
Success of Empires & Puzzles leads to significant funding round as studio plots further growth
Fifth Finland
PG Connects Helsinki 2018 confirmed for September 11th to 12th
Call for speakers, content overview, save the date
New Wine
Don’t stop believing: The reinvention of Grand Cru
CEO Markus Pasula discusses the past, present and future of the Finnish studio
Business Finland
Tekes and Finpro merge to form new Helsinki-based organisation Business Finland
600 experts and over 40 international offices come together
Happy Birthday Finland
Rovio, Supercell, RedLynx, and more celebrate Finland's 100th birthday
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää Suomi!
Finnish Xr
Finnish XR companies grew their revenues by almost 600% in 2016 compared to 2015
FIVR breaks down Finland's XR ecosystem
Sounds Good
Finnish startup Bon Games closes $1.4 million seed round to launch first game Transit King
Fingersoft handling publishing duties
Super Tax
Supercell generated €881 million in tax revenue in 2016
CEO Ilkka Paananen earned €46.6 million in taxable income
Big Numbers
The huge stats behind Supercell’s explosive success
Ilkka Paananen shares some impressive figures
Finland Ipo
Ups and downs: How Finland's biggest IPOs of 2017 are performing
How are this year's IPOs performing today
Fiendish Rivalry
Seriously takes Best Fiends back to its puzzle roots with soft-launched Best Fiends Rivals
A twist on a classic
Limbering Up
Fitness Village shapes up for global launch
PocketGamer.biz takes a tour of the studio
New Publisher
Hill Climb Racing developer Fingersoft launches data-driven publishing label Round Zero
VP of Publishing Daniel Rantala named as CEO of new division
Hot Ticket
Rovio on its $1 billion IPO and acquisition strategy
“We are stronger now than ever before"
Rovio Oversubscription
Rovio discontinues public offering of shares due to oversubscription during IPO
Institutional offering still going ahead
One Minute Heroes
Panzerdog on distilling the essence of console shooters into its 5v5 mobile game Tacticool
Fast-to-start, quick-to-end
Bucks For Bangs
Panzerdog raises $950,000 from Mail.Ru to launch mobile shooter Tacticool
Finnish/Russian dev closes seed round
Angry Unicorn
Rovio eyes $1 billion valuation for October IPO
Listing could pave the way for acquisitions
Taking Flight
Deconstructing Rovio’s pragmatically Finnish IPO
Angry Birds dev going public
Rovio Ipo
Rovio officially unveils plans for an IPO on Nasdaq Helsinki
The rumours were true
Explosive Start
Lightneer secures $5 million seed funding round to prep for launch of Big Bang Legends
Invisible-learning game now due to launch in January 2018
Critical Hit
Mobile shooter Critical Ops marches past 25 million downloads
860,000 daily active users
Bigger Better
King, Rovio, Gram Games, Twitter and Unity part of final 'big speaker reveal' for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
September 19th to 20th conference shaping up to be unmissable, business boosting affair
Flying High
Report: Angry Birds developer Rovio plots IPO
Listing could raise $400 million for the company
To The Moomin
Moomin-focused mobile developer Snowfall promotes COO Natasha Trygg to CEO
Former CEO Petri Elovaara will stick around as a board member and advisor
Ar Next
Next Games pushes into AR and location-based games with Lume Games acquisition
Also sees revenues up 52% to $22.6 million
Go Nitro
Nitro Games begins public trading on NASDAQ First North Stockholm with $8.45 million market cap
Hoping to facilitate move into self-publishing through IPO
Critical Mass
Mobile eSports shooter Critical Ops clears 20 million downloads with no paid UA
Still considered a soft launch title
Franchise Season
Finnish developer Koukoi Games expands Crashing Season IP with new endless runner
Developer wants to turn game into a franchise
Shaking The Nest
Rovio's Board of Directors appoints Mika Ihamuotila as new Chairman of the Board
Kaj Hed steps down after nine years as Chairman
Ipo Imminent
Nitro Games on how going public can support its real-time mobile multiplayer ambitions
CEO Jussi Tähtinen on the studio's strategy
Out Of This World
Supercell acquires 62% stake in UK mobile games studio Space Ape for $55.8 million
New future beckons for successful London developer valued at $90 million
Finnish Games Jobs
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
Pedal Power
Finnish game jam JamBike gives two developers a week to make a game while riding a tandem bike
Game to be showcased at Nordic Game Conference 2017
About To Blow Up
Finnish developer Nitro Games gearing up for $3.5 million IPO
Subscription period has already begun
Finland's First
Next Games on its successful IPO and being Finland's first publicly-traded game developer
CEO Teemu Huuhtanen gives IPO advice
Undead And Kicking
One and a half years on: Next Games on the evolution of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
CMO Saara Bergström on the game's life so far
Jobs News
PlayRaven recruits Eero Pöyry as new Development Director
Has experience at betting agency Veikkaus and THQ Wireless
Eye For Fashion
Ex-Rovio and Digital Chocolate staff score pre-seed funding round for new Finnish mobile studio Polka Dot
Developer's ambition to become the leader in fashion games
2017 Finnish Game Awards
Clash Royale picks up two Game of the Year accolades at 2017 Finnish Game Awards
Kopla Games scores a win as Best Rookie
Critical Training
Critical Force wants to fix Finland's game dev shortage with new academy
20 students at Kajaani University will get specialist coaching and feedback
End Of The Boom?
Finnish games industry slows after years of rapid growth
But still on the rise
Public Nitro
Finnish developer Nitro Games considers public listing to support self-publishing efforts
Taking a page out of Next Games' book
Gumi Nordic Vr
Gumi and Nordisk Film partner for €100,000 incubation program Nordic VR Startups
Offering seed funding and advice to Nordic VR developers
Next Games Goes Public
Next Games becomes first Finnish games studio to go public on NASDAQ First North
Studio enjoys strong debut
Flew The Coop
Rovio sells TV animation studio to former CEO Mikael Hed
Will remain as partners on future books and animation
Next To Ipo
Next Games looking to $30 million IPO to boost development and global competitiveness
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land also hits 16 million downloads
Several Men No Dog
Everywear Games co-founder Markus Tuppurainen joins Two Men and a Dog as Executive Producer
From wearables back to mobile
Supercell Acquisitions
Supercell's Ilkka Paananen says "it's no secret" that the studio is looking at further acquisitions
Also talks about how Pokemon affected sales