Wakey Wakey
Tommy Palm Google Daydream keynote confirmed for PGC Helsinki 2016
Resolution Games founder offers rare insight into mobile VR platform on September 5th
Unreal Workshop
Unreal Workshop to teach devs how to make a game with Unreal Engine at PGC Helsinki 2016
Get to grips with Epic Games' powerful game engine
What To Do
Good research; clever choices; build community; be lucky: Badland dev Frogmind on what indies need to do to be successful in 2016
Coping with a maturing market
Money Money Money
Eric Seufert, Rovio, Gram Games, Dodreams, Pascal Clarysse and more scheduled for PGC Helsinki 2016's Monetise, Retain, Acquire track
Everything you need to know about getting players and keeping them playing
Boss Remedy
Remedy names former RedLynx boss as its new CEO
Finnish studio hires Tero Virtala after 12 years at RedLynx
Key Curriculum
PG Connects Helsinki 2016 Mobile Games University track schedule includes King, Rovio, Frogmind, Amazon, Secret Police, Mana Cube, Google and more
That's six hours of game development learning
Indie Focus
PG Connects Helsinki 2016: Traplight Games, Rovio, PlayRaven, Seriously and Secret Exit confirmed in Indie Futures track schedule
...and Next Games, Shark Punch, flaregames, Gamevil, FGL, Seepia Games, and more
Speaker Squad
Mark Sorrell, Traplight Games, Beatshapers, Seepia, Sisu and Dodreams join PG Connects Helsinki 2016
One month to go for final PGC of the year
20x20 Fun
Join Rovio's Wilhelm Taht for the PechaKucha Sessions at PG Connects Helsinki 2016
Oscar Clark ended up losing his trousers at the last one...
Blowing Up
Big Bang Racing hits one million downloads in its first week
100,000 user-generated levels already available
Under Pressure
Three games canned, daily reviews, little freedom: Why Gameloft Helsinki failed
The studio cancelled three games before its closure
Crashing China
Koukoi Games partners with MyGamez to bring Crashing Season to China
Despite further restrictions on mobile games
"a Solid Platform"
Animoca Brands splashes out $3.7 million on 9-person Finnish studio TicBits
Hong Kong brand-focused publisher looks west
Deminions Renamed
Rovio's Monster Strike-like, Deminions Unleashed, renamed Pet Monsters
Stealing an audience or setting up a new franchise?
Developing Strategy
Helsinki strategy experts PlayRaven hiring Senior Game Designer
Spymaster and Winterstate seeks experienced F2P design pro
Big Winner
Tencent deal sees Supercell-funded charitable foundation raise $225 million
Value of shares
Spreading His Wings
Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka flies the nest to pursue startup
Retains shares with Angry Birds developer
Finding Finland
Last chance for PG Connects Helsinki 2016 Super Early Bird tickets
Offer for September 5th-6th conference ends this week
Still Going
All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight
Mika Kuusisto and Dana Massey on making an idle RPG
Expanding The Niche
Supercell hiring a competitive gaming expert to establish Clash Royale as first mobile eSport
Write your own playbook
Microsoft Streamline
Microsoft cuts 1,850 jobs as it "streamlines" mobile hardware business
Restructuring to cost company $950 million
Eyes Glued
Next Games enjoys 80% opt-in rate for rewarded video ads, driving ARPDAU of $0.06
Sustained revenue
I'm A Dinosaur :3
Bigger than Miitomo, Futurefly releases 3D chat app Rawr
"A millienial equivalent to pen pals"
Seriously Lifestyle
Seriously widens Best Fiends' UA strategy, signing up 200 lifestyle YouTubers for new influencer campaign
PewDiePie swapped out for CuteGirlsHairstyles
Cash Royale
Supercell on track to break $3 billion barrier in 2016
Out-performs Tom Clancy's The Division on consoles
Double Strike
PlayRaven CEO Lasse Seppänen on being bold and trying new things in the mobile strategy genre
A different strategy
A Who's Who
Armada Interactive raises $3 million to give core mobile gaming a hard push
Remedy, BioWare, Crytek vets reboot
Turnaround
Rovio's game sales up again to $161 million, but company makes loss in 2015
#MakeRovioGreatAgain
Your Next Job
Helsinki developer Next Games is hiring a Full Stack Developer
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land dev looks to bolster Live Ops team
Mad Max Frozen
FTUE: Winterstate
A cocktail of ice and explosions
Like A Boomerang
Ville Heijari returns to the nest; he's Rovio's new CMO
Making Rovio Great Again
Growing Team
Finnish startup Koukoi Games is hiring a mobile game producer
Studio of Rovio and Nokia escapees seeks new face
Churned
Flashback Friday: I've played Clash of Clans more than any other game, but now it's time to log off
What I learned from the process of spending $70+
First Round
Finnish startup Kopla Games raises $750,000 seed round from Klaas Kersting
Klaas Kersting invests
Article 101
Making the case for the next generation of learning games
Lauri Järvilehto wants to teach you something
Experience Needed
Supercell hiring Senior Programmer and Game Artists for Clash of Clans and new project
Chance to shape Supercell's next big game
Deminions Revealed
Rovio has a mid-core game in soft launch that looks a bit like Japanese hit Monster Strike
Deminions Unleashed is being tested
Bffs
Seriously doubles down on Best Fiends IP with sequel Best Fiends: Forever
Currently in soft launch
New Signing
Flaregames partners with Finnish startup Kopla Games to publish 'accessible RPG' Project Nonstop
Action RPGs for all
The Next Step
How to get a job at The Walking Dead: No Man's Land developer Next Games
HR Manager Anna Feodorow shares insights
Turning The Page
Rovio's decoupling continues as book publishing activity spun out
Books become separate affiliate
Smart Money For Zombies
Walking Dead dev Next Games raises $10 million
Existing investors double down
China Awards
Chinese version of Hill Climb Racing wins China Mobile innovation award
Downloaded 54 million times in 2015
Expert Knowledge
Rovio outsources its European ad sales business to Venatus Media
Better out than in
Listen Up
Zemeho explains its 'in-game Spotify' music service Valinta at PG Connects London 2016
Kimmo Kuusipalo reveals all
Its The Finnovators
Dealing with success: is Finland still ahead of the game?
Small country, big games
White Nights
Nevosoft brings its White Nights conference to Helsinki on February 11-12
50+ speakers, 75+ developers, and 1500+ attendees so far
Extreme Jam
Finnish game jam Survival Mode sees devs building games while trying to stay alive
A literal cabin in the woods scenario
Seriously Good
With a record $3M generated in December, Seriously reveals Best Fiends has hit $25M in lifetime sales
Also makes $250,000 for charities
Helsinki Awaits
How to get a job at Helsinki strategy experts PlayRaven
CEO Lasse Seppänen shares insights