Your pocket guide to attending Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this September!

August 25, 2023

Heading To Helsinki

Your pocket guide to attending Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this September!

PG Connects is returning to Helsinki this September 12-13, read up on what’s going on and everything you can look forward to in this marvellous metropolis!

Why Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023 is your next essential event destination

August 24, 2023

Meet The Experts

Why Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023 is your next essential event destination

Get up to speed with our newly updated list of sessions, talks, panels and speakers - live from Helsinki this September 12 - 13

Discover your next great investment opportunity at PG Connects Helsinki this September 12-13

Investment Opportunities

Discover your next great investment opportunity at PG Connects Helsinki this September 12-13

Book your ticket to PG Connects Helsinki today to find your dream investment partner and save with our fantastic Mid-term offer!

Indies, take your career to the next level at PG Connects Helsinki this September 12-13

Unmissable Savings

Indies, take your career to the next level at PG Connects Helsinki this September 12-13

Book your ticket to PG Connects Helsinki today to give your indie brand a boost and save with our Mid-term offer!

Meet The Experts

Your first glimpse at just some of the speakers at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023!

Check out the star-studded lineup sharing their insights with us at PG Connects Helsinki this September

Indies, take your career to the next level at PG Connects Helsinki this September 12-13

Unmissable Savings

Indies, take your career to the next level at PG Connects Helsinki this September 12-13

Book your ticket to PG Connects Helsinki today to give your indie brand a boost and save big with our Early Bird offer!

Dive into Web3, artificial intelligence and the evolution of games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Unmissable Tracks

Dive into Web3, artificial intelligence and the evolution of games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Insightful talks, the best kept industry secrets and much more revealed at this September’s PG Connects

Grab your ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki before midnight on July 13th and save up to £330!

Grab your ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki before midnight on July 13th and save up to £330!

Last chance to use our Early Bird discount and save £330 for our Helsinki conference this September!

Ten reasons why you need to attend Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this September!

Unmissable Savings

Ten reasons why you need to attend Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this September!

Book your ticket to PG Connects Helsinki ahead of time and save up to £330 using our Early Bird offer!

Join us at the nearest PG Connects event near you and secure amazing Early Bird deals today!

Join us at the nearest PG Connects event near you and secure amazing Early Bird deals today!

Our conferences in Toronto and Helsinki are coming up sooner than you think, and we have limited time savings available for you to secure your spot for the best price!

Save up to £330 on Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki with our limited time Early Bird offer!

Incredible Savings

Save up to £330 on Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki with our limited time Early Bird offer!

Make the most of our unmissable Early Bird offer and save up to £330 on your ticket to PG Connects Helsinki!

Grab your ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki before midnight tonight and save up to £470!

Grab your ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki before midnight tonight and save up to £470!

Last chance to use our Super Early Bird discount and save £470 for our Helsinki conference this September!

October 26, 2022

"We are super-fast and iterate quickly": Lessmore talks pitching, development and Eatventure

PocketGamer.biz talks to Sophie Brügmann about The Big Indie Pitch and Eatventure

Wildlife Studios open new Helsinki studio Stellar Core Games with veterans from Supercell and Rovio

October 26, 2022

Wildlife Studios open new Helsinki studio Stellar Core Games with veterans from Supercell and Rovio

The studio will be led by Touko Tahkokallio and Serdar Soganci

Eva Vital on training AI to recognise insults and not rise to bigotry

October 15, 2022

Helsinki Highlights

Eva Vital on training AI to recognise insults and not rise to bigotry

In a talk from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki in September, Eva Vital from Fortis Games discusses training voice-recognition AI for games, particularly rudeness.

Learn how to leverage machine learning with Moloco

October 12, 2022

Helsinki Highlights

Learn how to leverage machine learning with Moloco

We speak with Will Melzer, VP of Sales at Moloco about machine learning.

Playtika to close Helsinki studio Seriously

October 4, 2022

Playtika to close Helsinki studio Seriously

The Finnish studio developed the match 3 puzzle game Best Fiends for iOS and Android.

Building a company with vision

October 3, 2022

Helsinki Highlights

Building a company with vision

Jussi Tähtinen on how crystallising the company you want to be can help you succeed

What does it take to self-publish your game?

September 28, 2022

Helsinki Highlights

What does it take to self-publish your game?

Another talk from PGC Helsinki discusses the pros and cons of self-publishing your game, on mobile or otherwise.

Understanding the Complexity of Today’s Player

September 27, 2022

Helsinki Highlights

Understanding the Complexity of Today’s Player

Louise Shorthouse helps us understand how the multi-platform gamer is now the dominant type of player for mobile games, and what can be done with this info.

Get the latest tips and learn about the technology for the best multiplayer games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 26, 2022

Mastering Multiplayer

Get the latest tips and learn about the technology for the best multiplayer games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

What goes into the most successful multiplayer games? Find out at next week’s leading games industry conference

“Security is a challenging skillset, and scarce”: Steeve Huin of Denuvo talks mobile and metaverse hacking

September 23, 2022

Security Detail

“Security is a challenging skillset, and scarce”: Steeve Huin of Denuvo talks mobile and metaverse hacking

We interview the COO of Video Games at Irdeto about the latest battle in the war on piracy, hacking and cheating

Learn the ins and outs of financial management at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 23, 2022

Learn the ins and outs of financial management at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

The very best speakers will share practical advice on creating financial security and success for your business next week

Discover the top tips and tricks to bring your games to new platforms at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 22, 2022

Master The Pivot

Discover the top tips and tricks to bring your games to new platforms at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Master the art of bringing your game to new platforms, learn to optimise your development process and growing your company to new spaces

Get the latest facts and figures from Finland and beyond at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 19, 2022

Finland’s Finest

Get the latest facts and figures from Finland and beyond at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Europe’s biggest B2B games industry conference is your guide to the latest industry trends

Learn to navigate your way through the latest Web 3.0 has to offer at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 13, 2022

Surfing The Web

Learn to navigate your way through the latest Web 3.0 has to offer at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

As we journey to the next frontier of game development, find out who’s shaking up the market and reinventing the way we play games today

Learn how to maximise your in-game revenue stream at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 12, 2022

Maximise Your Revenue

Learn how to maximise your in-game revenue stream at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Gain in-depth insights from top experts when it comes to in-game monetisation at September’s leading conference

Learn how we can build a better games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 8, 2022

Industry Values

Learn how we can build a better games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

This September’s leading games industry conference reveals all the secrets to aspire to improve our industry

Improve your approach to live ops at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 5, 2022

Live Ops Landscape

Improve your approach to live ops at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Get top lessons on living games at the leading games industry conference this September

Optimise your user acquisition experience with the UA Update track at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 30, 2022

Optimise your user acquisition experience with the UA Update track at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Discover practical advice to navigate legislation and app stores to optimise your user acquisition

Sulake enables use of NFT avatars in Habbo

January 12, 2022

Sulake enables use of NFT avatars in Habbo

Distributing in-game perks through Immutable X

Icelandic studio 1939 Games has opened a mobile games unit in Helsinki

November 23, 2021

Icelandic Expansion

Icelandic studio 1939 Games has opened a mobile games unit in Helsinki

Making the mobile version of KARDS

Frogmind rebrands to HypeHype, Supercell invests $15 million

November 22, 2021

Where's The Hype?

Frogmind rebrands to HypeHype, Supercell invests $15 million

User-generated content platform optimised for touchscreens

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

November 18, 2021

Live And Kicking

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

Supercell game lead Laura Gilliland talks suiting the players' needs

FarmVille 3 launches worldwide with special bonuses on offer for the first two weeks

November 4, 2021

FarmVille 3 launches worldwide with special bonuses on offer for the first two weeks

Debuting on mobile and MacOS

Next Games and Netflix launch Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales

October 26, 2021

Next Games and Netflix launch Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales

The game features exclusive content based on the Stranger Things series

Order of Meta raises $1.5 million in a round led by Play Ventures

October 18, 2021

Order of Meta raises $1.5 million in a round led by Play Ventures

Will release its first game in 2022

Supercell-invested startup Papukaya decloak, talks about making games for non-gamers

October 14, 2021

Thinking Differently

Supercell-invested startup Papukaya decloak, talks about making games for non-gamers

6 years on The Walking Dead: No Man's Land does 23 million downloads, $151 million revenue

October 7, 2021

6 years on The Walking Dead: No Man's Land does 23 million downloads, $151 million revenue

Will host in-game anniversary events

Habbo pixel art NFTs sell out, generating $14 million of trading in 24 hours

October 5, 2021

Going Going Gone

Habbo pixel art NFTs sell out, generating $14 million of trading in 24 hours

Over 2,500 collectors participated in auction

Next Games' second Game Developer Academy kicks off 4 October

October 1, 2021

Next Games' second Game Developer Academy kicks off 4 October

Learning with hands-on experience

September 27, 2021

Sulake launching 12,500 Habbo avatar NFTs

Auction for 10,000 will take place this week

New social gaming platform Noice raises $5 million from Supercell, Unity and Remedy founders

Big Social Beasts

New social gaming platform Noice raises $5 million from Supercell, Unity and Remedy founders

Come on feel the...

Supercell lends Metacore $180 million to scale Merge Mansion

Supercell lends Metacore $180 million to scale Merge Mansion

Mobile puzzle game aiming for the big league

Lightheart Entertainment secures $6.8 million in Series A funding

Lightheart Entertainment secures $6.8 million in Series A funding

Led by Makers Fund

How Snake inspired Tree Men Games' Pako Caravan

October 22, 2020

How Snake inspired Tree Men Games' Pako Caravan

"Pako Caravan is a mix of elements from the original Pako games and tried-and-true classic snake games."

September 29, 2020

Quantum Siege dev Armada Interactive files for bankruptcy

Finish startup closes its doors

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital - our most international event of all time!

September 21, 2020

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital - our most international event of all time!

6 continents, 75 countries, c.670+ companies, 1,500+ attendees, 2,400+ meetings

Speaker Spotlight: Cherry Pick Talent's Brittany Filler brings influencer expertise to PGC Helsinki Digital

September 3, 2020

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Cherry Pick Talent's Brittany Filler brings influencer expertise to PGC Helsinki Digital

Pocket Gamer Connects: Helsinki Digital will take place on September 14th - 18th

Supercell co-founder Mikko Kodisoja leaves the company

Kodisoja Leaves

Supercell co-founder Mikko Kodisoja leaves the company

Pursuing other ways of telling stories outside of games