Finnish Culture
Ilkka Paananen: Open and friendly community is what makes Finnish games industry special
“Fundamentally I think this results in better games"
New Digs
Games Factory to open new hub for Finnish games companies in June
The tech space will hold 20 Finnish small to mid-sized gaming companies at a time
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Team Ocmo on redefining hardcore platformers for mobile devices
We speak to Team Ocmo, who won The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Ouch
Next Games revenue down 56% in Q1 2018 as Walking Dead: No Man’s Land loses players
Finnish developer cites change in daily active and monthly active users as the primary reason for drop in revenues
Cancelled
Armada Interactive cancels debut strategy game Quantum Siege
The title had been in soft launch since May 29th 2017
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Zaibatsu Interactive talks saving zombies and indie pitching
We speak to Zaibatsu Interactive, who took away the third place prize at The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
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
Mighty Investment
Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot
Helsinki start-up's first title slated for Q4 2018 release
New Wine
Don’t stop believing: The reinvention of Grand Cru
CEO Markus Pasula discusses the past, present and future of the Finnish studio
Building A New Monster
How Seriously took a new IP and created a $100 million business
But there's still a lot of work to be done
Tram Wobbler
Experimental one-dimensional dungeon crawler Line Wobbler comes to a tram in Helsinki on November 14th
Tickets for the event are already sold out
Limbering Up
Fitness Village shapes up for global launch
PocketGamer.biz takes a tour of the studio
Hot Ticket
Rovio on its $1 billion IPO and acquisition strategy
“We are stronger now than ever before"
Round And Round
MotionVolt's Flip Diving and Flip Master surpass a combined 75 million downloads in 13 months
Three-man Helsinki studio draws in the crowds
Multiplayraven
PlayRaven shifts focus to multiplayer games
Working more with external IP, the studio currently has two unannounced partnerships
Pgc Lessons
4 things we learned at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Another great PGC comes to a close, with lots to ponder
Pocket Jam
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Pocket Jam 2 winners revealed
40 developers make 11 games in 30 hours
Very Big Indie Pitch
Ninja rope platformer Ocmo swings to victory at the Very Big Indie Pitch at PG Connects Helsinki
The top five games revealed
Golden Egg
Rovio: "We’re bigger and stronger than ever"
EVP of Games Wilhelm Taht discusses the growth of the Angry Birds maker
The Bester Round
New Helsinki studio Quicksave Interactive partners with Gigglebug for branded chat game
Best & Bester game coming to Facebook Instant Games
Here We Go
Game Music Collective kicks off Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017 in style
It's our Biggest PGC Helsinki yet
Pgc Speakers
Rovio, Next Games, Seriously, Facebook, Snowfall, Bandai Namco, King and more to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Insights and learnings from the experts
Clock Is Ticking
Last chance to book your tickets to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Event takes place on September 19th to 20th
Taking Flight
Deconstructing Rovio’s pragmatically Finnish IPO
Angry Birds dev going public
Party On
Two conferences, one trip: visit 4C straight after Pocket Gamer Connects
Russia's Wargaming-backed event promises first-class talks just a short hop from Helsinki
Rovio Ipo
Rovio officially unveils plans for an IPO on Nasdaq Helsinki
The rumours were true
Pc Connects
Remedy, Housemarque and Bossa head up PC Connects Helsinki 2017
Event takes place on September 19th to 20th in, you guessed it, Helsinki
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
Countdown Time
Super Early Bird & Midsummer Special last chance: PG Connects Helsinki 2017
Double discount for September 19th-20th 'triple conference' will run out soon
Now Playing
Now playing: PlayRaven CEO Lasse Seppanen on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Revved Up
Top Gear mobile developer Motorious drives up extra $894,000 in funding
Debut game Top Gear Road Trip set for summer release
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Supercell's Richard Bangs on how to get a job as a Game Programmer
Boss Alien co-founder and Clash Royale programmer shares career insights
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
Finland's First
Next Games on its successful IPO and being Finland's first publicly-traded game developer
CEO Teemu Huuhtanen gives IPO advice
What's Next?
Next Games doubles revenue in Q1 2017 after successful IPO
Helsinki firm grows to 77 employees
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
Setting Sail
"Pokemon GO is a great opportunity for us": Shipyard talks Supercell funding and its location-based game ambitions
CEO Andreas Wedenberg talks Supercell, Pokemon GO and the potential of geo games
Ship Comes In
Shipyard Games secures $2.9 million investment from Supercell to develop location-based game
Supercell continues to flash its cash
Seriously Profitable
Best Fiends franchise generates more than $65 million in revenue
Seriously making $100,000 a day
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Seriously on the evolution of Best Fiends
CCO Petri Järvilehto on the game's life so far
Next Games Goes Public
Next Games becomes first Finnish games studio to go public on NASDAQ First North
Studio enjoys strong debut
Live And Kicking
Two years on: EA on the evolution of SimCity BuildIt
Live Service Lead Inka Vikman on the game's life so far
Small Giant Investment
Small Giant Games closes $5.7 million funding round to grow new game Empires & Puzzles
Brings total funding raised to around $9.5 million
Giant Plans
Why Finnish developer Small Giant is ditching casual comforts with Empires & Puzzles
CEO Timo Soininen discusses the thinking behind its latest game
Raven's Call
PlayRaven brings in ex-EA exec Juha Sadeharju as COO
Overseeing studio operations and recruitment
Join The Armada
Armada Interactive secures $10 million from two seed funding rounds
Looking to revolutionise core mobile gaming