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📢 This week's highlights include the Nordics as the official partner region of gamescom 2024, Supercell's announcement of Project R.I.S.E, and the European Games Developer Federation (EGDF)'s launch of the 2022 Video Games Industry Data Report. Have a great #PrideWeekend! The Weekly News will return after a brief July holiday break.

My three key takeaways from the latest data (2022) on the state of the European game industry 1. 🇵🇱 Poland is now, together with France, the country with the largest game industry talent base. As a result of political instability in Belarus and the Russian war in Ukraine, the Polish game industry has grown by 3000 people per year for two years in a row now. 2. 🇸🇪 Sweden is the leading hotspot for game industry start-ups. For four years now, the number of studios has increased by roughly 100 studios per year. 3. 🇪🇺 Although the growth of the European game industry's combined turnover slowed significantly, the number of game developer studios and the people employed by them continued to increase in most countries.

The Nordic countries are the official partner region of #gamescom2024! Neogames Finland hosts Finnish, Norwegian and Estonian game studios in the partner region at the Nordic All Stars booth.

More veteran workshop people announced! The "Game Industry Turmoil Workshop" is on 17th of September in Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KAMK) organized together with GameCity Kajaani. I hope to see you there! (fill the form if you're interested, link at the end of the post) I will be announcing the participants within the coming weeks, here is the fourth one: Meet Suvi Latva, Neogames Finland ry Suvi’s journey into the game industry began already in 1999 and she is one of the founding members of Neogames Finland. At Neogames, her main resposibility is to connect and keep in touch with Finnish game developers and their potential partners. Lately, she has also worked on research on the Asian games markets. Suvi also provides coaching for fresh game startups. Here is a short description of the workshop theme and topics: This particular workshop was sparked by the current "crisis" in the gaming industry, which seems to have various perspectives among different companies. This general concern has been raised by gaming companies, educational institutions, and those aspiring to enter the industry. As a result, it was deemed important to bring people together under one roof to share thoughts and seek solutions for the future. The goals include at least the following topics: - We are looking for tools to help students enter the industry. - We will discuss the impact of the crisis on education and how educational institutions are addressing this. - We will share information about the situation as widely as possible with each other. - We are seeking solutions to the challenges faced by companies. - We are also open to additional thoughts and ideas related to the topic The workshop will take place on 17th of September which is a day before the Northern Game Summit. Hope to see you there! If you're interested in joining the workshop as well, fill out this simple form. https://lnkd.in/dXMfBcBe PS. Have a great midsummer festival everyone! 💝

This week’s edition of the weekly news arrives early as we celebrate midsummer! 💎 Not one but TWO major MMO launches from Finland this week, as Mainframe Industries's Pax Dei comes to early access and Sulake revives Habbo Hotel: Origins 💎 Neogames continues to advocate for changes to the so-called three month rule in the interests of Finnish Game Industry companies and professionals 💎 New game industry events are dated for the fall, including Games First and Big Screen Gaming Summit Have a good weekend and celebrate midsummer like a Finnish game dev—take a dip in a lake! 💦 Read the weekly roundup: https://lnkd.in/dzJy9FBZ

📢 Neogames, alongside Finnish economic associations Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto EK – Confederation of Finnish Industries, Keskuskauppakamari (Finland Chamber of Commerce), Palta - Palvelualojen työnantajat and Suomen startup-yhteisö is advocating for substantial changes to the government's draft for the so-called three-month rule proposal to meet the needs of the business sector, including the #FinnishGameIndustry. Read more: https://lnkd.in/d5XMb9B8

Neogames Finland's Suvi Latva attends the Game Industry Turmoil Workshop on 17th of September in Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KAMK) organized together with GameCity Kajaani to discuss solutions for the future.

Gamebadges project, which focuses on skill mapping and micro-credentials for the European game industry, is launching it's social media channels and website. Follow on the platforms of your choice! Neogames Finland ry is proud to be a project partner in this initiative.

This week, we shine a spotlight on diversity within the Finnish Game Industry. The Better Games initiative unites Finnish game studios in the pursuit of equality. Additionally, Nitro Games Plc is actively supporting and educating about neurodiversity in the industry. Discover the latest Finnish games showcased at the Steam Next Fest. 📢 Stay informed by subscribing to Neogames’ weekly newsletter for all the latest updates!💪 #pride #pridemonth #equality #divesity #neurodiversity #FinnishGameIndustry

📧 Good news! The Neogames team has been working on an email newsletter for quite while and we are finally at soft launch stage! In the future, we will be delivering our weekly news roundup directly to your email inbox every Friday. Could you give us a hand and be an early subscriber? Also, if you have ideas or feedback, we'd love to hear from you. 📩 Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/dZB-qc8K