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Start-up working on free-to-play mid-core title
Read More »Lionsgate invests in Finnish start-up Next Games
Total funding reaches $6m
Read More »Finnish Hearthstone tournament bans females in "effort to make it legitimate"
A Hearthstone tournament in Finland has actively banned females from participating. And even more absurdly, the company running the competition has argued the move was made as part of its effort to promote e-Sports as a legitimate sport”. PC Gamer reports that the IeSF World Championship, organised by the Finnish …
Read More »Finnish games start-up Seriously raises $2.65m
Helsinki-based studio brings in Rovio exec as VP of marketing and communications
Read More »Finnish dev Boomlagoon secures $3.6m in funding
Studio to expand team of eight as it ramps up work on its next game
Read More »Finland: The games start-up capital of the world
Develop investigates how this country has become such a hotbed for new companies
Read More »Finland gears up for coding world championship
Hello World Open challenges programmers to develop AI for virtual racing game
Read More »Finnish start-up Small Giant appoints ex-Sulake boss as CEO
Mobile game developer to test-launch first title in the summer
Read More »Xbox One hitting other EU countries and Japan in September
There is finally a release date for Xbox One in a number of key territories, including Japan. The machine will arrive in the following regions in September: ArgentinaBelgiumChileColombiaCzech RepublicDenmarkFinlandGreeceHungaryIndiaIsraelJapanKoreaNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRussiaSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSlovakiaSouth AfricaSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUAE The machine had originally been pencilled in for a global launch last November but in August Microsoft confirmed that …
Read More »Finnish developer PlayRaven secures £2.3m in funding
Helsinki studio set to hire new team of veterans to work on strategy game
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