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Introduction to the Finnish games industry by Neogames - association of the Finnish game developers

Redhill Games is a PC game studio from Helsinki and it is formed by a seasoned team of industry veterans. We are aiming high but approach this opportunity with humility and determination. We have a calling to build not only games that will have a global impact but also an organisation that is sustainable and good. We value character – we are all different but have a common purpose. We respect each other's talent and contribution. We believe that with the right team work is meaningful and we learn every day from those around us. We make games for a global market and our team reflects this - from the very start we came together from Finland, Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Belarus, Russia, Brazil, Vietnam, Slovakia, Saudi Arabia, India, Portugal, USA, UK and Bulgaria.

We combine a world class creative team with a mobile first experience to develop brands that can make a difference. Seriously.
We are passionate about great storytelling and epic world-building, desperate conflict and hilarious comedy, unique characters and unlikely heroes. We are in this because we are driven to make great games, to tell great stories, to build the next generation of entertainment experiences. We want to make games that keep you playing in the blue glow of your phone until the small hours or to fire up quickly for just one more round during your lunch break.

Critical Force brings 'Portable esports' to Mobile, by combining mobile game play, competitive online multiplayer gaming, free to play and eSports to the next level. The company's main goal is to foster a dedicated community of players and to further outline an infrastructure of multiple systems and services to serve that community. To become the global market leader of real-time mobile online multiplayer games with a competitive esports community. The market for so-called mid-core games is growing as gamers seek a deeper experience from free-to-play titles. Real-time multiplayer gaming with a competitive esports community will play a key factor.

Nitro Games is a Finnish free-to-play mobile game company. The team has a decade of experience in strategy games.
Our goal is to offer the players the best possible strategy gaming experience on both tablets and smartphones. We're focusing in making the best production value games with polished and addictive game-play.
Nitro Games uses its very own NG Platform. This ensures fast results with great quality.

Recruiting at Epic Games Helsinki.

We are building world class online services for game developers and gamers alike.

We're dedicated to taking really good care of our people - bringing diverse teams together and fostering a great work environment and culture. We offer our people competitive compensation and top-level benefits, as well as all the resources needed to succeed. We bring together outstanding people who are dedicated to building outstanding products, and who strive to maintain an inclusive work environment that shares and grows its knowledge.

Mixing the best of AAA, MMO and mobile gaming into a social sandbox, playable on any screen.

Mainframe Industries is the Finnish-Icelandic gaming studio founded by former CCP, Remedy and Next Games veterans is developing an unannounced cloud-native MMO that is designed and built at Mainframe's Helsinki and Reykjavik studios.

Cloud gaming allows for seamless crossplay between mobile, PC and console, allowing players to access their game from any device. For an MMO, the client and server are both hosted in the cloud, allowing for game streaming and frictionless access, much as Netflix or Spotify did for film and music. Mainframe is the first venture-backed startup to announce plans to build a cloud-native MMO.

Remedy is an independent game developer founded in 1995 and based in Espoo, Finland.

Our highly acclaimed titles include Control, Quantum Break, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Alan Wake, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Max Payne, and Death Rally. Control was released in August 2019 to great critical acclaim. Control has been awarded multiple Game of the Year wins, including IGN's Game of the Year, as well as Best Art Direction at The Game Awards. At the DICE Awards, Control won for Action Game of the Year, Game Direction, Art Direction and Music Composition.

DoDreams is the maker of Drive Ahead! brand - the best way to to play, share and watch fun games. With a perfect mix of surprising, crazy fun and casual competitive skill gaming, our vision is to be the #1 choice for action, racing and sports genre fans. We offer as an employer a unique opportunity to work with a large and active community of highly engaged players. We make updates and publish new titles with the support of our fan base of 10m monthly active users.

As a studio we build the Drive Ahead! Brand by creating games that are social through online multiplayer gaming & video streaming as well as highly engaging through live-ops. We continue to enhance the social experience of our games by expanding to new platforms and technologies such as AR. So this is your chance to work with games in the fastest growing areas of the industry.

Panzerdog is a Finnish-Russian publisher and developer of mobile games. The studio was founded in 2016 in Helsinki and later opened a Russian office in Kaliningrad.

Around 40 developers are currently working for the studio, with many boasting 10+ years of experience in the games industry. Panzerdog is currently working on developing its first project – multiplayer mobile shooter Tacticool, which was nominated for Google Play's Users' Choice'19 and was a NGDC'18 finalist.

Fingersoft was founded in 2012 and is one of the most northern game studios in the world, chilling out (literally and figuratively) just 170 km south of the arctic circle in Oulu, Finland. Today we employ more than 70 people from all corners of the globe.

We are best known for the mobile smash hits "Hill Climb Racing" and "Hill Climb Racing 2", which have a combined total of over 1 Billion installs. However, despite our huge audience, we keep things small and personal, with a strong focus on maintaining a relaxed, casual, and informal work atmosphere.

We are making a new kind of sandbox MMO experience for mobile. It's a social world-building game about exploration, adventure, and collaborating with other players. It's a real-time game with endless outcomes and the winning strategy is to be yourself. Play, create, and try out the customization options and make our world.

The vast environment and its rich and varied landscapes will provide a deep gameplay variety. Our mission is to make games that stay fresh for years with a constant evolution.

We are eager to show more of the fun surprises the shared world has within it.

At MyGamez, we enable leading mobile game publishers to tap their growth potential in the worlds largest, and perhaps also most complex gaming market, China. We're proud to work with some of the best publishers globally, including companies like Zynga studio Small Giant Games, Playrix, Zeptolab, Fingersoft and many others. Games powered by our China Android publishing technology have been enjoyed by over 500 million Chinese players and growing. MyGamez Finland Oy is part of Finnish-Chinese MyGamez group (mygamez.com) and the team in Finland is responsible for the development of MyGamez publishing technology and supporting our customers technical teams.

Zoan is a full stack VR studio that creates high-quality virtual reality (VR) experiences and real-time 3D Models. Our solutions are based on a technological innovation, such as the unique 3D modeling platform for real estate. Others focus on virtual storytelling and creating powerful experiences and simulated realities for marketing, travel, and education. Our projects are recognized and known for their high visual quality.

We're Ubisoft RedLynx, a game development studio located in Helsinki, one of the world´s top cities to live in. We bring console/PC and mobile game development together under one roof, cherishing this unique combination. We get to work with both worlds, learning and sharing our knowledge with each other along the way.

We're an ambitious team of over 150 people of 20+ different nationalities. We're experienced developers, creatives and business professionals taking great pride in our work.

As one of the biggest and longest-standing game studios in Finland, we want to surprise people with the unexpected and create impactful game experiences that stand the test of time. Along with our popular Trials series, the action-packed South Park: Phone Destroyer and Tom Clancy's The Division 2 for Google Stadia, we have developed and published more than 100 games on a myriad of platforms.

We're part of Ubisoft, a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services. Every day, we're surrounded by enthusiastic experts tackling game-changing challenges in entertainment and beyond. At Ubisoft, we're always looking for technical innovation that will allow us to make better games.

Huuuge is a global free-to-play games developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, with a mission to empower billions of people to play together, as part of the Huuuge vision is to transform mobile gaming into a massively social experience. In order to become one of the global leaders in real-time, free-to-play casual gaming, Huuuge aims to redefine the category experience by offering best-in-class live operations in its games, and an unmatched environment in which to socialize.

Huuuge's major areas of operations are development and publishing. Development encompasses all activities related to the development of new games. Huuuge has a proven track record of developing successful games within the social casino subgenre through its systematic development process. Publishing encompasses activities from the launch of a game onwards, including relationship building with distributors, marketing and continuous post-launch game optimization.


For the year ended December 31, 2019, Huuuge had an average of 3.98 million Monthly Active Users across a diverse global demographic, with its largest markets in North America and Western Europe. Huuuge is a global organisation with 12 offices worldwide, powered by a team of over 600 people and a culture of innovation and teamwork.

Participating studios will be going Live to answer any questions from the attendees at their interactive stands.

Finland loves talent from every corner of the world. We support professionals who want to work in Finland with visa and work permit applications, startup funding and advice for setting up a business. Bring your passion and expertise to Finland and discover why this is a great place to pursue your career and to build a life rich in new experiences and opportunities.

All you need to know about how to land a dream job in the Finnish games industry - Tips and Tricks

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IGDA Finland is the local Finnish chapter of IGDA, the International Game Developers Association. IGDA is a non-profit professional society that is committed to advancing the careers and enhancing the lives of game developers by connecting members with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer community.

Game Makers of Finland's mission is to support and assist everyone working and studying in the gaming industry related fields.

The Union provides all it´s members with comprehensive services and benefits. Your membership fee includes travel and accident insurance, comprehensive liability insurance, counseling in legal matters in your private life, business start-up training, services of a career and salary expert etc.

Game Makers of Finland also promotes the general well-being and growth of the game industry.

How Critical Force studio moved to remote working during the Covid and developed hybrid working model and developed strong working culture

Peter is a former Mighty Eagle at Rovio and co-founder of Slush

Finnish games industry is well known for the world class game studios and its vibrant community, but there are many more reason for the foreign talents to join.

Lets talk about the relocation aspects to Finland for the games industry professionals from abroad in the current circumstances and how studios make sure that talents succeed in Finland.

Alexandr is a Senior Software Engineer who participated in the Games Job Fair event in St.Petersburg and has now lived in Helsinki for over a year. Alexandr will share his own experience of relocating to Helsinki with his family and how it feels to live and work in Helsinki.

Vlad will share his personal experience of moving from Ukraine and joining one of the leading games studios in Finland and how does it feel after living in Helsinki for over a year.

Oleg will tell everything you need to know about relocation to a foreign country and Finland specifically. We will discuss all the aspects of living and working abroad, Finnish working culture etc. Last year over 20 games industry talents relocated to work in Finland after the Games Job Fairs and we will present a few of their storeys and answer any questions you might have what comes to working and living in Finland.