The Finnish gaming industry currently employs 3,200 people. A quarter of them work from abroad.

The studio is being reorganized due to an annual loss of $ 19 million.

The authors of Fortnite have taken up acquisitions. Today, October 8, Epic Games announced the purchase of the Finnish company Kamu. The latter is known for the Easy Anti-Cheat service, which blocks hacking and the use of cheats in multiplayer games.

The Finnish Critical Force has received $6.3 million in investments, which will be invested in the company’s flagship project — the Critical Ops mobile shooter with competitive gameplay. The developers call the development of the game as an esports discipline with official tournaments and competitions their priority.

On June 27, the traditional Finnish Game Day will take place in St. Petersburg. This is a networking event for companies interested in establishing and strengthening ties with the Finnish gaming industry.

The development team from Oulu — Fingersoft — recently celebrated a new milestone. Her series of games about overcoming roller coasters on Hill Climb Racing cars began to have more than a billion downloads.

The developer of Clash Royale may be preparing a worldwide release of his latest game — Brawl Stars. Since March, the game has been deployed on iOS in Denmark, before that it was also launched in Finland, Sweden and Norway.

Another top manager left the creators of Angry Birds. Senior Vice President for Investor Relations and Relations Rauno Heinonen left his post at Rovio. He joined the company 7 months ago.

Recently, the Gamesbeat portal published an interview with Ilkka Paanen, who heads the Finnish forge of Supercell hits. As is usually the case with Ilkka, the conversation was about the internal processes of the company. But this time he touched in detail on how the process of closing unsuccessful projects in the company takes place.

The Finnish gaming firm Rovio plans to reduce monthly payments to the owner of the company Kai Hed and vice-chairman Mika Ihamuotila. The decision was preceded by a drop in the value of shares and a deterioration in the revenue forecast this year.

Mobile game developer studio Next Games has won the competition of the best employers of the Finnish gaming industry. The competition was held by the international company Great Place to Work, analyzing the employment market in different countries.

The Finnish studio Small Giant Games has received $ 41 million in investments for the further development of its successful title — a mobile puzzle with role-playing elements Empires & Puzzles.

Downloads of the Critical Ops mobile PvP shooter by the Finnish studio Critical Force exceeded 34 million. The soft launch of the game took place 2.5 years ago. The DAU of the project has passed the mark of 1 million players.

Hong Kong-based game company Animoca Brands has acquired the Finnish studio TribeFlame. The total amount of the transaction may amount to €350 thousand. Tribeflame is known for the Benji Bananas series of mobile arcades, whose total downloads have exceeded the 107 million mark.

Finnish studio Polka Dot Studio has received $ 650 thousand of investment to develop mobile games dedicated to women’s fashion and lifestyle. The main part of the amount was contributed by the former top manager of Rovio, the famous “Mighty Eagle” Peter Vesterbacka.

On the evening of January 17, Rovio announced that the installations of all its games, including the Angry Birds series of projects, amount to 4 billion. The last time the company boasted of cumulative downloads was four years ago. Then the number of downloads of her games was 2 billion.

The authors of Max Payne and Quantum Break from the Finnish studio Remedy admitted that the creation of high-budget game projects with an eye to a single game has become unaffordable for most developers.

About the professional development program for game development managers and the specifics of the modern gaming industry App2Top.ru I spoke with a representative of the Finnish educational organization Aalto ENT.

Three-in-a-row is a profitable business. Since the launch of Best Fiends three years ago, the Finnish studio Seriously earned $100 million.