IGDA Finland Little Xmas party with Remedy

Traditional IGDA Finland Little Xmas party was held on 13th December at Cuba bar. The party was organized together with Remedy Entertainment. Remedy had just announced the release of Alan Wake's American Nightmare in February 2012. Along with a Alan Wake's American Nightmare trailer, Remedy's EVP Aki Järvilehto delivered their Holiday wishes to the whole Finnish game developers' community.

Remedy also sponsored IGDA Finland Hoodies which means that from now on it is easier for you to recognize IGDA Finland staff at Cuba! Please come to talk to us if you have questions, suggestions regarding IGDA Gatherings, Presentation topics…

As a special gift, we had a band, Time Flux Invaders playing brilliant versions of game themes throughout the decades. Remedy treats, Holiday spirit, fantastic game music by Time Flux Invaders and latest news from Finnish game industry made the evening. This time there were 214 of us present! Wow! Thanks for 2011 and see you in 2012!

Fame & recruitment for your company? Reserve a stand at Insider's Insights - The Gaming Industry 26 th Jan, Espoo

IGDA Finland is organizing Insider's Insights - The Gaming Industry event with Aalto Entrepreneur society. The event is targeted at students but you are all welcome to join. Where: Aalto Venture Garage, Otaniemi Espoo When: 26th (see Link for details)

This is your change to put up a stand for FREE (!), make your game studio more known and/or do some recruitment! After presentations we'll do mingle with game devs. We offer a possibility to put up a stand. All you need is to bring your laptop, game, extension cord, roll up... that's all! Of course you are most welcome to bring other deco with you. Reserve your free table NOW: email sonja . kangas (at) igda . fi.

********** Haluatteko esitellä yritystänne ja peliänne tapahtumassa? Puheosuuksien jälkeen on tarjolla ruokaa, seurustelua ja pelifirmoihin tutustumista. Tämä on hyvä tilaisuus tavoittaa etenkin potentiaalisia työntekijöitä.

Aalto Venture Garage:lla on kaikille valmiina pöytä, tarvittava määrä tuoleja, langaton verkko ja sähköpistoke. Esittelyständien ei tarvitse olla monimutkaisia siihen riittää vaikkapa: - Rollup juliste - Läppäri / iPad / kännykkä tai muu laite jossa peliänne voi demota - Oma jatkojohto varalle mukaan, etenkin jos tarvitsee sähköä useammalle kuin yhdelle laitteelle. Toki muutakin rekvisiittaa voi olla, mutta esimerkiksi flätti näyttöjä tai TV:eitä ei ole tarjolla kaikille jotenkin nämäkin tuodaan itse jos niitä tarvitaan.

Paikalle mahtuu useita firmoja esittäytymään. Kerrothan meille pian jos olet kiinnostunut tai sinulla on lisäkysymyksiä tilan suhteen. Toteutamme demoalueen jos ainakin viisi firmaa on tulossa, jotta saadaan sopivasti pöhinää aikaiseksi. Varaa pöytä HETI: sonja . kangas (@) igda . fi.

IGDA Finland Proudly Presents: Unity special on January 10th!

Happy New Year! IGDA Finland had a fantastic season 2010-2011 and we expect 2012 to be even better. We'll start the year with a bang! NOTE! IGDA Finland Presentations venue has changes: NEW VENUE Aalto University building called Chydenia. The address: Runeberginkatu 22-24.

The first IGDA Finland Presentations and Gathering is on January 10th. Unity Evangelist Carl Callewaert will talk about the latest from Unity. On top of that we'll hear presentations from Umbra, Recoil Games/Colossal Order and DiceWorks Games on utilizing Unity.

Sulake is sponsoring the IGDA Finland Presentations in 2012. The Presentations event will take place at: Lapuankatu 6. It is a bit further away from Cuba but you can either walk or take 3T tram from Kauppakorkeakoulu to Aleksanterinkatu stop.

The evening continues at the Cuba bar from 7PM onwards. Besides Carl, also Nick (Sales Director), Tomas (Unity XBox Lead Engineer) and Akouvi (Education licensing) from Unity will be joining us! Drinks will be offered by Unity & Umbra! Additionally Unity will have special program at Cuba. If you want to win a t-shirt and see something cool, better not to miss the party!

IGDA Finland January Presentations Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 5-7PM Kauppakorkea auditorium, Chydenia, Runeberginkatu 22-24, Helsinki Finland SIGN UP: Eventbrite

IGDA Finland January Gathering Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7PM Cuba Bar, Erottaja 4, Helsinki Finland

Other IGDA Finland activities in January: YLE Teema "Pelinrakentajat" exclusive screening for IGDA Finland on 18th January. Andorra movie theatre, Eerikinkatu 11

Global Game Jam, various locations in Finland (Finnish Game Jam) 27th-29th January

Exclusive IGDA Finland screening: YLE Teema "Pelinrakentajat" documentary on Finnish game industry

YLE Teema provides an exclusive opportunity for the Finnish game developers community to see Pelinrakentajat documentary before the masses. The documentary film is in Finnish. When & where: January 18th at 7PM, Andorra movie theater, downstairs of Corona Pub, at Eerikinkatu 11.

Register to the event: / rekisteröidy tapahtumaan täältä: http://pelinrakentajat.eventbrite.com/

*** YLE Teema ja IGDA Finland kutsuvat teidät seuraamaan Pelinrakentajat dokumenttifilmin ekslusiivista ennakkoesitystä. Päivämäärä on 18. tammikuuta, kello 19. suomalaiset pelikehittäjät ovat lämpimästi tervetulleita Andorraan, Eerikinkatu 11 (alakerta).

Pelinrakentajat on YLE Teeman peli-illan avaava dokumentti. Suomalaisesta pelintekemisestä kertova tarina lähtee 90-luvun alun demoscenestä ja kulkee suurien konsolipelien ja pienempien kännykkäpelien kautta aina tähän päivään. Ennen kaikkea siitä tinkimättömyydestä ja intohimosta, minkä avulla Suomen peliteollisuus on noussut 20 vuodessa lähes tyhjästä merkittäväksi teollisuudenhaaraksi.

Dokumentissa on haastateltu kymmentä pelialan vaikuttajaa mm. Remedyltä, Housemarquelta,Bugbearilta, RedLynxiltä ja Roviolta. Toimittaja Kaj Laaksonen Ohjaaja Tommi Mattila Tuotanto Markku Mastomäki YLE Kulttuuri ja viihde 2012 Kesto 54 minuuttia   Tervetuloa! Welcome!

Epic IGDA Finland November Gathering with Supercell!

On November 8th something historical happened. IGDA Finland Gathering was organized together with Supercell and if something is hot in Finnish game industry, it’s gotta be Supercell! What was historical was the record audience! Supercell attracted nearly 300 partygoers to Cuba bar and made us to consider whether we should be moving to a bigger place! Thumbs up! Evening started with IGDA Finland Presentations session at MJK Auditorium just around the corner. Ilkka Paanenen, CEO of Supercell, gave a presentation of the company, Gunshine.net and company's upcoming titles. Session was quickly fully booked and the rest had to wait until Cuba bar to hear what's going on at Supercell. The bar was packed throughout the night. Mikko Kodisoja, Creative Director of Supercell, gave a presentation of their upcoming titles. What I heard, people would have loved to spend several seconds more per project. Impressive art! Clearly lots of quality titles in the pipeline. Supercell also announced their upcoming game Pets vs Orcs. To celebrate that they offered pink and green snaps to the brave ones who took their photo in front of Supercell logo wall. Supercell was generous enough to offer drink coupons also for those who didn’t take part in the photo shoot. IGDA Finland November Gathering together with Supercell was relaxed, record breaking and super fun night. One of those epic IGDA Finland nights that will be remembered for sure.