IGDA Hubs: join Microsoft & Unity tour Finland!

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Microsoft and Unity will be touring Kajaani, Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä mid January 2014! Make sure to secure your place at the tour (free of charge!).

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NOTE: The Microsoft Unity event goes from 9am to 6pm. From 7pm onwards the evening continues as IGDA Finland Gatherings in Turku, Tampere and Helsinki. Jyväskylä (Expa) and Kajaani (Kavio cluster) will organise evening parties as well. The evening party is a separate event and has different sponsors. In Helsinki the official IGDA Finland Gathering will be sponsored by Applifier - Everyplay.

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IGDA Finland Oulu Hub November Gathering

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After a hugely successful October gathering we decided to play it a bit more conservative in November and arranged a classic pub night. This time we chose to occupy the restaurant Otto K instead of our usual place, just to explore possible future establishments for our gatherings. The place felt good and the staff was very supportive, so maybe we’ll give Otto K another chance some time during 2014.

The house was filled with around 20 local game developers who gathered around the tables to have more or less meaningful discussions with each other. The ice hockey game shown on the screen sparked some discussion about violence in games vs. violence in sports, but in general the tone of the conversations were quite casual.

At the moment we are working hard on planning and arranging the gatherings of 2014, so stay tuned and remember to play games!

- Antti Wilenius & the IGDA Finland Oulu Hub volunteers

IGDA Finland Turku Hub Gathering with TicBits

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Winter is on us with it's dark and gloomy reach but there was no sign of it in the IGDA Finland Turku Hub gathering in November!

The Turku based company TicBits was our guests of honor this time giving a brief intro into how the wholly self-funded company has grown into 10 people with some very ambitious games coming up. After this, it was time to focus on the most important things: networking, sharing ideas and drinks.

TicBits is also 3rd on the Deloitte's Rising Stars in Technology Fast 50 Finland 2013  -list. The Turku scene could not be more proud!

Turku Gathering will be back in December!