Game on! The flourishing gaming industry in Finland

The Finnish gaming industry welcomes new members! Motivation: Nordic gaming hotspot Potential: Gaming leads the global entertainment business. Bigger than music or movies. Milestones so far Digital gaming entrepreneurs and companies are innovation leaders. They are changing the way the business is developed and run. When: As soon as you can get here!

Leading-edge cluster: The Finnish game industry  50% ecosystem growth year-on-year  Number of game developers tripled between 2002 and 2011  Investments into game companies exceeded 130 M€ (Q1/2013)  39% of Finnish game studios develop for smartphones and tablets  55–60% of revenue comes from North America  Pioneering companies have exceptional organizational and commercial models 3

Total value of the Finnish Game industry 270 M€ in Source: NeoGames

Growth of turnover in the Finnish Game Industry Core, M€ Source: NeoGames

Finnish start-ups are catching VC interest  Finnish start-up companies received EUR 134 million in investments during January through March 2013  Finnish companies generated more investments than German ones during Q1 and were only surpassed by British and French businesses

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Something old, something new from Finland Alan Wake – Time magazine’s Game of the Year 2010 Angry Birds -Top paid app by 2014 Clash of Clans - Top earning iPad game in 77 countries

The Finnish gaming industry "For a country with a population about the size of Minnesota, Finland has produced some giant global hits in the mobile business, like Nokia and Rovio, the company responsible for Angry Birds and Bad Piggies." Nick Wingfield. New York Times, Bits Blogs / Oct. 2012

For more information: Neo Games – Hub of Finnish Gaming Industry Invest in Finland / mobile cluster Manse Games International Game Developers Association / Finnish Chapter

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