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Final week, Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki welcomed 1,300 attendees representing 560+ firms and 200+ indies, plus over 50 nations joined us at our customary Wanha Satama venue.
We satisfaction ourselves on the Pocket Gamer video games business neighborhood that we have helped to construct world wide during the last 10 years. And nowhere has that been extra evident in 2024 than our tenth anniversary return to Finland – our house from house.
In every single place we appeared – from the three devoted convention monitor rooms to the 998m² expo ground and the 45 devoted assembly areas – we noticed a real buzz of outdated pals reuniting and new friendships being cast. Greater than 1,400 conferences have been organized by way of the web platform with numerous extra taking place organically from the present ground, fringe occasions and the get together.
And behind every part was an actual sense of neighborhood – how can our attendees work collectively? What new data may they share? Who may they seek advice from make new connections and forge new relationships?
Lots of our attending firms are in competitors, however we hope you will permit us to get a bit misty eyed as we seen an actual sense in Helsinki that, ‘We’re all in it collectively.’ It was so rewarding this week to see all you lovely individuals pulling collectively in what has been a tricky 12 months for therefore many.
Revealed: The Prime 50 Cell Recreation Makers 2024
Revealed stay on stage throughout Day 2 of PG Connects Helsinki, the Prime 50 Cell Recreation Makers celebrates the business’s best. Sponsored this 12 months by Appcharge, the Prime 50 is full of success tales with a plethora of sizzling new titles – some apparent, some which have flown beneath the radar – which have generated a whole bunch of tens of millions of {dollars} – if not billions – through the previous 12 months. See the total checklist now.
Viewers Alternative Award winner
Going down for the primary time in Helsinki this 12 months, the Viewers Alternative award sponsored by JamCity. Attendees may attempt all of the video games being demoed within the Huge Indie Zone, then vote for his or her favourites throughout each days. Revealed stay on the finish of Day 2, the winner was Walkscape by Not a Cult. Our due to all the nice indie builders that took half within the occasion and congratulations to the winner!
Huge Indie Pitch Winners
Our world-famous Huge Indie Pitch competitions returned to Helsinki with devoted editions for cellular, in addition to PC and console. Throughout each competitions builders competed to take house the primary spot.
We have been impressed with the standard of entries and the sheer creativeness behind them this 12 months, with the professional judges hotly debating the worthy winners in each classes. This is who got here out on prime:
The Very Huge Indie Pitch (Cell version)
- Spirit World by Cozy Recreation Studio
- Jamland by Report Video games
- Walkscape by Not a Cult
The Very Huge Indie Pitch (PC + Console version)
- Get Colossal by Glitch Hammer
- Painted Peril by Message Photon
- Radiant: Guardians of Gentle by Chorrus Video games
Honourable Point out: RunOut – Run & Enjoyable Collectively by Waka Studio
Finnish Firsts
The 21-track convention schedule featured greater than 42 hours of content material delivered by 170+ professional audio system from the most important manufacturers and most enjoyable firms within the video games business, from Google and Meta to Rovio, Supercell and King.
A kind of tracks was the primary look of the Wwise Tour Observe delivered to the occasion by Audiokinetic, which was effectively obtained, and one other first was the IDGA Chat Nook, offering casual assist for newcomers to the occasion.
The Profession Zone Powered by Video games Manufacturing facility Abilities was effectively obtained and attended with back-to-back conferences all through the 2 days, together with a effectively attended recruitment spherical desk dialogue.
Prime Tales From PG Connects Helsinki 2024
Our very personal Head of Content material Craig Chapple was available roaming the expo ground and seminars monitoring down the most recent insights to share with our on-line viewers of video games business professionals. This is the highest three articles from PG Connects Helsinki 2024:
- How Finland’s video games business is weathering the storm
- The 5 pillars of perseverance in recreation improvement groups
- Driving 25% of cellular recreation gamers to an internet store can result in 8% improve in profitability
A phrase from the boss
Metal Media CEO Chris James stated, “The Finnish video games scene has been a world chief in each cellular and PC/console markets for a few years. Superior video games, technical excellence and a fantastically supportive neighborhood – and so they definitely did not allow us to down for the tenth anniversary version of PGC Helsinki – certainly one of our greatest and greatest editions but!
“The convention was up from final 12 months on each metric and all of the native huge names have been current to have fun the inaugural Finnish Video games Week – from Supercell, Rovio, Small Large and Fingersoft to Subsequent Video games/Netflix, Nitro Video games, Housemarque and Treatment. Suffice to say they have been joined by a whole bunch extra recreation makers, publishers, traders and repair firms from throughout the area and world wide – sharing insights, studying new instruments and strategies and most significantly pushing the enterprise ahead!
“And ‘pushing forward’ was very a lot the tone of the occasion. While no-one was glib concerning the challenges confronted or the powerful instances which have led to report job losses in the previous couple of years, there was a real underlying positivity that the worst of the correction might be behind us and we are able to look ahead to significantly better years forward, as new strategies, applied sciences and fashions gave everybody an opportunity to ‘thrive in 25’.
“Suffice to say we’ll be doing our greatest to assist them and the remainder of the business on this mission – subsequent stops Jordan (November 8-9) and London (January 20-21).”
Subsequent up: One month to PG Connects Jordan
We could have solely simply closed the doorways on what has been a very wonderful PG Connects Helsinki, however that does not imply we’re able to put our ft up!
There’s simply over a month earlier than we head again to Jordan for the final Connects occasion of our tenth anniversary 12 months. This November 9-10, attendees from greater than 30 nations will be part of us by the Lifeless Sea to discover the potential of the fastest-growing territory that’s the Center East and North Africa (MENA). See out 2024 in type!
