Vuonna 1995 eräs poikkeuksellinen yritys sai alkunsa Espoon Westendissä sijaitsevan omakotitalon kellarissa.

Kellarista alkoi viime vuonna 50 miljoonan liikevaihtoon yltäneen ja yli 350 työntekijää työllistävän, Suomen toiseksi vanhimman pelitalon Remedy Entertainmentin matka.

Yhtiön synnyintarina kerrotaan Ylen uudessa Raha-Suomi-dokumenttisarjassa, jonka Nörttien kosto -jaksoa tähdittävät suomalaiset pelialan huipputekijät.

At the beginning of this year there were no Finnish gaming companies in the public quotation. Now there are four, write Talouselämä .

Prior to Rovio’s entry into the main list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange, First North was foreseen by Next Games, Remedy Entertainment and Nitro Games. Next Games and Remedy took place on the Helsinki, Nitro Stockholm Stock Exchange.

Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/rovio-romahti-porssissa-pienemmat-peliyhtiot-pitavat-pintansa-tunnetko-jo-nama-firmat-6688973

‘Angry Birds’ Maker Hatches IPO Plan
Finnish videogame company reports sharp rise in first-half sales and profit
https://www.wsj.com/articles/angry-birds-maker-rovio-confirms-ipo-plan-1504597726

Finnish game industry’s turnover last year was a total of EUR 2.4 billion, estimates the industry association NeoGames. Growth from the previous year’s 33 per cent.

On the other hand supercel the sheer size of obscure statistics. Its turnover last year was € 2.1 billion. The rest of the game industry’s share was thus only around EUR 300 million – and the fact Rovio account for about half.

At the end of 2015, Finnish gaming industry was approximately 290 companies.

A significant phenomenon is so to speak a second or third round of the serial entrepreneurs, start-ups, which is already a third of new game companies. This can be regarded as evidence of the maturation of the industry. Experienced entrepreneurs have also newcomers a better chance of success.

When new companies have emerged in recent years to hard pace, a large part of the Finnish game companies have less than five years old. More than a decade old game companies is 20. About 40 percent of companies in the sector is located in the metropolitan area.

95 percent of the sector’s turnover comes from exports, which makes it a significant export sector. A significant part of both the global and Finnish game industry’s growth in 2015 came from the Asian market.

In 2015, Finland, slightly more than 150 games published. A large part of the games are mobile games.

Despite the strong mobile presence Finland is a significant development of the game to other platforms. Especially PCs Steam distribution platform achieved the popularity of last year and during the 2015 developers was released about 30 PC or console game.

Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomen-peliala-kasvaa-komeasti-euroopassa-kolmen-karjessa-6426167