Category Archives: Finland

Information specific for Finnish participants.

New Poster for Nordic Game Week

Posted on 15.08.2020 by Tommi Tossavainen

If you are organising a game related event during the Nordic Game Week (9th of November to 15th of November), feel free to use this poster. A blank poster is also provided to add custom event dates. The poster is … Continue reading →

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New Poster for Nordic Game Week!

Posted on 30.07.2019 by Tommi Tossavainen

The Finnish Game Week has provided their poster for use in Nordic Game Week events. Feel free to use the poster to promote your local events during your national game weeks! You can use this blank poster to add dates … Continue reading →

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Nordic Game Week 2018 – Participating Organisations

Posted on 01.11.2018 by Tommi Tossavainen

Next week we celebrate the Nordic Game Week and International Games Week. This year we skip the event map, since most of the Nordic Countries have only a registered a few events. Danish and Finnish Game Weeks make for the … Continue reading →

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Reorganising the Nordic Game Week

Posted on 15.06.2018 by Tommi Tossavainen

For the past eight years, the Nordic Game Week has been coordinated in addition to the coordinators other duties. The coordinators so far have mostly been librarians and other public servants. As the Nordic Game Week has grown, the workload … Continue reading →

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Big News from Nordic Game Week!

Posted on 28.08.2017 by Tommi Tossavainen

We are happy to announce that the Finland-based learning game studio Lightneer will sponsor Nordic Game Week 2017! The company’s first game – Big Bang Legends – is a mobile game that integrates both casual and fun gameplay with educational … Continue reading →

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Registration for Nordic Game Week is open

Posted on 09.06.2017 by Tommi Tossavainen

Registration is open to all interested organizations who wish to promote a positive gaming culture and game literacy. Nordic Game Week will collect and display all registered events on a Nordic Game Week Map. This year the Nordic Game Week map will only display … Continue reading →

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Nordic Game Day is now Nordic Game Week

Posted on 12.04.2017 by Tommi Tossavainen

Following the example set by the International Games Week, Nordic Game Day will also become a full-fledged theme week! Nordic Game Week will be celebrated this year from 30.10. to 5.11.2017! You can still organize a singular Nordic Game Day … Continue reading →

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Nordic Game Day Competition Winners!

Posted on 22.11.2016 by Tommi Tossavainen

The results are in and the highest scores in each country are shown below. The winner of the competition will receive a new OnePlus 3 phone and a free board game or a digital game (up to 100 euros in value) and the … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow is Nordic Game Day and Great Job!

Posted on 18.11.2016 by Tommi Tossavainen

What an amazing turnout this year! We have a 16% increase in participation overall, and a 1000% increase in Icelandic libraries from last year! Libraries are still the biggest faction with 173  libraries participating this year (up by 23 libraries from last year). … Continue reading →

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Last minute instructions for Nordic Game Day!

Posted on 15.11.2016 by Tommi Tossavainen

First some numbers! At the moment we have 235 different organizations of which 175 are libraries and the rest are youth centres, schools, museums, universities, clubs and NGOs, businesses and game stores, game development hubs, game companies and a few bars. This is … Continue reading →

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