January Gathering: Promises for the New Year

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[singlepic=343,320,240,,center]The exciting year of 2009 started off with a bang at the IGDA Finland Gathering on January 13th held at Cuba Cafe in Helsinki. Despite the gloomy and cold weather and the Finnish tradition of "tipaton tammikuu" ("Dropless January", meaning an alcohol-free month) a whopping 138 visitors showed up to enjoy their time with a glass - or a pint - of their favourite beverage. We were also given the pleasure to welcome 9 new faces aboard. Hope to see you at the next gathering, too!

[singlepic=341,320,240,,center] Without hesitation the topic of the evening was the oven-fresh indie game Crayon Physics Deluxe by Petri Purho (2008 IGF winner), which has received lots of good press of late. Petri most likely got his hands blistered from all the congratulating handshakes he received throughout the evening!

The evening progressed nicely with developers changing ideas and the latest news on the field. All in all, the evening was a great success knowing that usually Januaries are on the quiet side. Later in the evening some visitors even found the will and courage to do a small-scale dance show! :)

[slideshow=31] You can see more of the photos taken at the event at the gallery.

Be sure not to miss out the next gathering on February 10th! Same time, same place!

January Gathering Reminder

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What’s happening in 2009? What surprises we will see? Which Finnishgame titles will come out? Which companies will be going to the GDC or Nordic Game Conference? Come to the IGDA Gathering to hear the latest buzz and hottest topics on January 13th at Cuba Café.

IGDA FINLAND JANUARY GATHERING

Place: Cuba Café, Erottajankatu 4, 00120 Helsinki Time: Tuesday, January 13th, doors open at 19:00

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January Gathering: Tuesday 13th

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Happy New Year 2009!

What’s happening in 2009? What surprises we will see? Which Finnish game titles will come out? Which companies will be going to the GDC or Nordic Game Conference? Come to the IGDA Gathering to hear the latest buzz and hottest topics on January 13th at Cuba Café.

IGDA FINLAND JANUARY GATHERING Place: Cuba Café, Erottajankatu 4, 00120 Helsinki (map) Time: Tuesday, January 13th, doors open at 19:00

P.S. NOTE TO EVENT CALENDAR SUBSCRIBERS! We have an issue with the date and to some users the event might show up a week early in their calendars. For this reason, we want to point out that the event is indeed on January 13th, NOT on January 6th! We apologise for any inconvenience.

December Gathering: Santa's little helpers storm the house!

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[singlepic=319,320,240,,center] Once again Finnish developers sheltered from our awful December weather in the warm and cozy Cuba bar at Erottaja. Imagine the surprise as on sign up they were transformed as Santa's little helpers with free hats, cookies, drinks and gaming! In a moments of notice we had 154 little fellows running around and cherishing the magic of christmas games rush. Pictures say more than words, so browse our gallery for some insider feed on what everyone was talking about the next day.

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Our generous sponsor for the evening was once again Nokia who needs little introduction with their new N-Gage platform pushing onward full steam and as a long time developer of mobile gaming solutions. Even more, the December gathering saw Little Big Planet enchanting visitors as kindly provided by Sony! There was a constant flow of people itching to dress up their character and have fun with three other players at a time. They probably spent more time waving their arms and making funny faces to each other than actually advancing in levels!

As a part of christmas magic we got a healthy bunch of new voluteers to join our ranks and held secret meetings for more awesomeness during the upcoming second half. Speaking for the whole IGDA Finland chapter team, we wish everyone a merry christmas and a lot of games for presents. You have earned it!

December Gathering: Tuesday 9th

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Ho-Ho-Ho! Have you been a naughty or a nice game developer in 2008? We have heard rumors that Santa will be visiting the IGDA Gathering on the 9th of December. Santa will give drink tickets and gingerbread to all the nice game developers. Welcome to spend a merry-merry little X-mas party with us at Cuba Café!

IGDA FINLAND DECEMBER GATHERING Place: Cuba Café, Erottajankatu 4, 00120 Helsinki (map:http://igda.fi/?page_id=5) Time: Tuesday, 9th of December, doors open at 19:00