Gangs of Boomtown at IGDA Finland March Gathering

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Cowgirl

Drawing by Jussi Simpanen

Howdy partners!

Another successful IGDA gathering brought Wild West to the heart of icy Helsinki! Evening's Western theme had inspired many outstanding costumes ranging from sheriffs to bandits. We were thrilled to see that so many of you had succumbed to our whimsy and dressed up for the occasion!

The evening was action packed. Digital Chocolate offered a few rounds of drinks and gave out Gangs of Boomtown soundtrack CDs. Head of Digital Chocolate Helsinki Studio, Kaj Häggman and Gangs of Boomtown Producer Miika Tams talked about the production of the game and shared some latest news from Digital Chocolate office in Ruoholahti. We also had a video link to Punit Soni from Google+ who is managing Games and Mobile products at Google. He greeted IGDA Finland crowd and the whole Finnish game industry all away from San Francisco, US.

Gangs of Boomtown was released as promised, and when you combine that with great conversation and live country music it comes as no surprise that the event attracted a crowd of 216 game enthusiasts.

A big thank you to Digital Chocolate for sponsoring the evening, and an equally sized thank you to all who participated. See you next time!

More photos: March Gathering 2012

IGDA Finland April Gathering: time to party with Ovelin!

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Ovelin, a company behind the widely-praised, award winning WildChords is yet another success from Finland. Ovelin got €1.1M seed funding from True Ventures in February 2012 enabling them to develop Wildchords further. Besides Wildchords, Ovelin is working on other ways to make world more musical. It surely is quite an achievement not only to make it in the competition but to innovate and create an original product, too. Ovelin is going full speed ahead with Wildchords and the next products. IGDA Finland April party is a fantastic opportunity for you all to see what the future holds for Ovelin. You'll have a chance to try Wildchords if you haven't already. Also if you dream of being a part of the success story, better be at Cuba on 3rd of April and meet the team behind Wildchords!

IGDA Finland chapter is one of the most active IGDA chapters in the world. We have the greatest parties, see you in April! Ps. You do not have to be a member to join the pub events at Cuba bar.

IGDA Finland April Gathering - time to party with Ovelin Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at 7PM Cuba Bar, Erottaja 4, Helsinki Finland (map: http://igda.fi/?page_id=5)

IGDA Finland March Gathering & Release Party!

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And the hero rides off into the sunset…

BAM! BAM! On 13th of March Gangs of Boomtown will occupy Cuba bar. So get ready for some serious saloon brawling, spineless townspeople, the evil villains, unbribable sheriff and the duel to end it all!

What happening on Tuesday?

Drink tickets and Gangs of Boomtown soundtrack for first 200!

7PM door are open and DJs start to play 8.30PM Presentation; Digital Chocolate and Google 9.30PM live Country Music!

Digital Chocolate's Gangs of Boomtown release party will take place at the IGDA Finland March Gathering. We will have wild west action packed evening! The team behind the game will be present along with some sheriffs and cowboys. Digital Chocolate sponsors a couple of rounds of drinks and there is a band playing country music! Whohoo! Surely an evening not to be missed!

Play the game on Google+: Gangs of Boomtown. The dawn is also just breaking for Google+ as a gaming platform. Digital Chocolate and Google will share early settler experiences on how to round gamers into your circles on Google+.

IGDA Finland March Gathering / Gangs of Boomtown release party Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7PM Cuba Bar, Erottaja 4, Helsinki Finland (map: http://igda.fi/?page_id=5)

IGDA Finland February Gathering: Finnish Game Jam gems!

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It's time for us to gather around in the lovely Cuba Bar and talk about life and stuff. And games! The year started with a bang and thank you to everyone for making it possible. Let's continue that way!

As most of you might know, last weekend a bunch of hard-working people participated in the Global Game Jam and gathered all around Finland to create cool games in just 48 hours! If you haven't seen those games yet (and even if you have) come to Cuba next Tuesday to take a look.

We'll also be announcing the winners of Finnish Game Jam 2012. So don't miss this!

IGDA Finland February Gathering Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7PM Cuba Bar, Erottaja 4, Helsinki Finland

IGDA Finland February Gathering: Finnish Game Jam gems!

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It's time for us to gather around in the lovely Cuba Bar and talk about life and stuff. And games! The year started with a bang and thank you to everyone for making it possible. Let's continue that way! As most of you might know, last weekend a bunch of hard-working people participated in the Global Game Jam and gathered all around Finland to create cool games in just 48 hours! If you haven't seen those games yet (and even if you have) come to Cuba next Tuesday to take a look.

We'll also be announcing the winners of Finnish Game Jam 2012. So don't miss this!

IGDA Finland February Gathering Tuesday, January 7, 2012 at 7PM Cuba Bar, Erottaja 4, Helsinki Finland