Making Tampere The Incredible Capital Of Games – The Mission Statement of Tampere Game Hub for 2025-2026

The game industry is on the crossroads. We’re seeing a record number of shutdowns, layoffs and game delistings – more than in any period in recent history. Now more than ever, Tampere Game Hub is here for you, the game developers of Tampere, Finland. Here is our mission statement for Tampere Game Hub with concrete steps on how we’re rebooting our efforts and nailing down the next steps to be the supporting, driving force you’ve come to expect of us.

1. Being There For You With Direct Support

Thanks to the efforts and impact of our previous director Lauri Komulainen, we’ve managed to keep a consistent support system in place for entrepreneurs looking to start out in the game industry, academics looking for their first jobs and trainee placements and companies looking to expand into the Tampere region. Now, we’re increasing impact by opening a direct hotline to Tampere Game Hub. We promise to be there for you in this difficult shift in the industry. The only way to get Tampere’s game development scene stronger again is to be there for everyone. We encourage you to reach out to us and to our Discord for peer support, no matter your struggle. We’re here for you.

2. Amplifying Our Impact With Events

We’re tracking down the best ways to help you out. One of our main goals has always been being a networking factor between game developers in the region – making sure that we stay unified in times of greatness and yes, even crisis. That’s why we’re bringing back our community events like Tampere Game Gatherings, LEADERBOARD, the Legal Summit and yearly Tampere Gamedev Summer Parties. We will endeavor to expand these events even further – and we’re open to new ideas as well as old ones. The place for Tampere Game Hub in the industry is being a part of the crowd. Let us know what kind of events you’d think would improve the Tampere game development scene!

3. Supercharging Founders With Education

The only way for the game industry to revive is to make new games. That is why we’ve been running the Finnish Game Incubator for over 5 years now, with 36 companies and teams served and a 98% course rating. Finnish Game Incubator is our completely free 10 week course completely remotely that supercharges your game team to new heights. It is run by actual game executives who have been there, instead of only teachers – this is to make sure that you’ll get your education from deep within the trenches of actually shipping video games. This effort will continue later this year with the 8th batch of Finnish Game Incubator and beyond.

4. New Look, New Mission, Classic Showrunners

We’ve had the pleasure and privilege of working with previous directors Lauri, Johanna and Pyry, who we are eternally grateful for being there for game developers while we had to lock in with our companies. With a renewed focus, we’re taking direct command of Tampere Game Hub – the original founders Joni and Tomi – as seasoned game executives with years of experience. We’ve overhauled our visual identity and our website to focus on the core of our mission – to be there, for you. Whether you are just starting out with your game idea or you’ve been doing this for years, we hope we can solidify Tampere Game Hub as a reliable support partner for you on your mission to make games in Tampere.

5. Let’s Make Tampere The Incredible Capital of Games

We hope that together, we can make the Tampere game development scene incredible. So many years we’ve had to struggle together – we think that only together we can turn things around. We believe new founders and bold new games will bring amazing new ideas that will skyrocket Tampere as the capital of games in Finland. If you believe the same, you’ve come to the right place. Please do not hesitate in telling us what you think of our mission. After stormy years, we need to be ready as a city to chase the sunrise on the horizon.

Tampere Game Hub exists to empower game developers in Tampere through direct support, community events, hands-on education, and strong industry connections. Together, we’re building the next capital of games in Finland.