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More Finnish game veterans break off to create new mobile game studio Futureplay

There’s still something about the water, or ice, in Helsinki. Finnish game creators are banding together to create a new gaming studio. Futureplay Games is spearheaded by Jami Laes, the former executive vice president of Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment.

Finland has produced leading game studios such as Supercell, creator of Clash of Clans, Rovio, and many other game startups.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.