{"id":1203,"date":"2022-06-01T17:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/?post_type=cpt-topic&#038;p=1203"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:26:37","slug":"gaming","status":"publish","type":"cpt-topic","link":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/topic\/gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s safe to say that when it comes to games, Oulu means business. The city has been home to a whole host of development studios, publishers and solo entrepreneurs for more than two decades now, with more than 20 companies currently producing a diverse array of ambitious and creative titles. Some recent success stories from our region include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-arrow wp-block-list\"><li>87% average review score for games published on Steam by <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bonusstage.co\/\" target=\"blank\">Bonus Stage Publishing<\/a>;<\/li><li>\u20ac1.5m turnover from Cave Digger, a self-published VR title by <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mekiwi.org\/en\/portfolio\/case-cave-digger\/\" target=\"blank\">MeKiwi<\/a>;<\/li><li>2bn installations of the popular Hill Climb Racing series, developed by <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fingersoft.com\/games\/\" target=\"blank\">Fingersoft<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what&#8217;s behind Oulu&#8217;s success and longevity in games?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-arrow wp-block-list\"><li>A deep knowledge of different technologies and platforms;<\/li><li>An ability to combine creativity with business-savvy thinking;<\/li><li>A tight-knit community, enabled by groups such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igda.fi\/hubs\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IGDA Oulu<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s safe to say that when it comes to games, Oulu means business. The city has been home to a whole host of development studios, publishers and solo entrepreneurs for more than two decades now, with more than 20 companies currently producing a diverse array of ambitious and creative titles. Some recent success stories from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1253,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"6612,5744,2031,5664,7342,8960","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"class_list":["post-1203","cpt-topic","type-cpt-topic","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt-topic\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt-topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt-topic"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt-topic\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11178,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt-topic\/1203\/revisions\/11178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/ictoulu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}