A report by Ángel Varela Pena from the footage for "ZOOM NET" TV programme (Spanish National TV). |(Voice-over by Andrew Poole)
We are in Helsinki, paradise for fans of video-games. Do Finnish people know about companies in the sector that have been created in their country?
+ info: www.rovio.com
Angry Birds of Rovio boast an amazing 500 million downloads. According to Rovio's website, Angry Birds are number 1 in 79 countries and have more than 10 million Facebook fans.
Ina Mikkola had edited a commercial spot about the "famous birds" to which she is still addicted.
In Espoo, 20 kilometers from Helsinki, we find the headquarters of Remedy Games. Oskari Hakkinen, one of its Directors, explains how this boom has been generated in Finland.
+ info: www.remedygames.com
Futuremark is the brain child of Remedy Games and is now an independent company. The CEO gives us his opinion.
+ info: www.futuremark.com
Futuremark has created 3Dmark programmes which have distributed 20 millions copies. In 2008, it was created Futuremark Games Studio. Its new project is now ready to buy.
Video games represent an unstoppable industry both in Finland and worldwide. In the last years, it have grown exponentially. The naive Japanese Pac-Man from 3 decades ago has progessed to the "Angry Birds", more commonly played on an "IPad".
