Ultrahack took place from 6- 8th November in Helsinki in anticipation of the massive startup conference Slush, and is one of the biggest hackathons in Europe. Hackers from around Europe (and even some from the US) developed their ideas over one long weekend, before presenting them to investors in hopes of getting them off the ground, or in some cases, …

The Norwegian startup Routes uses user-generated routes to solve the problem of complex travel planning. We met Routes at Oslo Innovation Week, where the founders pitched to investors and tried to grow their audience at the Afterwork Startup event at the newly relaunched co-working space MESH. “We started out with testing the concept on an event in Oslo, a popular …

Should we strive to make money so we can make games, or is it okay to make money for money’s sake in the games industry? At Games Business 2015, we’ll discuss the answer. Rune Drewsen is the Co-founder and managing partner at Triband, a game developer who is currently working on a Virtual Reality title called Reptilicus VR – a …