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Press release:
Kajaani, Finland, September 8th, 2017 – The Northern Game Summit is now less than one month away and we are proud to introduce our great gaming superstar speakers. The big three are the industry legend John Romero, voice actor Adam Harrington and cinematics expert Chris Evans from Blizzard Entertainment.

These three and many more are coming to Kajaani, Finland. Yes you read right, it is not London, it’s not Helsinki. It’s Kajaani, possibly the new capital of upcoming gaming talents and industry professionals. Let’s take a closer look at these speakers. John Romero is a significant figure in gaming industry. He is the man behind legendary Doom, the first breakthrough first-person shooting game. He will start the Northern Game Summit event this year as the keynote speaker.

Adam Harrington is the voice behind many famous video game characters. He performed in the epic story driven action game The Wolf Among Us. He was nominated as the “Best Performer” in BAFTA Awards 2017. He will have his talk on the second day of the summit. Chris Evans works for the famous gaming company Blizzard Entertainment. He is an all-star veteran, who has worked long time in the industry, seen ups and downs and will surely give us interesting views. He will be having his talk on the second day of the summit as well.

The Northern Game Summit has great partners that make the conference possible. The main sponsors this year are Critical Force, Fingersoft and Supercell. More detailed information about everything related to the Northern Game Summit can be found at www.northerngamesummit.org.

About Northern Game Summit:
The Northern Game Summit (NGS) is a game conference and an annual networking event for the game development trade and associated industries. The event is held in the middle of Finland’s woodland, in the city of Kajaani on October 5th and 6th 2017. Kajaani is located 550 kilometres north from the capital of Finland, Helsinki. The Northern Game Summit has great speakers from all around the world: John Romero from the US (Industry veteran), Adam Harrington from the US (voice actor, famous from Tales from Monkey Island and Wolf Among Us), Patrick Rose from Germany (Business and Product Analyst at Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe), Eevi Korhonen from Finland (Game Designer at Remedy Entertainment) and Timo Heinäpurola from Finland (Senior Engineer at Reforged Studios). www.northerngamesummit.org

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround