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GuitarBots launches Mr.Fastfinger challenge

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Mika Jalonen

SAN FRANCISCO – (May 14, 2013) – Ovelin ltd. announced today the release of Mr. Fastfinger challenge, a song package geared toward advanced guitarists.

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GuitarBots turns Guitar Practice into Social Gaming!

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Mika Jalonen

SAN FRANCISCO – (April 29, 2013) – Ovelin ltd. announced today the release of GuitarBots social features that turn guitar practice into social gaming.

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TheNextWeb : Guitarbots: Like Guitar Hero for real guitars, in your browser

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Mika Jalonen

Martin from TheNextWeb wrote a great piece on GuitarBots! Read the full story: Here...

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Ovelin launches Valentine’s Day Song Package for GuitarBots

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Mika Jalonen

HELSINKI – (February 04, 2013) – Ovelin ltd. announced today the release of Valentine’s Day Song Packagefor the recently launched online guitar learning title GuitarBots. The release enables any beginner or advanced guitarist to prepare a romantic surprise...

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GuitarBots Christmas Song Package launched!

Posted on December 12, 2012 by laurihy

Christmas came early this year! Get into the Holiday spirit with the new Christmas Song Package for GuitarBots!

The all-new song package features 9 new song levels, ranging from classics such as “Jingle...

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Ovelin launches GuitarBots at Slush12!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by admin

Ovelin ltd. announced in Slush12, Helsinki (21st November 2012) the release of their second title GuitarBots, an innovative guitar learning game played online with any real guitar – acoustic or electric. GuitarBots takes the concept of...

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Ovelin part of Finnvasion trip with Alex Stubb

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Mika Jalonen

Alexander Stubb, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland took some of Finlands most exciting startups along with him on a business trip to the US (NY and SF). While missing out on the New York...

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WildChords wins SXSW accelerator 2012

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Mika Jalonen

After an exhausting and really exciting week in Austin, we were able to receive the grand price of this years start-up accelerator competition (in the Music category). There were many really exciting other startups in the finals (from...

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WildChords one of Flurry’s top 20 apps 2012

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Mika Jalonen

Today we learned that WildChords is one of 20 finalists out of more than 700 apps submitted to our App Spotlight contest 2012. Some coverage of the prize can be found in the press release, on...

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Google+ Performer Daria Musk playing WildChords

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Mika Jalonen

At SXSW, I bumped into Daria Musk, the singer and songwriter who has been giving virtual life concerts in Google+ hangouts "in front of" hundreds of thousands of people. She got excited about WildChords and started playing and...

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Our signal processing giraffe & CTO Anssi gives a lecture at Stanford University

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Mika Jalonen

If you ever wondered how you get animals to understand music, you can attend the seminar at Stanford University

Date: Mon, 03/12/2012 - 11:00am - 12:30pm Location: CCRMA Seminar Room Event Type: Hearing Seminar

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Ovelin raises 1.4M$ seedfunding from True Ventures

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Mika Jalonen

For immediate release: HELSINKI -- Ovelin, developer of the award-winning guitar learning game WildChords, announced today it received 1.4 million dollars in seed funding by True Ventures. With its interactive music games that listens to...

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WildChords nominated for “Most Innovative Game 2012″ – vote for us!

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Mika Jalonen

The IMGAwards (International Mobile Games Award) committee announced the nominees for the different categories. In the category "Most Innovative Game 2012" is our wild animal chasing game WildChords! We are really happy and excited, also because so many...

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