FEBRUARY NEWS ROUNDUP: LastOnline and ROUNDS at Assembly Winter 2026 & new recruit
ROUNDS’s own booth returns to Assembly after a break, this time in collaboration with Nuvoo, the City of Espoo and Heimo.
Assembly, or “Assyt”, is Finland’s largest digital festival, organized biannually. This time, for Assembly Winter 2026, the staff of ROUNDS are heading to the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre to not only upkeep the LastOnline blood donation bus stand, but also ROUNDS’s very own one too. Here’s what you can expect.
In collaboration with the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, LastOnline is once again bringing the blood donation campaign to the heart of Assembly. From that booth you’ll find the blood donation bus, snacks and drinks, a lounge area, the original bench football game Subsoccer, UNEVN gaming PCs and even some daily challenges with prizes from the headphone manufacturer Valco. If you would like to join the life-saving crew and donate at the event, you can book your time slot in advance from this link: https://ajanvaraus.veripalvelu.fi/VP/location/assembly. All that is required from you is generally good health, 18 years of age, and a ticket to Assembly so you can get in.
ROUNDS’s own booth, directly facing LastOnline on the other side of the hallway, introduces you to Nuvoo, who offer refurbished computers with up to 2 years of warranty. Nuvoo are partnering up with ROUNDS for Assembly to bring event attendees a laptop giveaway, as well as other challenge prizes. What challenges you may ask? Well, the name of the game at this year’s booth is Counter-Strike 1.6, as you get to dive into nostalgia with 1v1s throughout the entire course of the event, as well as something special on Saturday, so stay tuned for that!
The City of Espoo and Heimo bring a PlayStation zone to the ROUNDS booth, where you can challenge your friends in EA FC (or as everyone knows it, FIFA). We will also bring a limited quantity of ROUNDS merchandise on site. Speaking of which, use code WASM26 on the ROUNDS shop during Assembly Winter 2026 for 15% off your order at checkout! Ps. The same code gets you a 14-day free trial of Pro Zone with 30% off your first two months too! [for new subscribers only]
“I’m thrilled to start my journey as the Partnerships Manager for ROUNDS, bringing my skills and persona to play.”
— Severi “InsaneGenius” Kyllönen
Like I’d imagine you read from the pullquote above, in other news, I’d like to give a warm welcome to Severi “InsaneGenius” Kyllönen, who just started his work at ROUNDS today as our new Partnerships Manager! Exciting times. It really does feel like ROUNDS is doubling down on 2026, doesn’t it? You can check out Severi’s preferred social media from the About Us tab.
