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CORE Gaming has sealed a landmark partnership with MotoGP organiser and official rights-holder Dorna Sports S.L, to develop a MotoGP-branded virtual sports game.

The on-demand title will utilise the CORE HTML5 framework and WebGL 3D browser technology, which has been already been demonstrated to the public through a virtual sports partnership with Sky Vegas.

“MotoGP is massively popular worldwide, and you only need to see one race packed full of incidents, speed and skill to see why that’s the case. Our goal is to bring that same high-octane action into our Virtual Sports portfolio and to keep pushing boundaries in the industry,” Justin Chamberlain, Chief Executive of CORE Gaming, said.

LeoVegas has joined forces with one of Sweden’s biggest lifestyle stars, skier, car-enthusiast, blogger and product designer, Jon Olsson.

The first joint venture of this three-year partnership will see Olsson participate in the Mongol Rally – a 20,000km journey from London to Mongolia through all kinds of road conditions. The journey will start from London in July 2016 and is expected to last more than 30 days.

Apart from this adventure, LeoVegas and Olsson will be collaborating on other similar activities as well as on a number of marketing events.

“The way Jon takes on challenges with his unique winning attitude really matches with the way that LeoVegas has grown and matured over the years,” Niklas Andersson, LeoVegas Sweden country manager, said. “The moment we met Jon we noticed that we have much in common in the way we achieve our highest ambitions and this is what makes Jon an excellent brand ambassador for LeoVegas.”

EveryMatrix has launched three new Danish brands, BingoSjov.dk, BingoSlottet.dk and BalletBingo.dk, owned by Danish online bingo and casino operator Dansk Underholdning.

Dansk Underholdning, which has been operating since the start of the Danish regulated market in 2012, will benefit from EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine, the largest casino content aggregator that enables operators to offer players the games from brands like IGT, PnG, Parlay and NetEnt.

“We are delighted that our gaming platform has been employed by Dansk Underholdning to deliver their three gaming websites,” Richardt Funch, EveryMatrix Nordic sales manager,” said. “These brand new releases show that our solutions are a good match for the Danish regulated market.”

Software-as-a-service platform supplier Datasprint has launched a new VIP tool which it says will help operators maximise returns from the most valuable players.

According to the firm, SprintVIP can; identify new VIPs faster and more efficiently; establish who operators’ true VIPs are; track, manage and optimise a VIP’s regular playing pattern and pinpoint which VIPs are in danger of lapsing.

SprintVIP aggregates all data sources from an operator’s transactional data and presents reports on business KPIs which can be drilled down to a player level and show operators which players are holding back the profit line, which players are responsible for the profit line and which players are in danger of reversing the profit line.

FSB Technology has agreed a deal to offer casino products from fellow British supplier Realistic Games to its clients.

Among the new slots content on the FSB platform will be Realistic’s latest title, Fireworks, Super Graphics Super Lucky, and the much-anticipated Hot Cross Bunnies Loadsabunny.

“We have been looking to provide a casino product to complement our sports betting services for some time and we are delighted to have a struck a deal with Realistic,” Richard Thorp, FSB business development director, said.

1X2gaming has launched Graphical Virtual Sports, made in partnership with Leap Gaming, on Microgaming‘s Quickfire platform.

As a result, the turnkey Graphical Virtual Sports solution is now fully available across the Quickfire network, which houses more than 400 online gaming brands.

“We are elated to collectively bring a product of the highest quality to market, with the superior graphics for the visuals from one of our trusted partners at Leap Gaming, and now the distribution via our ground-breaking partnership with Quickfire, powered by Microgaming,” Kevin Reid, 1X2gaming CMO, said.

Product and services supplier SIS has signed a long-term contract with Inspired Gaming to distribute their full suite of virtual games to digital customers across the globe through SIS Stream.

The content will comprise Inspired’s HD Rush Football 2, which will be continually refreshed and enhanced to ensure that every Virtuals Connect subscriber gets the latest virtual products available on the market.

“We are delighted to partner with Inspired to harness the power of SIS Stream to deliver best-in-class virtual sports products to operators of all shapes and sizes,” Paul Baker, SIS director of strategic development, said. “Innovation is at the core of everything we do, be it with retail or online solutions, and our agreement with Inspired marks another critical milestone in our development.”

Slots and table games provider Habanero has signalled the launch of a host of ‘innovative’ new content with the release of its brand new slots title Ruffled Up.

The cross-platform game immerses players in a visually-rich user experience featuring brightly-coloured birds who flutter on and off an old-fashioned telegraph wire rather than appearing on spinning reels.

“As with all our content, it is developed in HTML5 to give a seamless experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile,” Nic Ioannoy, Habanero CEO, said. “Thanks to optimised coding, it still manages to cram in stunning visuals and 39 different sound files – approximately twice that of typical games.”

Iforium has announced a new multi-year agreement with Leander Games which will see Iforium integrate the full portfolio of Leander content, which includes hit titles Ali Baba, Dragon Slot and 7 Lucky Dwarfs, to its Gameflex casino platform.

“I am delighted to announce Iforium’s partnership with Leander,”Phil Parry, Iforium CEO, said. “We have known Steven [Matsell CEO] and the Leander team for a number of years and it’s pleasing that we have now connected Gameflex to Leander’s LeGa RGS.

“Leander deliver a proven suite of proprietary and third party games which can now be accessed by operators integrated to Iforium’s Gameflex casino platform. I look forward to developing our partnership with Leander and distributing their content via Gameflex,” he added.

Play’n GO is giving its slots players the chance to experience Rio de Janeiro after launching its latest slot title, Samba Carnival.

The Swedish company’s new five-reel game features a cornucopia of colour, sound, fireworks and excitement to form winning combinations across 15 pay lines.

Complete with high-definition animation and smooth performance across phone, tablet, and desktop versions, Samba Carnival has been released simultaneously in both HTML5 and flash.

Software provider Comtrade Gaming has launched a new version of iCore, the Enterprise Gaming Platform. The 2.0 version is a major upgrade which includes three years of improvements from existing clients which have differentiated their offering through iCore’s open approach.

Comtrade said the main focus of the new version had been on player engagement, as well as mobile channel and sportsbook support.

While adding a lot of player engagement features that run in real time, Contrade also spent time on system performance optimisations to make sure that iCore’s enterprise level performance has not been compromised and is suitable for most traffic intense sites.

Slots provider Magnet Gaming has been granted a remote gambling software operating licence by the UK Gambling Commission.

The Act, which passed into law in October 2014, requires operators that provide remote gambling services to British consumers to obtain a UK licence. Magnet head of game licensing, Thomas Nielsen, said the deal was strategically important for the company as they look to expand beyond the borders of their domestic market.

“The UK market is one of the biggest and longest-established anywhere in the world,” Nielsen said. “As a result, its regulatory standards are extremely high and we are very proud to have been trusted with a licence.”

Odobo has grown its distribution network with the addition of Iforium, the third new vendor to source content from Odobo in the past month.

The deal will see Odobo content being made available to Iforium’s existing and future partners via their Gameflex platform.

“Iforium is an impressive company. The addition of Iforium and access to all of its clients brings a breadth of new customers and markets to Odobo throughout Europe,” Ashley Lang, Odobo founder and CEO, said. “This is an exciting opportunity for us both and we’re proud to list Iforium among our distribution partners.”