The week in B2B news (27 October)
All the biggest news from the supplier side of the industry including Yggdrasil, Habanero and Kambi
Yggdrasil Gaming has gone live with Gaming Realms via an integration with Bear Group Limited.
Players at Bear Group’s brands, including Slingo, Spin Genie and Pocket Fruity, will have access to popular titles such as Vikings Go Berzerk and Jungle Books, as well as Yggdrasil’s progressive jackpot slots.
The operator will also have access to Yggdrasil’s collection of in-game promotional tools, BOOST™, and social sharing tool, BRAG™.
Yggdrasil CEO Fredrik Elmqvist said: “Gaming Realms is among the new-breed of innovative, fast-growing operators which have taken the industry by storm in recent years, so of course they are a natural fit for Yggdrasil.
Sportsbook provider Kambi has renewed its contract with LeoVegas, to continue to provide its sports betting platform to the operator’s LeoSports brand.
The operator has benefited from the scalability of the Kambi Sportsbook, having launched sports in a number of regulated and/or taxed markets, such as the UK, Italy, Denmark and Germany.
Kristian Nylen, Kambi CEO, said the contract renewal could be partly attributed to the empowerment capabilities the supplier provides its customers, with LeoVegas having been able to develop a unique sports betting experience on top of the Kambi Sportsbook core.
Riku Jokela, head of sports at LeoVegas said: “We are delighted to continue working with Kambi – it has been a great journey since the launch of LeoVegas Sports and we believe we have more exciting times ahead.
Play’n Go has launched its latest slot offering Reactoonz, the sequel to the supplier’s popular Energoonz.
The product is powered Play’n Go’s omni-channel platform and is available on mobile, desktop and via land-based channels.
Johan Törnqvist, CEO of Play’n GO, said: “We’ll once again be taking players on an immensely enjoyable journey into deep space to visit the Reactoonz.
”Energoonz proved a smash-hit with players and operators alike after its launch, and we’ve built on the proven formula with out-of-this-world visuals and new features unique to our latest gridslot.”
Habanero also launched its latest HTML 5-powered slots game, Rolling Roger.
The 5×3 video slot follows the adventures of a friendly hedgehog and his woodland friends the frog, caterpillar, snail and bumblebee.
Rolling Roger features Habanero’s new pay-out mechanism which pays wherever the heroic character rolls.
Toni Karapetrov, Head of corporate communications at Habanero, said: “With top quality graphics and whimsical sounds that pack a punch, Rolling Roger is one of our best to date.