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Rootz Takes Home Four MiGEA 2022 Awards
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The accolades keep coming for high flyers Rootz.
Only weeks after emerging victorious at both the IGA (International Gaming Awards) and SiGMA Americas ceremonies, the team matched their incredible feat of 2021 by walking away with a quartet of trophies at this year’s MiGEA Awards – dubbed the ‘Oscars of iGaming Awards’ in Malta.
Rootz was awarded gongs in each of the following categories:
- Best Online Casino Operator of the Year (Wildz)
- Best Online Casino Product of the Year (Spinz)
- Best Online Gaming Product of the Year (Spinz)
- Malta’s Best Gaming CEO of the Year (Lasse Rantala)
It was a night to remember for the operator’s latest creation, Spinz, recognised in both the ‘Best Online Casino Product of the Year’ and ‘Best Online Gaming Product of the Year’ categories.
Promising to put a fresh stamp on online casino entertainment, Spinz merges the best features of its predecessors with a brand new industry concept. The site’s cherry-picked streaming crew takes to the hot seat every day to broadcast high quality streaming, with extra awards awaiting viewers whenever the team lands big wins.
A Spinz exclusive, players can also turbocharge their Progress Bar speed to earn customised rewards doubly quick for an hour each day spinning Game of the Day. At other times, anyone tuning in can channel their competitive spirit by taking on streamers through special events like Multiplier Hunts.
The Live page is where players can catch the latest streams and discover the featured titles in the spotlight.
Not to be forgotten, Wildz, the flagship brand that kicked off the Rootz dynasty back in 2019, tasted success in the ‘Best Online Casino Operator of the Year’ category.
Wildz has enjoyed a meteoric rise since exploding onto the scene, leveraging automated, smart systems to deliver a lightning fast gaming experience along with meaningful, real-time rewards. Wildz’s standout feature, Spinback™, offers players a second chance Free Spin for a string of near misses, and won’t be found anywhere else.
Lastly, a special nod to the man behind it all. Lasse Rantala, the company’s CEO, managed to defend his crown in the coveted category for ‘Malta’s Best Gaming CEO of the Year’.
A champion of the people, Lasse is loved by colleagues new and old thanks to his personable approach, warm-hearted personality, and his foresight to deliver some of the most innovative brands the industry has ever seen.
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Portuguese start-up FootAR is enhancing the Euro 2024 experience with AR tracking and smart data
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With the summer of football heating up, FootAR is showing how live sports can be enhanced with augmented reality. It has created a real-time companion that gamifies the sports experience and emulates player movements with 3D foosball-like figures, adding smart stats and prizes for fans.
FootAR has already made its mark in Portugal, where two notable media organisations have integrated it into their coverage. GMG (Jornal de Notícias) and SportsMultimedia (VSports) use FootAR to bring a 3D experience to Euro 2024 fans.
FootAR is one of 22 companies in the Portuguese games development and creative industries cluster eGamesLab. This ambitious R&D project led out of Madeira aims to attract and develop new talent and technology focused on the growing national video game industry.
FootAR’s platform went live earlier this year. The initial rollout covered Portuguese league games, partnering with some of the biggest Portuguese clubs like SC Braga and CD Nacional before expanding to cover all the matches at Euro 2024. It offers real-time statistics, in-depth analysis, and seamless integration for news outlets covering live games on their websites.
Fans can relive every goal, track every pass, and stay connected to the game with real-time updates and AR-enhanced visuals. The technology allows fans to rewatch the most significant moments in a live game and view them from multiple angles, together with an accompanying audio commentary.
“We understand the insatiable appetite for football data and the desire to go beyond the final score,” says David Olim, Co-Founder of FootAR. “FootAR empowers fans to delve deeper into the action, following their favourite players, teams, and leagues, and is the perfect way for enthusiasts to analyse the beautiful game – but that’s just the start. As a father of two young children, my goal is to shape how younger generations immerse themselves in these communal experiences. Looking to the future, our interests go way beyond sports. We are starting with football, but within five years, we will have personalised experiences for clubs, artists, and brands to build their own interactive events.
Key Features:
Augmented Reality – relive the match’s key moments from multiple angles through 3D AR visuals, and get closer to the action with real-time data overlays to follow the game how you want to.
Custom Data Suite – access in-depth statistics for players and teams such as expected goals, pass accuracy and tackles lost. In-game notifications can be customised, ensuring key moments in the game are never missed..
Audio Commentary – FoorAR can sync with local radio broadcasts, creating a combination of live commentary and live data which really brings events to life.
With FootAR, new avenues for monetizing audience engagement and sponsors are available to media companies and clubs looking for a solution to drive greater fan engagement, as well as opening up new revenue streams through in-game activations.
Fans can transform their football experience today by downloading FootAR for free on Android and iOS and using the Web/Desktop app. Apple VisionPro and Meta Quest versions of the experience are also being developed and will be released in Q3 2024.
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NAVI, FaZe Clan and Team Vitality players star in a new BLAST Premier video series in collaboration with GG.BET
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The BLAST Premier YouTube channel has released GG Chronicles, a series about the lives of famous esports players sponsored by GG.BET. In the first season, you’ll be able to find out which Tier-1 player captained a football team, who turned down a life in accounting for a gaming career, and who escaped falling in with a bad crowd thanks to esports.
The first episode of GG Chronicles will delve into the past of Finnish player AleksiB, the now in-game leader of NAVI, champions of the first ever CS2 Major in Copenhagen. The second episode will tell the story of his Latvian teammate jL, who was the MVP of that same tournament. We’ll then jump over to Team Vitality to get to know mezii, the winner of the last CS:GO Major in Paris, for our third episode. The final episode will give us VIP access into the life of FaZe Clan’s frozen. FaZe Clan made history in Antwerp in 2022 when they became the first international team to win a CS:GO Major.
GG Chronicles is a collection of personal stories which prove that behind every star champion is a normal person with the same fears and weaknesses as the rest of us. Each episode will show the players you know and love in a new light, as we follow them through the world of esports and share all the highs and the lows their journey entails!
The series came to be thanks to the year-long partnership between BLAST Premier, the organizers of the world-famous series of Counter-Strike tournaments, and the betting brand GG.BET, who are currently making a name for themselves in the gaming world as an enthusiastic supporter of the esports industry. The creators plan to release another 10 episodes by the end of 2024.
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Week 27/2024 slot games releases
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Here are this weeks latest slots releases compiled by European Gaming
Evolution announced the launch of Balloon Race, its latest-generation online slot game that brings together traditional, much-loved slot features with the excitement of a live game-show-style bonus round featuring a ball drawing machine. Balloon Race, in which players soar high and accumulate multipliers in Qualification and Top-Up phases, follows on from the likes of Evolution’s hugely successful Crazy Coin Flip and Crazy Pachinko slot games with live bonus rounds.
Blueprint Gaming’s renowned folklore series returns in style as a host of thrilling mechanics lead the way including the lavish Cash Strike Bonus round and the studio’s brand-new Rapid-Fire Jackpots™ in Luck O’ The Irish Cash Strike. The classic 3×3 grid takes its place under a true Irish rainbow in the countryside as a feast of fruits is accompanied by diamond and golden coin symbols in the base game.
Booming Games launches yet another instalment in its buffalo migration adventure with its latest game – Buffalo Hold and Win Extreme. This is a stunning 5×3, 25 payline slot which is set against the stunning backdrop of grasslands and canyons where players will experience the most thrilling and hazardous part of the buffalo trek.
The team at Blue Guru has paid homage to this unpredictability and insanity in St. Louis 1904 which is packed with bonus features that will keep players pounding the dusty tracks of Missouri in search of victory and potentially big wins. This includes Instant Money Medal Symbols and a Progressive Multiplier Free Games Bonus. Free Spins are triggered when three or more Scatter symbols land on the reels – in the base game, if two Scatters land a second chance feature can trigger.
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