25 June 2010

Bingo News: Virgin Games partners with Microgaming

Just over a week ago Virgin Games, the top online gaming company, announced its new partnership with Microgaming, the largest online gaming software provider in the World. This partnership will give Virgin Games the opportunity to enhance its offering by offering Microgaming’s flash casino games to its customers utilising the Quickfire software.

Virgin Games ‘customers will have access to an extensive selection of games that are due to be launched over the next few months. The first of these games will be Thunderstruck which is a 5 reel, 9 payline video slot game featuring a Wild and Scatter symbol plus two bonus features; Free Spins and Gamble. Later on this year Virgin Games will be introducing lots of new games including well known brands like Hitman and Tomb Raider.

Microgaming are currently the World’s biggest gaming software provider and powers more than 120 online casinos plus 40 Poker rooms as well as several big name Bingo sites. The integration between Microgaming and Virgin Games using the Quickfire software will confirm Virgin’s plan to offer customers a greater choice of game content and follows integrations with Ash Gaming, Cyptologic, Wagerworks and Freemantle.

Virgin Games CEO, Simon Burridge said: “Our customers have told us that they want a wider range of games and specifically they would love to play Microgaming games as a part of the Virgin Games offering. Since the launch of our custom built platform back in 2008, we have been introducing a range of new gaming content to our sites and Virgin Games now has one of the widest ranges of casino and slot games available in the UK. The addition of Microgaming, the world leader in its field, is a big step forward for Virgin Games customers and we look forward to launching its games with a range of promotions over the coming months.”