Quickfire is a name you still meet in casino lobbies, yet as far as we can find it never designed a slot. It was Microgaming’s distribution platform, the pipe that carried games from independent studios to hundreds of casino brands, and the Quickfire casinos in our database are the ones still carrying that catalogue.
Below the list we explain what Quickfire was, which studios came through it, what happened when Games Global bought it, and how to find a casino worth your time.
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What is Quickfire in online casinos?
Quickfire was Microgaming's content distribution platform. It let casinos add games from many partner studios, such as Rabcat, Foxium, Lightning Box and Realistic Games, through one integration. We found no source saying it made games itself. In May 2022 Microgaming sold the Quickfire business and games portfolio to Games Global, which distributes that catalogue today.
Most pages in our game provider directory are about a team that designs slots. This one is different. Quickfire was a business unit of Microgaming, described in the trade press as a gaming platform powered by Microgaming, and its job was distribution: one integration for the casino, games from many development partners on the other end.
In 2014 Microgaming’s Neill Whyte put it simply when he said Quickfire adds specialised, third party gaming content to give operators a wide range of games. Two years later Pariplay’s deal announcement described the same model, a single integration that delivered content from several studios at once.
We found no source saying Quickfire made games of its own. So when Quickfire casinos list a slot under that name, read it as “arrived through the Microgaming network”, not as the name of the people who built it.
The easiest way to understand the platform is through the studios that signed up. These dates come from the deal announcements at the time:
| Year | What happened on Quickfire |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Rabcat, the Vienna studio, signs a partnership in November |
| 2014 | Betdigital joins to bring land based titles such as Superpots Bar-X online |
| 2016 | Pariplay becomes a development partner and Just For The Win signs before releasing a game; more than 400 brands are live |
| 2017 | Lightning Box signs a three year deal and Foxium launches exclusively; the platform fee for operators is removed |
| 2018 | Booming Games signs a distribution deal |
| 2019 | Realistic Games goes live with 40 slots |
| 2020 | Microgaming takes exclusive rights to part of Northern Lights Gaming’s content |
| 2021 to 2022 | The sale to Games Global is announced in November and completed in May |
The operator numbers moved around too. In October 2017 Lightning Box spoke of more than 200 integrated operators and Foxium of more than 250, two press releases in the same month that did not quite agree.
A few partners give a good idea of the range that ended up in the same lobby.
When Rabcat signed in 2012, Quickfire got access to its games, The Legend of Olympus among them. Rabcat had made 3D art and animation for Disney Interactive, Microsoft Game Studios and Rockstar Games before it turned to slots.
The 2019 Realistic deal shows how exclusivity worked. The studio went live with 40 slots and agreed to deliver one new game per quarter, each exclusive to Microgaming for three months before it went to other distributors. Realistic named Six Appeal and 8th Wonder among its best performers at launch.
Foxium’s first Quickfire game, Vampire: The Masquerade Las Vegas, went live on 1 November 2017 under a licence from White Wolf Entertainment. Lightning Box, the Sydney studio founded by former Aristocrat and IGT designers, opened its account with Silver Lioness 4x. Northern Lights Gaming followed in 2020 with part of its content, and our Foxium casinos page shows how an exclusive Quickfire studio carried on after the sale.
In November 2021 Microgaming announced it would sell its Quickfire business to Games Global, a company set up earlier that year with private capital and led by Walter Bugno, formerly of IGT and Lottomatica. The deal closed in May 2022.
Games Global got the international distribution rights to Quickfire’s games portfolio and jackpot network, the back catalogue of exclusive content and a customer network that Yogonet put at more than 900 gaming brands. Microgaming kept the platform side, supplying systems to brands including Games Global, and its sports betting software for Betway.
One small twist: Andrew Clucas, who ran Quickfire as its director in 2017, was Microgaming’s CEO by the time the sale went through. Today Games Global says it works with more than 50 studio partners and thousands of titles, which is where the old Microgaming catalogue lives now.
Here is the practical problem. Writing about one of the partner studios, iGaming Today notes that its games may appear under the Games Global, Microgaming or Quickfire brands. Casinos tag their lobbies however they like, so the same slot can sit under a different filter at each of the Quickfire casinos on our list. A few habits help:
The list at the top of this page shows the open Quickfire casinos in our database, the ones carrying games that came through the Quickfire network. Closed and blacklisted sites are left out.
Quickfire got games into casinos. It did not vet the casinos for you, so the usual checks still apply. Make sure the casino holds a licence that covers the country you live in, and if online casinos are not legal where you are, do not play. Read the withdrawal terms, including limits, processing times and when identity checks happen.
Then look at the game side: which RTP version the casino runs, and whether slots from these partner studios count in full towards bonus wagering. Jackpot games in particular are often weighted lower or excluded. Our reviews of Quickfire casinos cover each of those points.
Not in the usual sense. Quickfire was Microgaming’s distribution platform for games made by partner studios. We found no source saying it designed games itself, so the studio named on a game’s loading screen is the one that built it.
Games Global. Microgaming agreed to sell the Quickfire business in November 2021 and completed the sale in May 2022, including the games portfolio, the jackpot network distribution rights and the customer network.
Announcements over the years name Rabcat, Betdigital, Pariplay, Just For The Win, Foxium, Lightning Box, Booming Games, Realistic Games and Northern Lights Gaming, among others.
Because the catalogue changed hands in 2022. Depending on which of the Quickfire casinos you use, games from these studios may be filed under Games Global, Microgaming or Quickfire, so search by game name if a filter looks empty.
Yes. After the sale Microgaming said it would focus on platform systems and services, Games Global among its clients, and on its sports betting software for Betway.
Quickfire casinos hold their own licences, and those vary. Check that the casino is licensed in the country where you live before you deposit, and read our review for its withdrawal terms.
Since Quickfire was a network of studios rather than one studio, the index below is a good place to look up the individual teams and see how many open casinos carry each.
No studio matches that search.
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