Spearhead Studios is the slot studio of EveryMatrix, set up in Marbella in 2019, and the Spearhead Studios casinos in our database carry a catalogue built on Book slots, a golf legend and a fashion channel. It is a smaller name than the studios it shares lobbies with, but some of its games have more personality than you might expect.
The list comes first. After it, you can read where the studio came from, which games are worth knowing, why it has gone quiet and what to check before you play.
Reviewed byFred AndersonWhat is Spearhead Studios known for?
Spearhead Studios is a slot developer owned by EveryMatrix, formed in Marbella in 2019 from a team that came over from Gaming Innovation Group. It is known for Book slots such as Book of Souls 2 El Dorado and Blue Diamond Book, and for branded games like John Daly Spin it and Win it! and FashionTV Highlife. SlotCatalog lists 50 of its games.
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Spearhead did not start from a blank page. In November 2019 EveryMatrix, the platform and software group, took over an existing games team from Gaming Innovation Group in Marbella and gave it a name of its own. Mathias Larsson, who had been managing director of GiG Games and had earlier founded XIN Gaming, stayed on to lead it.
EveryMatrix co-founder Ebbe Groes promised that the studio would stay highly independent and compete on its own merits, while its games got maximum exposure on the group’s CasinoEngine platform. A studio with a big distributor in the same family: that set up explains why Spearhead Studios games turned up in so many casinos so quickly.
The early releases set the tone. Lara Jones, from 2020, is an Egyptian treasure hunt on 10 lines with sticky wilds in the free spins and a gamble game. The Spanish Life, a 10 line slot set in an Andalusian vineyard with a wine bottle collect feature, was the one the team called close to its heart, because the studio is based in southern Spain.

The studio grew through its parent’s paperwork, and every new approval widened the circle of Spearhead Studios casinos. These are the steps we could confirm:
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| November 2019 | EveryMatrix launches Spearhead Studios with the former GiG team in Marbella |
| March 2021 | The UK Gambling Commission adds casino game hosting to EveryMatrix’s licence, so Spearhead can supply UK casinos. The studio says its games reach more than 100 operators in 12 jurisdictions |
| June 2021 | Golfer John Daly signs for a series of branded games |
| March 2022 | A distribution deal with 888casino, UK first and Italy next, with Spearhead certified in 15 European markets |
| March 2024 | Shamrock Surprise, the most recent Spearhead release SlotCatalog lists |
You can check the UK part yourself. The Gambling Commission register for EveryMatrix Software Limited, account 39383, shows a remote Game Host (Casino) licence active since 8 March 2021, next to a remote Gambling Software licence. In Malta, EveryMatrix lists the B2B licence MGA/B2B/201/2011. The 12 jurisdictions named in 2021 included the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Malta and Colombia.
If Spearhead has a signature, it is the Book slot. Book of Souls, a game the team made in its GiG days, logged more than 20 million rounds in its first ten months, and the studio kept coming back to the format. If you are browsing Spearhead Studios casinos for a first game, these three show the range best.

The 2020 sequel moves to a Mayan jungle on 5 reels and 20 lines. Its twist is in the free spins, where up to three special symbols can be picked and paid as line scatters. SlotCatalog puts the top win at 20,000x.
Egypt again, this time on 10 lines with high volatility, a 96.04% RTP and a maximum win of 27,000x, all according to SlotCatalog. It came out in February 2021.
Book of the Princess, which EveryMatrix named among the studio’s hits in 2021, Book of Spies Mission X and Book of Muertitos complete the shelf. Book slots tend to swing hard, so give them a budget that can survive a long run without the feature. If the format is your thing, our slots section has plenty more to compare.
In June 2021 Spearhead signed John Daly, the two time major champion, for a series of golf themed games. Larsson, a golfer himself, had followed Daly since his 1991 PGA Championship win, and the studio pitched it as the first branded online casino game built around a golfer, a way to bring sportsbook players over to the casino side.


John Daly Spin it and Win it! arrived in February 2022 with 243 ways, high volatility and a long feature list: sticky wilds, walking wilds, respins and a buy feature, followed by a scratch card spin off a few months later. FashionTV Highlife, made with FashionTV Gaming Group and announced in March 2022, swaps fairways for models, gold watches and fast cars on a 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 layout with 1,280 ways.
There is a catch. SlotCatalog lists the two at 94.71% and 94.54% RTP, below most of the studio’s Book slots, and FashionTV Highlife comes in more than one RTP version. In Spearhead Studios casinos that carry the branded games, check the help screen before you get attached to the theme.
Here is something older reviews will not tell you. The most recent Spearhead release we could find on SlotCatalog is Shamrock Surprise, from March 2024. The old spearheadstudios.com address now forwards to the website of Fantasma Games, the Stockholm studio that EveryMatrix bought in 2024. We found no announcement explaining what that means for Spearhead, so we will not guess.
For players the practical side is simpler. The Spearhead Studios casinos on our list still carry a finished back catalogue, which SlotCatalog puts at 50 games: 43 video slots, three card games, a roulette title, two scratch cards and one other game. Do not expect a stream of new releases. If you want studios that still ship games every month, our game provider hub is the place to look.
The list at the top of this page shows all open Spearhead Studios casinos in our database. Closed and blacklisted sites are left out.
One older title worth a look while you are there is Pirates of the Mediterranean Remastered from 2021: 10 lines, sticky and walking wilds, a gamble game and a top win of 9,000x according to SlotCatalog.

EveryMatrix. The group launched Spearhead in November 2019 with a games team it took over from Gaming Innovation Group.
In Marbella, on the south coast of Spain. The studio itself has described its home as southern Spain.
The latest release we could find on SlotCatalog is Shamrock Surprise from March 2024, and the studio’s old web address now forwards to Fantasma Games, another EveryMatrix studio. The existing games remain available in Spearhead Studios casinos.
Its games are supplied under EveryMatrix’s licences, including a remote Game Host (Casino) licence from the UK Gambling Commission and the Malta B2B licence MGA/B2B/201/2011. The casino needs its own licence where you live.
John Daly Spin it and Win it!, a 2022 golf slot with 243 ways built around the two time major champion, who signed with Spearhead in 2021. A scratch card version followed.
SlotCatalog lists Lara Jones at 96.46%, Blue Diamond Book at 96.04% and John Daly Spin it and Win it! at 94.71%, and some games come in several versions. Check the help screen in the Spearhead Studios casinos you use.
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