Slingshot Studios

Slingshot Studios started in 2016 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The founding team mixed gambling industry veterans with new talent under the tagline "Planet, build it." For two years, the studio developed its first game in relative obscurity. The inflection point came at ICE Totally Gaming in London in 2018, where Slingshot signed an exclusive development deal with Microgaming and launched Cash of Kingdoms. That partnership gave a 15-person studio access to Microgaming's global operator network. The HBO collaboration on Game of Thrones Power Stacks in 2019 proved the studio could handle premium IP at scale. When Games Global acquired Microgaming's content business in 2021, Slingshot transitioned to the new network. The move preserved their distribution but opened access to Games Global's expanded platform features, including the King Millions progressive jackpot network. Richard Vermaak leads the creative direction. The studio's output accelerated from 2-3 titles per year in 2018-2022 to 8+ in 2024. The Assembl'em mechanic, debuted in Cash Crusade Assembl'em (April 2025), became their calling card, winning Most Innovative Slot Game at the European iGaming Awards in January 2026. Today the studio ships roughly 6-8 titles per year with a team of approximately 15 people.

Six proprietary mechanics define the Slingshot Studios identity. Assembl'em is the headline act, winning Most Innovative Slot Game at the 2026 European iGaming Awards. Players collect character cards during gameplay, upgrade them with overlay tokens (jackpot +1x, multiplier +0.5x per token), and choose which cards activate in free spins. Three active cards trigger Combo Free Spins. No other Games Global partner studio offers this level of player agency in a slot. Cashingo merges slot reels with a 5x5 bingo side-grid. Landing coin symbols fills the grid. Complete a line of 4+ coins (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) to win cash prizes or jackpots (Mini, Minor, Major, Grand). Up to 4 sets per spin. Ultra Link & Win activates on 6+ coins, starting 3 respins on a 5x5 grid with 3 locked expansion rows. Keys unlock rows. Power Combo stacks identical symbols across full reels. Loot Boost layers Power Stacks onto the Link & Win framework with a Max Mode amplifier. Invading Wilds, the studio's oldest mechanic from Cash of Kingdoms (2018), progressively fills reels with wild symbols for up to 2x multiplied wins. For context, Nolimit City runs 3 proprietary mechanics (xNudge, xWays, xSplit) across 80+ titles. Slingshot runs 6 across 35 titles.

Slingshot Studios is a 15-person South African slot studio distributing exclusively through Games Global. The catalog counts 35 slots, zero table games, and zero live titles. Links of Fire tops the portfolio at 25,000x max win. Rabbit in the Hat 2, the one title in our database, returns 96.08% RTP with a 5,000x cap at medium volatility. The broader portfolio averages 95.9% RTP across 24 tracked games per AboutSlots, just below the 96.0% industry line. Where Slingshot separates from the pack is mechanics density. Six proprietary systems (Assembl'em, Cashingo, Ultra Link & Win, Power Combo, Loot Boost, Invading Wilds) from 35 games means one new mechanic per 6 titles. Pragmatic Play, by comparison, introduces roughly one per 50. The trade-off is clear: thin catalog, strong ideas. Assembl'em won Most Innovative Slot Game at the 2026 European iGaming Awards. Players who chase novel features over deep game libraries will find the most value here. Players who want 500+ titles under one provider should look elsewhere.