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Quickspin is the brainchild of game industry veterans who cut their teeth working for giants such as NetEntertainment, EA Games and Unibet. The company was launched in 2011 by Daniel Lindberg, Mats Westerlund and Joachim Timmermans, and has since won a sterling reputation thanks to a small catalogue of titles that are as good as, if not better than, many games produced by the trio's previous employers.
Quickspin's dedication to the highest quality products caught the eye of many major software suppliers including the industry leader, Playtech. In 2016, Playtech acquired Quickspin as a subsidiary for €50 million. Like Ash Gaming, Quickspin works as an independent subsidiary of Playtech, utilizing the software giant's immense amount of resources while still keeping their own "small company" approach to quality games.
Quickspin’s development team appear to have taken a close look at their bookshelves when seeking inspiration for their slots. One of the team's early efforts was a series that played on popular European folk themes, and included modern classics like Big Bad Wolf, Rapunzel’s Tower and Goldilocks and the Wild Bears.
The designers then developed these literary motifs by reaching for even more high-brow material, and set to work on games based on R. L Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island, the Old English poem Beowulf, and The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
Even early offerings displayed eye-catching attention to detail, and newer titles such as Firestorm or Illuminous take things to another level: it's impossible not to be drawn in by the stunning animation and rich illustration included in these titles.
Quickspin’s mission is to make hi-tech, exciting online video slots that everyone can enjoy, or, in the company's own words, to "create the world’s most awesome slots". While nearly all of Quickspin's titles have something to recommend them, the studio attempts to target different segments in the gaming market by designing offerings that cater to different tastes.
Players who want a visually pleasing online slot with linear gameplay will enjoy Firestorm, while those looking for a multitude of bonuses may find that King Colossus is more to their liking.
While there's no doubt that Quickspin knows its way around a good-looking game, the studio has more to offer than apperances. Clever game mechanics lie behind the glitzy animations, and the Swedish outfit has worked hard to make exciting titles that remain accessible to players of varying skill levels.
Helpfully, most games feature the same interface, so users can quickly learn their way around the navigation system and toggle whichever settings they fancy. Most Quickspin games uphold the company name with their short loading times, which doesn't hurt usability either.
Although Quickspin's headquarters are in Stockholm, the company holds several foreign licences, including one from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. Playtech, the company's new owners, are regularly scrutinised by independent entities like Technical Systems Testing and eCOGRA – so gamers who gamble on a Quickspin slot can rest assured that their money is passing through reputable hands.
Quickspin managed to build strong relationships with numerous casinos and platform operators in a short space of time; this would be impossible without offering a high level of client support. The company has also been nominated for several prizes that indicate competence in this area, and was shortlisted in no fewer than six separate categories at the 2014 EGR Business-to-Business (B2B) Awards.
Quickspin's focus is on creating games rather than on building a delivery platform, which means that the firm must use other companies' networks to push its offering into the wide world. Quickspin entered a strategic partnership with Game Technology Solutions (GTS), a division of Playtech, during the early stages of its development; this partnership made the company's titles available on GTS’ open platform, which is known as ‘EdGE’.
The studio's games originally featured on Microgaming's popular Quickfire platform, and have even been hosted on social media sites, most notably Facebook. Playtech's 2016 acquisition brought Quickspin to an even larger player-base then ever before.
Quickspin games are built using several different languages, including CSS3, Javascript and the ever-popular Flash. Players who enjoy mobile gaming will be pleased to learn that the firm's developers also code in HTML5, which means that many titles can be enjoyed in near-desktop quality while playing on the move.
