Scientific Games acquires ELK Studios

Scientific Games’ iGaming content offering has received a recent infusion of fresh content with its acquisition of ELK Studios, a prominent European developer. This latest development serves Scientific’s vision of becoming the top cross-platform game company in existence.

ELK Studios is based in Stockholm and boasts an imposing legacy of finely crafted content, intricate mathematics, and industry-leading, mobile-focused game design. The studio’s premium games selection includes games like Wild Toro II, Katmandu, and Cygnus, along with the exciting X-iter tool that allows players to select special gameplay modes.

Acquiring Talent

This latest agreement is one of a series of content-related deals signed by Scientific as part of the company’s continual investment in digital markets. Acquiring ELK Studios increases the company’s capacity to produce engaging and exciting innovative, iGaming content.

The President and CEO of Scientific Games, Barry Cottle said,

“Acquiring ELK Studios demonstrates once again our commitment to make targeted, value-enhancing investments designed to advance our cross-platform content capabilities. The ELK Studios team is packed with talent and enhances our existing in-house teams and capabilities.“

“The highly synergistic combination of their top-ranked games and our leading OpenGaming ecosystem offers exciting distribution opportunities in the U.S. and Canada. I am thrilled to welcome them to our team.”

The CEO of iGaming at Scientific Games, Dylan Slaney added that the company has collaborated with ELK Studios for years and that the titles this partnership has produced have become top-performers on the OpenGaming platform. ELK is a top-rated company in the iGaming industry and displays exemplary passion and enthusiasm for providing content of the utmost quality.