Highlight Games

Highlight Games is a British virtual sports specialist with a distinctive approach: rather than rendering matches in 3D animation, it stitches together exclusive archive video footage — real goals, real riders, real commentary — and lets a certified random number generator decide the outcome of each short, bettable event. The result feels like genuine sport while behaving like a fair, repeatable RNG game. Through IOP Global, the catalogue arrives via one API alongside 150+ studios, on a unified wallet and single reporting feed, billed on GGR with no per-title fee.

Founded in 2014 and based in London, Highlight Games is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission and has built its reputation on one clear idea: virtual sports are more compelling when the action on screen is real. Its flagship title, Soccerbet, draws on decades of football footage from major European leagues, presenting recognisable goals and moments with authentic commentary and a full range of betting markets. The same template extends across MotoGP Podium Racer, ATP Tennis, IIHF-style Ice Hockey and PDC Darts, each produced to feel like genuine broadcast sport.

Beyond the core sports, Highlight Games produces Instants — scratchcard-style games that reveal classic sporting clips as they are played — and branded slot content such as La Liga Grand Chance, carrying recognisable sporting IP into the casino lobby. That mix of footage-led virtual sports, instants and slots is what makes it a multi-vertical supplier rather than a single-format studio.

Every event is underpinned by a tested RNG and delivered in HTML5, so the same product runs online, on mobile and across retail terminals. The heavy use of licensed, real-world footage is what separates the catalogue from purely animated virtual sports rivals, and it makes the content especially relevant to sportsbook audiences. Outcomes are generated and certified by the studio's tested RNG.

Highlight Games suits sportsbook and retail operators who want familiar, footage-led virtual betting that fills the gaps between live fixtures.

• Real footage, not animation: events built from licensed archive video with authentic commentary, appealing directly to sports bettors.
• Always-on events: short, minute-long RNG-decided events that run around the clock between real-world fixtures.
• Multi-format catalogue: virtual sports, scratchcard-style Instants and branded slots from a single integration.
• GGR economics: revenue-share billing with no per-title fee to carry the catalogue.

Highlight Games is delivered through the IOP Global aggregation layer, so its virtual sports, instants and slots arrive through the same single API used for 150+ other providers. There is no separate contract to sign with the studio and no bespoke build — content feeds into one unified wallet and one consolidated reporting stream, and the vertical sits alongside slots and live casino in the same lobby.

Events are supplied in HTML5, pre-tested for the markets the studio is licensed in, with outcomes decided by its certified RNG. Once the package is enabled, titles run online, on mobile and on retail terminals without additional technical work, and revenue is settled centrally on a GGR basis.

What does Highlight Games bring to the lobby?

Footage-led virtual sports built from real archive video — Soccerbet, MotoGP Podium Racer, ATP Tennis, PDC Darts and Ice Hockey — plus scratchcard-style Instants and branded slots such as La Liga Grand Chance.

How is this different from animated virtual sports?

Highlight Games uses licensed real-world footage with authentic commentary, and a certified RNG selects which recorded event plays out. It looks like broadcast sport while behaving as a fair, repeatable RNG game.

Can the operator change outcomes or RTP?

No. Outcomes are generated and certified by the studio's tested RNG. Neither the operator nor IOP Global alters outcomes or return-to-player settings.

How is Highlight Games billed?

On gross gaming revenue through the IOP Global platform. There is no per-title licensing fee — you carry the catalogue and settle centrally on a GGR basis.

How do I add Highlight Games?

It is included in the relevant IOP Global content package. If you already integrate with IOP Global, the studio can be enabled through your existing API connection with no new build; if not, it is added during standard onboarding.