AreaVegas
Also known as: Area Vegas, AreaVegas Games
AreaVegas is a Las Vegas-based online slot studio founded in 2022 by the founders of SpinPlay Games, Anton Kuhlmann and Serena Petersen. Its Vegas-style slots, such as Gold Rush Express and the Area Link series, are distributed through the Games Global platform, exclusively according to coverage quoted on its site. It won the SlotCatalog Rookie of the Year award in 2024.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Las Vegas, United States
- Ownership
- Not stated on the official site. Co-founded by Anton Kuhlmann (CEO) and Serena Petersen (COO), who also founded sister studio SpinPlay Games.
- Products
- slots
- Also known as
- Area Vegas, AreaVegas Games
- Website
- www.areavegasgames.com
History
AreaVegas was founded in 2022 by Anton Kuhlmann, its co-founder and CEO, and Serena Petersen, its co-founder and COO, who also founded the sister studio SpinPlay Games. It describes its team as founded by mathematicians behind well-known Las Vegas games and sets out to bring Las Vegas slot styles to online play. Coverage reproduced on its news page dates its debut to April 2023 with Area Link Phoenix.
The studio's games are distributed through Games Global; coverage quoted on its site describes it as producing games exclusively for that platform. Its catalogue is organised into series such as Area Link, Area Surge, Area Blast, Area Cash and Rush Express, the last featuring in Gold Rush Express, Bonanza Rush Express and later titles. In 2024 it received the SlotCatalog Rookie of the Year accolade at the CasinoBeats Game Developer Awards.
Notable
- Founded in 2022 by Anton Kuhlmann and Serena Petersen, founders of sister studio SpinPlay Games.
- Coverage quoted on its news page describes it as producing games exclusively for the Games Global platform.
- Received the SlotCatalog Rookie of the Year award at the 2024 Game Developer Awards.
Notable work
- Gold Rush Express
- Bonanza Rush Express
- Area Link Phoenix
- Area Link Vegas
- Area Link Scarab Riches
- Area Surge City of Gold
How well established
The founding year, founders, sister studio, award and game titles are documented on the official site; the Las Vegas base comes from the studio's social profile embedded on the site, and Games Global exclusivity from coverage quoted on its news page. The official site does not state a legal entity, licence or registered address.
